7: Repetitive strain injury
This week we get a voicemail from Jonathan in Portland and learn all about RSI, some common myths, who’s at risk, how to prevent it, and why exercise plays an important role in staying pain free.
8 Sep 201433min
6: An unforgettable story
This week we learn the exact same technique that memory athletes have mastered to memorize hundreds of random words, thousands of random numbers, and stacks of shuffled playing cards.
1 Sep 201425min
5: Open source checklist
This week I share all the things I think about before releasing (or using) an open source project.
25 Aug 201430min
4: Existential crisis
This week we get another voicemail and my brother Nick comes on the show to talk about deterministic multi-core processing, the CFP process for academic papers, how he transitioned from computer scien...
18 Aug 201449min
3: Forty-three quintillion
This week I get my first voicemail, explain why I do (and don’t) use a standing desk, and I brush up on my math skills to show why solving the Rubik’s Cube will never be boring.
11 Aug 201427min
2: Pineapple in your pocket
This week I talk about something I’m super excited about: Memory. By the end of this episode, you will be able to quickly memorize a list of 10 things and understand how to take your memory even furth...
4 Aug 201421min
1: Why I use Vim
This week I’m going to answer a question that I get all the time: Why do I use Vim?
29 Jul 201414min
