The digital world has evolved exponentially in the last few decades. With it, our relationship with technology dramatically changed, as well. So, discovering that Windows 3.1 works in DosBox on Mac, an emulator that allows old DOS applications to run on modern hardware, is a revelation with the potential to transport me back in time.…

One morning, I woke up with the strangest plot for a story that I believe I have ever imagined. The scary part is that as I worked through it in my head while washing dishes, the plot came together and the characters began to come to life. The setting was unsettlingly different – in a…

When I was growing up, I was often told I had “potential.” My teachers, relatives, and even random neighbors who saw me lugging around stacks of books too big for my scrawny arms would nod approvingly and tell me, “You’re going places.” Of course, they never specified where I was going—just that I was going.…

There are so many things that I simply don’t remember well. For whatever reason, there are a lot of good memories that I try to recall, but I can’t recall certain details. It drives me crazy. The bad stuff always sticks more in your memory than the good. I’ve always hated that bit about the…

As I dabble in photography, my main focus is to tell a story within a framework. In photos, location is key, as is the center of the frame, even if the subject is not at first obvious by staring straight at the middle. For me, the subject of a photo is not so much as…

If there’s one thing that absolutely perturbs me about 21st century society, it’s an obsession with time management. Yes, our limited time on this earth is our greatest and most valuable resource. But my experience is that many folks spend more time overoptimizing our schedules and actually waste time in the process. In gathering my…

There’s an old quote by Ibn Al-Haytham — Alhazen as he’s known in the West — where he declares, “The duty of the man who investigates the writings of scientists, if learning the truth is his goal, is to make himself an enemy of all that he reads.” Now, Alhazen is mostly known for his…

Many things I’ve penned in the past have had a pessimistic tinge to them. This was honestly because many verses and essays I’ve written were meant as critical observations and meditations over present-day crises. Chief among these many crises is the inability for so many of us to get over ourselves and our own petty…

Some people are born with talents that just can’t be replicated. A select few have told me that I have such a talent with words, but many more have consistently found faults in my work. Perhaps they are unfair criticisms, but the especially less constructive jabs at my abilities do sting nonetheless. At times I…

I am sick and tired of hearing about the benefits of networking, especially “social networking.” Rather than networking, I feel the better term for what people are actually doing in this regard is instead “work-netting.” No one has explored this term yet, apparently. So, since I’m on the ground floor of this breakthrough in the…