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Managing Upwards

— Tech

Mating in Captivity

— Books, Author(Esther Perel)

Can't Hurt Me

— Books, Author(David Goggins)

Sharing S3 Buckets to Achieve SLAs

— Tech

Synology Docker Woes

— Tech

Optimistic Locks in MySQL

— Tech

Choose the Right Level of Abstraction

— Tech

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

— Books, Author(Luke Burgis)

The Abolition of Man

— Books, Author(C.S. Lewis)

The Folly of Paper Wealth

— Me

The Century of the Self

— Books, Documentary

When Breath Becomes Air

— Books, Author(Paul Kalanithi)

Cuba

— Travel, Travel(Cuba)

Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem

— Books, Author(Daryl Cooper)

God's Socialist

— Books, Author(Daryl Cooper)

Notes from the Underground

— Books, Author(Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Home Networking Failures

— Tech

Synology Raid Expansion

— Tech

Cloudron Migration

— Tech

The Straussian Moment

— Books

Traefik Reverse Proxy on Synology DSM

— Tech

Tech Organization Resources

— Tech

The Intentional Father

— Books, Author(Jon Tyson)

The Cost of (Overcoming) Intellectual Laziness

— Me

Yellow Star

— Scenes

Live Not By Lies

— Cache

The Nightmare That Is a Reality

— Cache

Chaos Monkeys

— Books, Author(Antonio Garcia Martinez)

Renew SSL Certificates on Synology

— Tech

Greenlights

— Books, Author(Matthew McConaughey)

Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been

— Books, Author(Jackie Hill Perry)

Dividend Stocks

— Finance

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

— Cache

Income Splitting

— Finance

Family Teams Live

— Faith

7 Marks of Missional People

— Faith

Where COBOL Will Die

— Blog, Code

Buying a House in 2021?

— Finance

Buying a Car

— Finance

Meet Barber💈: the best way to manage your Mustache

— Blog, Code, Code(Cash App)

Universal Life Insurance

— Finance

Home Networking 101

— Tech

Potential West Coast Itinerary

— Travel, Travel(Itinerary)

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

— Books, Author(Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

COVID-19

— News

Justice was a Cripple

— Scenes

The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex: (And You Thought Bad Girls Have All the Fun)

— Books, Author(Sheila Wray Gregoire)

Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage

— Books, Author(Kevin Leman)

Buying vs. Renting a Touring Bike

— Finance

Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible

— Books, Author(Brandon J. O'Brien), Author(E. Randolph Richards)

Cycling About Bike Touring

— Books, Author(Alee Denham)

The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake

— Books, Author(David Brooks)

Online Security & Privacy 101

— Tech

Cats Cradle Proverbs

— Scenes

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

— Books, Author(Chris Voss)

The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters

— Books, Author(Emily Esfahani Smith)

The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time

— Books, Author(Jim McKelvey)

Migrating Wordpress

— Tech

No More Mr Nice Guy

— Books, Author(Robert A Glover)

Retirement

— Finance

Home Assistant

— Tech

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter, And How to Make the Most of Them Now

— Books, Author(Meg Jay)

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

— Books, Author(Graham Allison)

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

— Books, Author(Cal Newport)

The Changing World Order

— Books, Author(Ray Dalio)

Rich Dad Poor Dad: the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money

— Books, Author(Robert T Kiyosaki)

Books Backlog

— Books

Personal Library List

— Books

Stop Using Encrypted Email

— Blog

Finance and Investing 101

— Finance

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

— Books, Author(Jordan B Peterson)

The Right Side of History

— Books, Author(Ben Shapiro)

A War of Loves

— Books, Author(David Bennet)

When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection

— Books, Author(Gabor Mate)

Bible Plan

— Faith

Self Authorship

— Faith

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

— Books, Author(John Mark Comer)

The Obesity Code

— Books, Author(Dr. Jason Fung)

The Dichotomy of Leadership

— Books, Author(Jocko Willink), Author(Leif Babin)

Extreme Ownership

— Books, Author(Jocko Willink), Author(Leif Babin)

NextCloud

— Tech

Intermittent Fasting

— Health

Using Netlify CMS with Github Actions

— Tech

Why House Church

— Faith

Rent to Own

— Finance

Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

— Books, Author(Tim Keller)

Letters to the Church

— Books, Author(Francis Chan)

Family Podcasts and Resources

— Faith

Kingdom Projects Fund

— Faith

The Seven Day Family

— Faith

Hold on to your Kids

— Books, Author(Gabor Mate), Author(Gordon Neufeld)

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

— Books, Author(Doris Kearns Goodwin)

The Coddling of the American Mind

— Books, Author(Jonathan Haidt), Author(Greg Lukianoff)

The Legacy

— Scenes

Thinking, Fast and Slow

— Books, Author(Daniel Khaneman)

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps: How we're different and what to do about it

— Books, Author(Allan and Barbara Pease)

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

— Books, Author(Yuval Noah Harari)

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

— Books, Author(Yuval Noah Harari)

Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises

— Books, Author(Ray Dalio)

The Righteous Mind

— Books, Author(Jonathan Haidt)

Principles For Navigating Big Debt Crises: 2019 Canadian Real Estate

— Finance(Housing), Finance

February in San Francisco

— Travel, Travel(2019 San Francisco)

Crime and Punishment

— Books, Author(Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Day 20-22: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 22-25: Phi Phi

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Misk-Web: How is Cash using Typescript, React, Redux, and BlueprintJS

— Code, Code(Cash App)

Typescript

— Code

Buying a House?

— Finance

Day 17-20: Hue & Hoi An

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 14-17: Ha Long Bay & Hanoi

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 13: Chiang Mai Colours

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 10: Singapore

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 9-10: Melaka

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 7-9: Kuala Lampur

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 5-7: George Town, Penang, Malaysia

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 4-5: Langkawi

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 3: From the Border to Langkawi

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 2: Bangkok & Overnight Train to Malaysia

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Day 1: Bangkok

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Good morning Bangkok!

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

33 Hours to Bangkok

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Pre-Adjust to your next Time Zone

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

Itinerary

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia), Travel(Itinerary)

It's about to begin...

— Travel, Travel(2018 South East Asia)

The Gulag Archipelago

— Books, Author(Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)

How to Demo: 7 Tips Every Hacker Should Know

— Blog, Hackathon, Pitch, University-of-Waterloo

How to Demo: The Hacker's ABC Framework

— Blog, Hackathon, Pitch, University-of-Waterloo

Project Europa

— Travel, Travel(Itinerary)

OAKWEAR & CO.

— Projects, Skill(Shopify), Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS)

Lawrence

— Scenes

Edmund

— Scenes

Nantucket

— Scenes

Oscar

— Scenes

Oxford Circus

— Scenes

No More Gatekeepers: How the Internet Was Unleashed

— Blog, Code, University-of-Waterloo

The End of Privacy and Conversation

— Blog, Code, University-of-Waterloo

ADRW Jekyll Theme

— Projects, Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell), Skill(Docker), Skill(Jekyll), Skill(HTML), Skill(Sass), Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7)

10 Million Hotel Rooms Still Vulnerable

— Blog, Code, University-of-Waterloo

CorkscrewNet

— Projects, Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Wordpress), Skill(Training), Skill(Systems-Administration)

Get Started with Jekyll Guide

— Projects, Skill(Jekyll), Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell), Skill(Ansible)

Docker for CS350 OS161

— Projects, Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell), Skill(Docker), University-of-Waterloo

Atomic

— Experience, Experience(Work), Projects, Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7), Skill(Node.js), Skill(Koa.js), Skill(ReactJS), Skill(Docker), Skill(AWS), Skill(Swift3), Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell), Skill(Systems-Administration)

.files

— Projects, Skill(Ansible), Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell)

Bungalow

— Projects, Skill(Google-Maps-API), Skill(Material-Design), Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7)

TorDuckGo

— Projects, Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS)

Resume Scoreboard

— Projects, Hackathon, Skill(Material-Design), Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7), Skill(HTML), Skill(Sass), Pitch

Christian Embassy

— Projects, Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Wordpress), Skill(Google-Analytics), Skill(Training)

Blitzen

— Experience, Experience(Work), Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7), Skill(HTML), Skill(Sass), Skill(Google-Analytics), Skill(Optimizely), Skill(Mailchimp), Skill(Sales-Copy), Skill(Video-Production)

Progress Pebble

— Projects, Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7), Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS)

Losocco

— Projects, Hackathon, Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7), Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Google-Maps-API), Pitch, Skill(Video-Production)

Up 32%: Videostream Growth Started with Great Support

— Blog, Blog(Startups)

Videostream

— Experience, Experience(Work), Projects, Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7), Skill(HTML), Skill(Sass), Skill(Material-Design), Skill(Optimizely), Skill(Sales-Copy)

Frank's Jewellers

— Projects, Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Wordpress), Skill(Sales-Copy), Skill(Training), Skill(Systems-Administration)

7 Personal Lessons from Founding a Startup

— Blog, Blog(Startups), Blog(Teknically)

5 Tough Lessons for When Your Startup Fails

— Blog, Blog(Startups), Blog(Teknically)

Teknically Part 2: The Dream Fades

— Blog, Blog(Startups), Blog(Student), Blog(Teknically)

Teknically & Webplio

— Experience, Experience(Work), Projects, Skill(Google-Analytics), Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Optimizely), Pitch, Skill(Sales-Copy), Skill(Video-Production)

Teknically Part 1: The 389 Day Laurier BBA

— Blog, Blog(Startups), Blog(Student), Blog(Teknically), Wilfrid-Laurier-University

3 Hypotheses We Tested at Hack the North

— Blog, Blog(Startups)

3 Ways Hack the North Improved our Startup

— Blog, Hackathon, Blog(Startups), University-of-Waterloo

StockSlate

— Projects, Hackathon, Skill(Bloomberg API), Pitch, Skill(Video-Production)

Meet the Link

— Projects, Skill(Video-Production), Wilfrid-Laurier-University

5 Days for the Homeless

— Projects, Skill(Video-Production), Wilfrid-Laurier-University

Sam Lambert for President

— Projects, Skill(HTML), Skill(CSS), Skill(Wordpress), Skill(Video-Production), Wilfrid-Laurier-University

Baseway

— Projects, Hackathon, Pitch, Skill(Video-Production)

Allentown

— Songs(Other), Songs

American Pie

— Songs(Other), Songs

Bad Bad Leroy Brown

— Songs(Other), Songs

Caledonia

— Songs(Other), Songs

Break My Stride

— Songs(Other), Songs

Castle On The Hill

— Songs(Other), Songs

Cats in the cradle

— Songs(Other), Songs

Dancing in the Moonlight

— Songs(Other), Songs

Dancing Queen

— Songs(Other), Songs

Easy

— Songs(Other), Songs

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

— Songs(Other), Songs

Feel The Tide

— Songs(Other), Songs

Flowers In Your Hair

— Songs(Other), Songs

Happy Birthday

— Songs(Other), Songs

Human Nature

— Songs(Other), Songs

I Say a Little Prayer

— Songs(Other), Songs

Jamming

— Songs(Other), Songs

Lovely Day

— Songs(Other), Songs

Mamma Mia

— Songs(Other), Songs

Midnight Train to Georgia

— Songs(Other), Songs

Mountain Sound

— Songs(Other), Songs

My Way

— Songs(Other), Songs

Piano Man

— Songs(Other), Songs

Rainbow Connection

— Songs(Other), Songs

Raised on Black & Tans

— Songs(Other), Songs

Redemption Song

— Songs(Other), Songs

Rich Girl

— Songs(Other), Songs

Sheetmusic

— Songs, Songs(Index), Songs(Other)

Someone to Lava

— Songs(Other), Songs

Sugar Pie Honey Bunch

— Songs(Other), Songs

The Rocky Road to Dublin

— Songs(Other), Songs

Up on the Roof

— Songs(Other), Songs

What a Wonderful World

— Songs(Other), Songs

Your Song

— Songs(Other), Songs

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord, Oh my Soul)

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

All Creatures of our God and King

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

All Who Are Thirsty

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Amazing Grace

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Be Thou My Vision

— Songs, Songs(Worship), Songs(Ukulele)

Beautiful Things

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Before the Throne of God Above

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Behold Then Sings My Soul

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Blessed Be Your Name

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Called Me Higher

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Came to My Rescue

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Christ Is Risen

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Christ the Rock

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Come Thou Font

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Cornerstone

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Enough

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Everlasting (From the Inside Out)

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Every Giant Will Fall

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Farther Along

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Forever, He is Glorified

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Forever Reign

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

God of Wonders

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Good Good Father

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Great Are You Lord

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Here I Am Lord

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Hosanna (Hillsong United)

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

How Deep The Father's Love For Us

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

How Great is Our God

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

How Great Thou Art

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

How He Loves Us

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Hungry (Falling on my Knees)

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

In Christ Alone

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

It Is Well

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Jesus Paid it All

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

King of my Heart

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Lead Me to the Cross

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Like an Avalanche

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Lord I Life Your Name On High

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Lord I Need You

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Lord of Lords

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Mercy Mercy

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

O Come to the Alter

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Oceans

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Only You

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Our God

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Please Come Home

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Revelation Song

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Set a Fire

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Stronger

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

The Creed (I Believe)

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

The House of God Forever

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

The Love of God is Greater Far

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

What A Beautiful Name It is

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Worthy Worthy

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Yesterday Today And Forever

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Yet Not I, But Through Christ in Me

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

You Are My All in All

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

You Won't Relent

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

Your Great Name

— Songs, Songs(Worship)

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