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Spiral Matrix: two separate algorithm challenge questions
Goals If given an integer N, return an n x n Matrix in a matrix spiral. Given an m x n matrix, return all elements in a spiral (clockwise order) (Spoiler Alert:… -
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Stepping Stones
Napoleon Hill personified overcoming failure. Martin Luther King, Jr. pushed through it. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a constant reminder that transcending ideas of success and failure is also available to us. No… -
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Austin Vibes
It's no surprise people are moving to Austin from big cities like California and New York. The space, diversity, and new real estate developments are just a few reasons I'd consider moving… -
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Maintaining Perspective in 2020
The last few months have been intense to say the least. There is always beauty to be found despite so much happening to our planet and in our lives. Maintaining a sense… -
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Day trips | Prospect Park, Blue Mountain Reserve, Shinnecock Indian Reservation
As the summer transitions into fall, I always feel compelled to walk and be outdoors among the green. There's an abundance of nature just an hour or two away. Prospect Park (and… -
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Abu Dhabi, Dubai & South India – Winter Excursions
As with any new journey, part of the excitement and nervousness comes from not knowing what to expect. The United Arab Emirates and South India surprised me in many ways, and in… -
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Migrating to Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), worth the move?
Quality usually trumps cost when I'm shopping. I'm willing to spend a little more on a well made product that I like and know will last. My former hosting provider was relatively… -
Summer Excursions | Lake Shrine, Santa Barbara, Providence, & Newport
Curating a space to look and feel a certain way is a feat when done right and with precision. Rock formations by an oceanside or a vast horizon hugging the sea beneath… -
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A Look at Both Sides of the Climate Debate
Methodologies When preconceived notions are doing the choosing they paint the story you perceive. The scientific method is especially useful here. Applying its methodology ensures observations are as close to existential reality…
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Diamonds in the Ruff
There is always a moment of disorder when something new is created and our brain neurons have to connect new paths. But if we all stretch a little, perhaps we can transform…
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Sound, the Standard Bearer of Form
Out of all the theories, superstring provides a view that is similar to music. It suggests there are membrane-like strands of energy vibrating in twelve dimensions of space. These dancing strands, like musical notes, are blueprints.…
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From Impulse to Freewill
“One might think to avoid all kinds of disasters we could get used to order–to a reasonable course of events–happening one after the other, all having logic and impeccable regularity…As it happens, everyday,…
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Gravitational Waves, Listening, Precisely
LIGO’s interferometers detected Gravitational Waves last September, news announced only a few weeks ago. Einstein first proposed the idea of waves in 1916. For 20 years he questioned himself about it. After many collective leaps we…
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Changing your patterns changes DNA
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” The first time I heard this I was sitting in a circle listening to my karate classmates…
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Inner Engineering
An eagle glided on the wind and moved in semi-circles taking in what must have been a great vantage point. About a hundred feet away I wondered what it would be like. For a…
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Programming and Consciousness
I never thought consciousness could have objects. After asking who is actually doing the listening when I say “hello, hello, hello” inside, it became clearer who was. Michael Singer does a great job explaining it in “The…
