The Universe of Joshua Blais
The Universe of Joshua Blais
Joshua Blais
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Most of us wake up and are at the whim of everyone and anyone that wants our time - clients, staff, friends, family, the list goes on. The platforms that we frequent trade in our attention and focus, and when that’s not enough, so do all...
A bit of a short post today, but hopefully impactful for you. I recently made a post about RSS Feeds, and how setting one up is a major shift to more conscious consumption of content. But, perhaps the biggest thing I have done to...
Every single business that you walk into, you should be able to analyze how it is going, if it is profitable, if you would invest, and how you would execute better were you to open a competitor next door. I was sitting in a coffeeshop...
And you will inevitably, too. Before I share my experience, I will preface with a couple things: This is my personal experience. Someone will no doubt be in the comments going off about how this “isn’t medical advice”, or that my...
Probably not. 8 years ago, I lost all function below my waist in a snowboarding accident. Today, I maxed out the leg press at my gym. It all goes to show that with time, patience, and doing the things that make a difference day in and...
Jump. Build the glider on the way down the mountain. The most vital part of your life, of your success, of your everything - is that jump. You cannot fly without it. You cannot fall without it. But you must take it. Because life is all...
Politics (and the following of what’s going on in the world) have been the biggest time sinks of my adult life. In quitting video games and watching television, that vacuum was filled with the political gotchas and commentary that helped...
The Everyday Carry Sling Bag# I recently made a foray into the ever evolving metrosexual space of sling bags. This move came for a few reasons, but mostly that I was carrying more and more in my pockets daily and ran into issues with...
How I use Org Mode to Do More# Allow me to nerd out today on this post. Ever since I started my rabbit hole journey into the world of computing, I have found better and better alternatives to the mainstream ways of doing things. It turns...
Why You need a Home Server# We’ve all been there before. You know, where you can’t find a file to save your life? You know that it’s probably on this computer or that external drive somewhere. The average person has at least 2 devices. I...
Why I use Emacs in 2021, and You Should Too# “Josh, why are you using software from 45 years ago?” Because it’s that good. How it Begins# We all manipulate text for a living. It is a given if you have a knowledge job in the 21st century...
To be single in 2021 would be pretty difficult. There’s no bars, less public places where people are congregating, and I don’t even know the status of university and college campuses. Online is a much larger pool of candidates, which is...
I decided yesterday (February 6) that I would not use any social media platforms for two months. My reasons were pretty straight forward: 1. I want to be more creative, and that doesn’t come when you are consuming all the time. In recent...
Who are You?# Cowboy. Astronaut. Billionaire. These are just titles. When you introduce yourself to someone, what is the first question that is asked? “What do you do?” It is pervasive in our culture. Most people will answer with...
I write this article tongue in cheek. The things that I am saying were common knowledge to our ancestors, yet we seem to have forgotten the way. To be “rebellious” is to go against the grain. It is to be disenfranchised with what you...