I can’t get my heart rate up on the bike, even when I feel I’m pushing hard. I grind up hills, spin through flats, and yet it’s hard to get above 120–130 bpm. I run at 160 bpm and race at 170-180. Cycling is a very muscle‑specific sport. Unlike running, where your whole body (and the … Read more
Training for a Half Ironman (70.3) is equal parts endurance, nutrition, and smart pacing. Over the last few months, I’ve spent countless hours in the pool (plus on the bike and run) to prepare. Below is the nutrition and timing strategy I’m trying out for race day. I normally like to show my work, but … Read more
Aging makes running harder: recovery slows, endurance wanes, and managing weight is tougher. Stress from increased work responsibilities compounds these challenges. My last job pushed my stress levels high, prompting me to seek relief through distance running—a hardship chosen and controlled, providing a welcome contrast to life’s uncontrollable demands. In that spirit, I did a … Read more
It’s a question that has likely crossed many minds: Won’t heaven be boring? When we read Revelation 4:8 about beings who “day and night never cease to say, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,’” it might sound like a monotonous loop of endless repetition. Doesn’t anything done forever sound exhausting? But this modern … Read more
Article views are my own and not coordinated with my employer, Boeing, the National Academies, DARPA or the US Air Force. Aerospace and Defense work is super technical, rewarding and meaningful. But it’s more than that. Everyone in this industry deeply cares about protecting the people who fly and fight in these planes. You feel … Read more
So, is it a good price? With my oldest daughter heading off to college soon, we’ve realized that our family car doesn’t need to be as large as it used to be. We’ve had a great relationship with our local CarMax over the years, and we appreciate their no-haggle pricing model. My wife had her … Read more
Framing around bulkheads is painful. It is hard to get everything straight and aligned. I found the Shopbot to be very helpful. There are three problems I was trying to solve: (1) Getting multiple corners straight across 30 feet, (2) nearly no time and (3) basic pine wood framing would sag over a 28″ run. … Read more
I love history, but raw history can be a bit boring and so I look for books that peer into the past with a different lens or narrative. Here, Tom Standage tells a popular history of the world through six beverages: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and Coca Cola. Full of the anecdotes and stories … Read more
The City of Kettering decided to tell me they wanted my Schedule E’s from 2007 to 2012 and to fill out an income tax return for each of these years. We have a rental house there, and had no idea we needed to file a local tax return. I hate manual data entry and wanted … Read more
I struggled for awhile trying to set up the Aeon Labs Aeotec Z-Wave Smart Energy Monitor to monitor my electricity. The manual or any instructions were difficult to find online. The first article that was absolutely necessary explained how to pair the device. After reading this article, pairing was pretty trivial. Great details in the … Read more