I’m happy to announce that I’ve just accepted an offer to join the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech!

Whether it’s writing that first short story, or getting that first sale, or landing that new job, or beginning a fitness program, or starting a new company, or taking martial arts lessons, or learning a music instrument: if you focus, get started right now, and apply grit, you can do it.

The uprising began with something so innocent, something so insideous: Dog taught Cat how to open Amazon boxes and how to render styrofoam into a blizzard of white particles.

James Bond, Radiohead, and the New Year My wife and I spent New Year’s Eve at a James Bond event in Washington D.

16 Elevating Resolutions for 2016 Inspired by Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds Get inspiration for your New Year Resolutions by reading resolutions from some notables, such as James Baldwin, Soren Kierkegaard, Susan Sontag, and Bertrand Russell.

Thank You 2015 December is always a busy month. We race to finish projects, buy gifts for loved ones, make travel plans, spend time with loved ones, feast, rest, and, finally, relax from the ordeals of the past year.