Dec 5, 2022Member-onlyEspar Heater InstallationInstalling an Espar D2 diesel heater in a 2014 Sprinter van — The Espar diesel heater I installed does what it’s made to do: it blows very hot air into my van and keeps things toasty and cozy. The Espar heater installation instructions, on the other hand, are frustrating and intimidating. Having reached the happy and unexpected outcome of a working heater…Vanlife13 min readVanlife13 min read
Feb 11, 2021Member-onlyShocking InsightsWhat electrical stimulation tells us about how and why we visualize — Originally published for the Aphantasia Network. Stingrays and Caesars Your internal experience is uniquely yours. Arguably, it is the thing that is most yours. Only you know precisely what you see in your mind’s eye, and only you are privy to your inner thoughts. So how would you react if you found out…Aphantasia15 min readAphantasia15 min read
Published in The Startup·Jun 10, 2020Member-onlyControlling Your Mind by Controlling Your BreathWho is Wim Hof? It’s possible you haven’t heard his name but it’s unlikely you haven’t heard of his legendary acts. Acts of running half-marathons barefoot on snow and ice. Of sitting for hours in a tub of ice up to his neck. Of climbing Everest in shorts and no…Breath14 min readBreath14 min read
Published in Bits and Pieces·Apr 13, 2020Build a React Native App with ExpoA summary of the steps I took to go from concept to a published app in two weeks, using React Native as my framework and Expo as my interface. — Following these steps, you’ll quickly have an app that runs on iOS and Android and which includes in-app analytics. The game The app I built facilitates a party game called Empire, in which players answer a question and then guess which players provided which answers. …React Native7 min readReact Native7 min read
Published in Better Humans·Mar 13, 2020Member-onlyShaping Your Meditation Through Brain ScienceUnderstanding the differences between focused-attention and open-monitoring meditation forms — The Burning Monk It’s Tuesday, June 11, 1963, and Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức steps out of a car into the middle of a Saigon intersection. He is followed by 350 Buddhist monks and nuns, all marching to end their persecution by Vietnam’s government. …Meditation17 min readMeditation17 min read
