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Most people probably don’t lose any sleep over all the code behind any application. What they do lose sleep over is when an application they’ve grown so attached to, suddenly doesn’t work. And who can blame them? You’re not supposed to figure out how everything works. Sometimes you just want to use something because you need it. So to most people, you’re everyday objects simply has to work and rightfully so. Why and how it…
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This part of the website is made for all the random thoughts that at some point in time entered my mind. Most of them were probably created while either taking a shower or a shit. While taking a shit I realized it would be better to give it the title Random Shower Thoughts (for obvious reasons). Isn’t it strange that it never bothers you that billions of people died before you ever consciously existed as…
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There used to be a time in history where people treated shells the way we treat paper money and coins now. Back then, shells represented a bargaining chip in many parts of Africa and the East India Islands.[1] Shells were seen as very valuable. Nowadays we just walk on them whenever we go to the beach. Somewhere during our history, we decided to transfer the value from one item to the next. Not once but…
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Long before the internet, cars, manufactories, and phones a philosopher named Socrates made an astounding observation. In 2 sentences he managed to describe a phenomenon which is still relevant today, 2300+ years later. “The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.” Socrates (469–399 B.C.) A quote which has been washed, rinsed and repeated throughout all the centuries by generations from…
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One of the things in life you can’t spend twice is time. Doing something automatically means you’re not doing something else. Since you’re reading this, let me stop myself from rambling, so you can do something else. Like, read this post to start your day right. By now we know that knowledge is a great asset for challenging or removing (irrational) fears. The process of conquering your fears isn’t finished after conquering just one fear.…
