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About Fresh

Mac Fan/Sys. Engr - NASA planetary missions. guitarist/producer/AFOL/fitness fan/film+TV+sndtrk composer/podcast host/Python newbie coder. Music by me: http://SFTF.bandcamp.com. Mellowly Cool. Find me on X and Bluesky

Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 5 – 05 Aug 18 – Buh Bye FB phone app

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Fresh

Hello all… So, for the past five days, I’ve been waxing philosophically about the results, merits, etc, of now scrolling social media. I don’t really miss FB (although I did wind of people in the Apple Watch Fitness Fans Group, … Continue reading →

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 4 – 04 Aug 18 – Phone Usage/”Attention Residue”

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Fresh

Ahh yes…Saturday greetings. Hope yours is going or went well. I got up later than I wanted to (if you want to call 8:30 am late). Getting up no later than 7am on a Saturday (a free one, where I … Continue reading →

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 3 – 03 Aug 18 – Twitter/Usage Curbing Apps?

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings all… Day 3, baby… It was a good day, productive at work. This particular spacecraft mission I’m working on is getting busier, especially with my immediate boss down at KSC supporting the Parker Solar Probe launch activities (we launch … Continue reading →

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 2 – 02 Aug 18 – FOMO?

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Fresh

Hello…. Day 1 has come and gone. I created the graphic above from a gif I came across last night, here. It ironically was timely, and since I like black and white iPhone lock screens, there you have it. It … Continue reading →

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Broadening the workout horizon

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings all… Earlier tonight I posted a blog about day 1 of 31 of my social media fast for the month of August. Part of the daily social media regimen is being an admin to the Facebook group, Apple Watch … Continue reading →

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 1 – 01 Aug 18 – The Reasons

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings All. Here we are again. Over the last month (particularly the latter half), I began to take stock of how much time I was spending time on social media and what the spent time is actually netting me and … Continue reading →

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My fitness journey – 01 Jan 18 to 30 June 18 – Six Months of Tracking

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Fresh

On July 3, 2017, I purchased my Series 1 Apple Watch from Best Buy – specifically for fitness tracking. NIce to say that one year later, it has served it’s purpose. While I’ve worked out more on than off since … Continue reading →

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#100DaysOfCode – Day 8 – Strings and things, a “method” to the madness – Python

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings… Here I am…eight straight days into this 100 day code challenge and my understanding and progress is greater than it was the first two attempts of learning. I’ve been through learning a bit of Python syntax, to include strings … Continue reading →

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#100DaysOfCode – Day 7: Continuing on Codecademy/Python Crash Course

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Fresh

NP: Infinite: A 1 hour Chill Mix It’s a been a few days since I’ve posted an update on this coding journey, but I will say this revised approach is netting me better results than the first two times around. … Continue reading →

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#100DaysOfCode – Day 2: Python at Codecademy and A Book

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings… As mentioned in the previous blog post, I’m all set up and currently using my Macbook Air as the coding platform of choice. Right now I’m in Codecademy’s Python for Beginners couse, learning about variables, specifically variable substitution. This … Continue reading →

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