Author: Funkstop
Date: May 7, 2021
Here’s another simple tech fix I had to figure out on my own and hope others will find useful. I recently had to reset the password on my Netgear Nighthawk r7000. I don’t know why my previous password didn’t work, but it seems that it is a known issue that it stops working and that … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: October 1, 2020
Go to School, You’re a Little Black Boy: The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander: A Memoir by Lincoln Alexander My rating: 4 of 5 stars I struggled a bit with rating this. It is unfortunate that more support was not put behind this book. He is such a great and accomplished man, but the book feels … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: May 4, 2020
Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius by Rakim My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was lucky to meet Rakim last year and get a signed copy of his book – I had been waiting to read it and it didn’t disappoint. I remember being hooked on any piece of news … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: March 9, 2020
Goodnight Twitter, Goodnight Facebook, Goodnight noises everywhere… It’s time to say goodnight to Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and all the other different social media dopamine sites out there. Not because I don’t like them necessarily, but more just because it is time to stop the noises everywhere and lean more towards growth and learning which those … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: February 3, 2020
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear My rating: 3 of 5 stars Great, easy to read refresher on how to form habits that stick. If you are new to the concept, this is a must read. The summary is great as well. He … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: July 26, 2018
About 2 years ago, I bought a couple of hard drives at bargain basement prices. At the same time, we were moving, so I put them into a storage box, and after the move, I forgot about them. This weekend, I came across them, and thought – ‘Hey! this could be a fun weekend project!’ … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: January 14, 2018
A while back, I started out to finally work on a Raspberry Pi project. It was fairly straightforward, but I had to dig around a bit to get a clearer understanding from start to end. I had an old Model A sitting around at home for a while, but I figured, I might as well … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: January 11, 2018
There are a lot of books in the past few years about creating Habits. I had first understood the value of them from reading Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins back in 1997. It seemed like such a obvious thing. I like spontaneity, but there is no need to make the mundane and necessary … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: January 9, 2018
A few months ago, I woke up one day and realized that even though I had slept for over 8 hours, I was feeling just as exhausted as I was most days recently. I found that I had become the victim of the sales scripts I used way back in my early mobile days at … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: November 15, 2017
A couple years ago, after reading a post by Steve Blank on a new way to look at competition, I created a powerpoint template for a petal diagram. I’ve since used it numerous times on various projects. In the past months, I’ve been asked multiple times for if I had a template, so I figured … Read More