Elixsir

I’m asked often what I’ve been up to lately. A lot has changed. I thought I’d share.

Success is a beautiful thing but sometimes, it comes before the person receiving the success is ready to handle it. That is what happened, in my opinion, to Daniel Brusilovsky. A 17 year old writer who tried to receive a Macbook Air (compensation) in exchange for writing an article. Daniel crossed the line. How can he recover?

I read an article about a guy getting his Mom an iPad. His motives for getting an iPad rubbed me the wrong way. He wants to escape the “oppressive chains” of being the one in the family that can fix computers. This led me to think about disloyalty, lack of appreciation, how selfish people can become and (when asking people their thoughts on the article), how easy it can be to hurt someone unintentionally online.

There are times when you know something is the right thing to do, even if everyone disagrees with you. I share my experience where my gut instinct ended up being right but it took years to prove it.

It’s a gift to be ambitious and motivated. Unfortunately, it is easy to become comfortable around people who do not have the same goals. That will impede your success.

Why is it that we know something is not working yet we have the expectation for it to work? Time to look at unrealistic expectations.

Google announced Chrome OS and of course, that brought the “Microsoft should be scared” articles. Let’s look at why that’s not true.

I’ve been playing Dragon Age: Origins. I am not that far into it because I wanted to explore more of the six distinctly different starting zones. I opted to go with a human mage to do something different. I am having a great time with the game but I noticed something. My ethics and morals [...]

It’s question Friday. This time, I answer questions about NanoWrimo, I went off on the guy who was in the Miss Universe sex tapes, and answer personal questions. If you have a question geekyyetcool@gmail.com.