“git - the stupid content tracker” – git manual page Git has taken over source code control. Linus has a convincing set of reasons about why you should use it and the world has been converted. There is a good intro guide for simple git workflows but I found a little insight into how git models the versions helps me to understand the various git commands and workflows.

Keep moving right along if you’re not a total geek as we’re going to get a little to geeky even for most geeks. I’m going to get excited about file i/o libraries and one in particular called HDF5. 99.99% of the time people don’t worry about file formats and files except when they don’t automatically open with the correct application in their web browser. For us coders though file formats and file i/o in general almost always becomes a pain point as we store more and more data.

The tuna were running of the coast of southern California and JG gave me the call “It’s on, we’re leaving tomorrow night - you in?” Next thing I know I’m 60 miles off the coast with a huge fish running me around the boat. The fish were biting huge and the day was epic It is all becoming a hazy now as if it couldn’t have been real. Jumping on a boat at 9pm, sleeping with 30 guys in the bunk room overnight and waking up in the middle of no where to the biggest fish I’ve ever caught.

Can you believe that super safe US Treasuries have out performed the S&P over the past 12 years? After a year of panic in the financial markets I decided that it is time for a back to basics investing approach so I can spend more time surfing and less time watching CNBC… We’ve now had more than a year of insanity in the financial markets. After losing substantial amounts in my retirement accounts and spending waaaay too much time reading and watching the financial news I decided that I needed a new investing approach.