A few days ago, my MacBook Pro had to go on a quick trip to Texas for a doctor’s appointment (a.k.a. Some service work on a misbehaving main board). With my “spare” MacBook mostly used by my wife these days, I figured “I wonder if I can survive on my 2018 11’’ iPad Pro and …
Hi, It’s Me, Your Professor
Dear Student in Fall Twenty Two Time to Start School, It’s True! Your Weird Prof Mentioned His Site You Went There One Night And Found This Poem – Woohoo! Welcome student (or wanderer on the Internet), I’m glad you found this post. I try to make one of these every so often, in case students …
I Was Fat… Was I Unhealthy?
What exactly is unhealthy? It probably definitely isn’t BMI (Body Mass Index). In this post I discuss a different number – FFMI (Fat Free Mass Index) and discuss if it should be the standard I judge my own journey on. Recently I’ve started thinking about different metrics that are used to assess your level of …
Listen Siri, I Didn’t Ask for John Sanchez!
I use Siri fairly often when walking, biking, or just when my hands are busy. One of my frustrations is that Siri hates playing the music I ask for. I used to have a playlist named “Essentials”, and I would frequently say “Hey Siri, shuffle Essentials”. That didn’t work 99% of the time – she’d …
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100 All You Can Eat Meals Later…
A small update in my Weight Loss Journey, Formerly Fat. I’m a sucker for a good deal, so when I looked at our Faculty/Staff Meal plan at Delta State and did the math, I realized I could solve a few problems with one solution. The first was figuring out what to eat for lunch most …
Battling Pickle Podcast Season 2 Show Notes
The BP Podcast will be back in the very near future for Season 2. This page will be updated with show notes as needed! If you’re not already subscribed, do so here! Topics this season will revolve around Abnormal Psychology & Educational Psychology! My plan is to post short 5-10 minute episodes most week days!
Am I Hungry?
Am I hungry? Shouldn’t that be an easy question? Well for the formerly fat among us, probably not. Read on to learn more about my quest to answer this question!
So How Do I Just… Stop?
So I think it’s time to transition to the scariest part of this journey… maintenance.
Easy In-Class Presentation Ratings Using Google Forms, Sheets, and R
In my classes I’ll often have students give short presentations, and recently I wanted to allow my students to also rate each other. Here’s a very quick and easy way to accomplish that while also having the data analyzed to tell you who is the ‘winner’ Create your rating forms in Google Forms. I made …
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Explain Everything Demo
I made this in about 5 minutes… sometimes having the right tool means pay a bit of money to speed up your workflow. Could I have done it for free? Yes. As accessibly? No.