"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." - Jack Kerouac
blog
Feb-2024
I ran a marathon
3 mins read
thoughts
Nov-2023
One-paragraph summaries of important thinkers throughout history
53 mins read
books
Nov-2023
A delightful tasting menu of Western philosophy
2 mins read
books
Aug-2023
The whimsical, fun, and nonsensical world of Alice in Wonderland
6 mins read
blog
Apr-2023
Tinkering with AirTable and IMDB APIs
2 mins read
blog
Apr-2023
I ran a half marathon
2 mins read
thoughts
Feb-2023
Je vais essayer
3 mins read
thoughts
Jan-2023
The world is full of smart people
3 mins read
books
Jan-2023
The process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself
9 mins read
books
Jan-2023
A memoir from one of the most successful CEO of our generation
29 mins read
books
Jan-2023
Peter Thiel's masterclass on startups and how to build the future
13 mins read
blog
Dec-2022
I am about as happy as I've made up my mind to be
4 mins read
thoughts
Dec-2022
Don't run before you can walk. But fly as soon as you can run
2 mins read
books
Dec-2022
Memoir by Phil Knight, Creator of Nike
12 mins read
thoughts
Dec-2022
The scourge of social media and its hidden costs
4 mins read
books
Nov-2022
Adventures of a fascinating character
13 mins read
thoughts
Nov-2022
Perfect is the enemy of good
3 mins read
thoughts
Nov-2022
It is inappropriate to be concerned about mice when there are tigers abroad.
6 mins read
blog
Nov-2022
lambo where?
1 mins read
blog
Oct-2022
Why did I stop blogging for a month and a half?
4 mins read
thoughts
Sep-2022
A memorable tragicomedy. Best film I've seen all year.
6 mins read
books
Aug-2022
A book that defies expectations. By Steven Levitt and Stephan Dubner
10 mins read
books
Aug-2022
Excellence through deliberate practice
18 mins read
blog
Jul-2022
Reflecting on my ever growing collection of self-help books
1 mins read
books
Jul-2022
A bestseller in the self-help category for students and young professionals
10 mins read
books
Jul-2022
A thrilling short story from another era by John Steinbeck
7 mins read
thoughts
May-2022
The world moves on, apathetic to our struggles and triumphs
2 mins read
blog
May-2022
Battling internet addiction. Digital Detox.
3 mins read
books
May-2022
Why we underprepare for disasters
4 mins read
books
May-2022
An autobiography of the former tennis champion Andre Agassi
9 mins read
books
May-2022
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
13 mins read
books
May-2022
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom - Soren Kierkegaard
15 mins read
books
May-2022
In nearly every moment of our waking lives, we face a barrage of efforts to harvest our attention
19 mins read
books
Apr-2022
We are like cacti in the rain forest
10 mins read
books
Apr-2022
Widely considered to be the magnum opus of self-help books
32 mins read
books
Apr-2022
A short, fun, well-written self-help book for the modern audience
25 mins read
books
Apr-2022
A popular financial self-help book
16 mins read
books
Apr-2022
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the worlds are the ones who do.
23 mins read
books
Mar-2022
A look at the life of the most prominent renaissance man in the 15th Century
9 mins read
books
Jan-2022
Interview with a seminal figure in the earthquake engineering community
10 mins read
thoughts
Nov-2021
Standing before the statue of Alexander the Great
1 mins read
thoughts
Oct-2021
A Critique of Philosophical Optimism
1 mins read
blog
Oct-2021
I made my own standing desk for about $400
1 mins read
books
Sep-2021
Finally decided to read a Jane Austen novel
2 mins read
thoughts
Sep-2021
A memorable quote from Philip Gibbs' WWI non fiction Now It Can Be Told
3 mins read
thoughts
Aug-2021
One of my favorite war time poem of all time by Wilfred Owen
3 mins read
blog
Jul-2021
A quick update to no one after being absent for a while
1 mins read
blog
Mar-2021
Here is a gallery of 52 different meals I made over the past 4 months
8 mins read
blog
Feb-2021
The smallest dog barks the loudest?
4 mins read
blog
Feb-2021
The start of something
6 mins read