It’s relatively easy to budget and save when your financial situation is stable. However, life and money have a tendency to change and not all situations are stable. The RealPlanCalc is built to answer questions about what happens when your financial situation changes in the future. Specifically, it illustrates how additional savings and income impact […]
Over the years I’ve noticed that I have a tendency to say or think, “we can make that,” when I see something cool. In many cases the thing is a piece of furniture. Even though I know I can make the cool thing, I never make most of them. The main reason, as far as […]
I won’t delve too deep into work here, but there is one thing we need to touch on. A couple years ago I started using Python to automate my work. In case you don’t know, Python is a programming language that’s great for manipulating data and automating daily tasks. I found that I really enjoyed […]
Sometime in the past couple of months I took a little diversion from my daily art projects and began working on something new. Specifically, I started learning Flask for web development. Some portion of the shift is that I got interested in web development with Python and the other is that my wife and I […]
A few weeks back I woke up to a warm, sunny Florida morning. Okay, so I really woke up around 4 am and waited a few hours for the sun to come up. During that waiting period, I did the rest of my morning routine. That involves some painting, woodworking, reading, and journaling. It’s my favorite […]
“Share something small everyday.” -Austin Kleon, Show Your Work I’ve been wanting to stoke my creativity for a while. Frankly, it started long before I said that I’m becoming an artist . . . whatever the hell that is . . . but I didn’t do anything about it for a long time. One day […]