Month: February 2022

ISU Housing

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I got to spend the afternoon with Caleb today setting up housing for next school year. The complex he chose has a common area with these computers available for student use. A ratio of 80% PCs to 20% Mac doesn’t exactly invoke the spirit of Apple’s “Think Different” campaign of the late 90s, this is…

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Home Office

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I’m definitely not a minimalist, but I do like to keep clutter to a minimum and to keep things organized.  Here’s what I currently have in my home office:  Sit/Stand Desk (https://www.samsclub.com/p/seville-classics-airlift-electric-desk-height-adj-desk/prod25330423) Laptop – 2017 MacBook Pro Monitor 1 – LG 34” Ultrawide Monitor 2 – 22” onn (http://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-22-1080p-VGA-HDMI-60hz-FHD-Monitor-includes-6ft-HDMI-cable/971375923) Monitor mount – (http://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-Full-Motion-Dual-Monitor-Desk-Mount-for-13-to-27-Monitors/711805522) Speakers –…

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Soulmates

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“If soul mates do exist,they’re not found.They’re made.People meet, they get a good feeling,and then they get to workbuilding a relationship” – Michael responding to Chidi’s question on whether soulmates exist in Season 4, Episode 9 of ‘The Good Place’ https://subslikescript.com/series/The_Good_Place-4955642/season-4/episode-9-The_Answer

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The Efficiency Paradox

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“The reward for getting done with your work faster is always going to be more work for you to do.” Mike Schmitz from the Focused podcast In manufacturing, the speed of the assembly dictated the amount of work the employee was expected to accomplish. Being efficient meant less stress as the work flowed to them. The entire assembly…

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