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Marcus Aurelius VI
Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.
Chas Berndt
Marcus Aurelius V
Man seeks retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such thing very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For no where either...
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Marcus Aurelius IV
Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquility which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. One needs to be self-sustaining and their happiness ought not reside in others. Also… don’t worry, be happy.
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Marcus Aurelius III
Every man’s life is sufficient. Looking at this quote now, it feels dramatic and dire but I think in the context of Stocism, it’s not really. Well, maybe a little but Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations on his deathbed and I don’t know that he ever intended for it to be published for the world to...
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Marcus Aurelius II
Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. You know people with these tendencies exist. You know you encounter them on a regular basis. You know you sometimes suffer the same flaws. It is important to recognize...
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Marcus Aurelius I
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Digital Hoarder
The computer allows me to collect a massive amount of digital junk: Music, pictures, musings/ramblings. I tell myself that it’s not hoarding until I refuse to let them go and I tell myself I could delete this trash at any time, but I still hold on because storage is cheap and I enjoy thumbing...
It Feels Like Fall
I’m sitting outside my neighborhood coffee shop, enjoying the beautiful weather. It’s dry, mid-70s, with a slight breeze. This is not a typical Atlanta summer day. Anyways, I’ll probably have some technical things to post soon. I’m working on building out a standardized configuration for...
Atlassian
Who’s Actually Using Bitbucket?
I recently had to deal with an Bitbucket user issue where people were being added to a JIRA group automatically that granted r/w access to Bitbucket. Nearly half of the people who were in this group had never even logged into Bitbucket, but they counted against our license seats. We were running...
“The New Mac Book Pro is Too Expensive”
“Apple has lost the plot.” I’ve been a long time Mac hater. Not a Windows lover, but I never succumbed to the shiny glowing Apple logo nor the monochromatic aluminum cases. I tend towards function over form and in that regard, any ol’ Windows laptop/desktop would do. This began to change when I...
Music
Spring Has Sprung
First Brick of 2017
I completed my first “brick” of 2017 this morning with a friend. For those who don’t know, a brick is basically a bike ride followed immediately by a run. They’re pretty popular amongst triathletes (of which I am not). They’re also awful. Luckily, we took it easy on ourselves with a 25k mile in...