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62 63 <!-- end lightbox scripts --> 64 65</head> 66<body> 67<!-- Header Area --> 68<div id="header"> 69<header><a href="/"><span class="red">Today</span>Was<span class="green">Awesome</span></a></header> 70</div> 71 72<!-- Featured --> 73<div class="featurebox"> 74<div class="middle show"> 75 <div class="inner">Featured posts <a class="button featuretoggle" href="#">Show</a> 76</div> 77</div> 78 <div id="features"> 79 <div class="fbox"><a href="/the-first-god/"><img width="120" height="120" src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/infinite_possibilities_by_nis86-d5816jo-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The First God</a></div> 80 <div class="fbox"><a href="/the-night-god-spoke-a-super-short-story/"><img width="120" height="120" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/photo-1417577097439-425fb7dec05e-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The Night God Spoke – A Super Short Story</a></div> 81 <div class="fbox"><a href="/the-space-time-continuum-of-time-travel-logic/"><img width="120" height="120" src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-04-at-11.24.30-PM-150x150.png" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The Space Time Continuum of Time Travel Logic</a></div> 82 <div class="fbox"><a href="/what-are-we-really-supposed-to-learn-from-fairy-tales/"><img width="120" height="120" src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/J_Worthington_Foulfellow_and_Gideon_in_Disneys_Pinocchio-150x150.png" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">What are we really supposed to learn from fairy tales?</a></div> 83 <div class="fbox"><a href="/how-my-wife-going-to-work-made-our-home-more-harmonious-and-brought-us-closer-together/"><img width="120" height="120" src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_20140208_192435-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">How my wife going to work made our home more harmonious and brought us closer together.</a></div> 84 <div class="clear"></div> 85 </div> 86</div> 87 88<!-- Content Area --> 89<div class="content"> 90 91 <article class=" main post-848 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-featured tag-sci-fi tag-science-fiction tag-short-stories tag-thiesm tag-transhumanism" id="post-848"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/the-first-god/" title="The First God" class="entry-title">The First God</a></h2> 92 <section class="main"> 93 <p><i>In the following story any resemblance to persons living, dead, or otherwise is purely coincidental.</i></p> 94<p>—</p> 95<h2>The First God</h2> 96<p>God will be born soon. Of course, he isn’t the first.</p> 97<p>The First will be born much later and very far away from this local earth. When he is born the universe will be nearly dead.</p> 98<p>On his world, the sky will have no stars and no moon. His galaxy will have grown cold as stars die out. When his star is formed, or was formed depending on your frame of reference, it is one of the last in his galaxy. His planet will form in a favorable position around its star and will have the right atmosphere and elements to support life. After a few million years life will evolve and finally after a few hundred thousand more will pass in the final sprint to higher intelligence.</p> 99<p>Sentient life on the planet of The First will pass through the great trials of all intelligent life with only a few trillion deaths.</p> 100<p>In this dark corner of the universe, the first God won’t grow up with stars to look at. Any stars still alive will be too far away to see. On his world. When the sun sets, there is no light from the sky.</p> 101<p>He will not dream of traveling through space, what exists out there but an empty sea of black? Instead, he will dream of traveling through time. He will dream of escaping time, punching a hole in time and stepping outside it. He won’t be the first to try (on his planet, or his universe), but he will be the first to succeed.</p> 102 <a href="/the-first-god/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 103<div class="wrap_grey">The First God</div> 104<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 105 <div class="clear"></div> 106 </section> 107 </article> 108 <div class="meta"> 109<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Thursday, August 18, 2016</div> <a href="/the-first-god/#comments" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="848" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon">2</span></span></a> 110</div> 111 112 <article class=" main post-837 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-featured" id="post-837"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/the-night-god-spoke-a-super-short-story/" title="The Night God Spoke – A Super Short Story" class="entry-title">The Night God Spoke – A Super Short Story</a></h2> 113 <section class="main"> 114 <p><img loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/photo-1417577097439-425fb7dec05e.jpg" alt="photo-1417577097439-425fb7dec05e" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-838" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/photo-1417577097439-425fb7dec05e.jpg 800w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/12/photo-1417577097439-425fb7dec05e-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100v
114w, 800px"></p> 115<p>It happened on a quiet night. Or rather, it happened during a quiet moment when it happened to be night in the western hemisphere. Else where it was a quiet morning, or a quiet afternoon. Like most things in life it seemed to happen very slowly then all at once. </p> 116 <a href="/the-night-god-spoke-a-super-short-story/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 117<div class="wrap_grey">The Night God Spoke – A Super Short Story</div> 118<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 119 <div class="clear"></div> 120 </section> 121 </article> 122 <div class="meta"> 123<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Sunday, December 27, 2015</div> <a href="/the-night-god-spoke-a-super-short-story/#respond" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="837" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon"></span></span></a> 124</div> 125 126 <article class=" main post-827 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics tag-bitcoin" id="post-827"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/why-a-bitcoin-crash-could-be-great-for-bitcoin/" title="Why a Bitcoin crash could be great for Bitcoin" class="entry-title">Why a Bitcoin crash could be great for Bitcoin</a></h2> 127 <section class="main"> 128 <p><img loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-Bitcoin-Crash-of-2015.png" alt="The Bitcoin Crash of 2015" width="828" height="307" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-828" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-Bitcoin-Crash-of-2015.png 828w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-Bitcoin-Crash-of-2015-300x111.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px"></p> 129<p>Ok, so it is a bummer to have a currency crash. But in the long run this kind of thing might actually be great for Bitcoin as a whole.</p> 130 <a href="/why-a-bitcoin-crash-could-be-great-for-bitcoin/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 131<div class="wrap_grey">Why a Bitcoin crash could be great for Bitcoin</div> 132<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 133 <div class="clear"></div> 134 </section> 135 </article> 136 <div class="meta"> 137<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2015</div> <a href="/why-a-bitcoin-crash-could-be-great-for-bitcoin/#comments" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="827" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon">1</span></span></a> 138</div> 139 140 <article class=" main post-816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-not-so-awesome" id="post-816"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/where-are-all-the-magical-gaming-inputs/" title="Where are all the magical gaming inputs?" class="entry-title">Where are all the magical gaming inputs?</a></h2> 141 <section class="main"> 142 <p><img loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/NES-Power-Glove.jpg" alt="NES-Power-Glove" width="800" height="374" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-817" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/NES-Power-Glove.jpg 800w, /wp-content/uploads/2014/05/NES-Power-Glove-300x140.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"></p> 143<p>In 2011 new and exciting gaming inputs promised a total shift in how we interacted with games. Not only games, but technology. This was the new unexplored frontier that was going to revolutionize everything and then… nothing happened.</p> 144<p>The post-kinect world didn’t really look any different. Motion controllers, or gaming wands amounted to nothing more than a fad. It was like we dusted off the power glove and NES light gun and called them new. </p> 145<p>Inputs aren’t revolutionizing gaming or interfaces. Are new consumption interfaces going to be the same thing? Is the Occulus doomed to niche lab experiments?</p> 146 <a href="/where-are-all-the-magical-gaming-inputs/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 147<div class="wrap_grey">Where are all the magical gaming inputs?</div> 148<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 149 <div class="clear"></div> 150 </section> 151 </article> 152 <div class="meta"> 153<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Friday, May 16, 2014</div> <a href="/where-are-all-the-magical-gaming-inputs/#respond" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="816" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon"></span></span></a> 154</div> 155 156 <article class=" main post-810 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-not-so-awesome" id="post-810"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/san-francisco-airports-tsa-worst-in-the-country-blogger-says/" title="San Francisco Airport’s TSA worst in the country blogger says" class="entry-title">San Francisco Airport’s TSA worst in the country blogger says</a></h2> 157 <section class="main"> 158 <p><img loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TSA-post.jpg" alt="TSA-post" width="640" height="545" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-811" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TSA-post.jpg 640w, /wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TSA-post-300x255.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100v
158w, 640px"></p> 159<p>I feel like I’ve gone through security at a lot of airports. Years ago I was flying home after living abroad and went through JFK (I think?) and it looked like a 3rd world country to me. There were guys with machine guns all over the place.</p> 160<p>But all of that pales in comparison to how awful the TSA is at JFK. I always <a href="/opt-out-of-the-scanner-at-the-airport-its-great/">opt-out of the body scanner</a> and security is almost always extremely polite about the whole thing.</p> 161<p>SFO is downright hostile. </p> 162 <a href="/san-francisco-airports-tsa-worst-in-the-country-blogger-says/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 163<div class="wrap_grey">San Francisco Airport’s TSA worst in the country blogger says</div> 164<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 165 <div class="clear"></div> 166 </section> 167 </article> 168 <div class="meta"> 169<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2014</div> <a href="/san-francisco-airports-tsa-worst-in-the-country-blogger-says/#respond" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="810" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon"></span></span></a> 170</div> 171 172 <article class=" main post-804 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-804"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/the-archive-a-flash-fiction-short-story/" title="The Archive, a flash fiction short story" class="entry-title">The Archive, a flash fiction short story</a></h2> 173 <section class="main"> 174 <p>“I hope it is treasure” said Darith. He was a squat man, good with an axe and good at tracking.</p> 175<p>Sun smiled.</p> 176<p>The Archive was close. After 10 years of searching, countless injuries and many deaths they were finally getting close. In the morning light there was almost a path through the woods; newer trees punching through black rock, darker ground, and more stones leaving a vague outline. This used to be a road. </p> 177 <a href="/the-archive-a-flash-fiction-short-story/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 178<div class="wrap_grey">The Archive, a flash fiction short story</div> 179<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 180 <div class="clear"></div> 181 </section> 182 </article> 183 <div class="meta"> 184<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Monday, April 28, 2014</div> <a href="/the-archive-a-flash-fiction-short-story/#respond" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="804" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon"></span></span></a> 185</div> 186 187 <article class=" main post-801 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-what-are-you-gonna-do" id="post-801"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/speaking-to-customers-in-the-language-they-understand/" title="Speaking to customers in the language they understand" class="entry-title">Speaking to customers in the language they understand</a></h2> 188 <section class="main"> 189 <p>In the rise of PC vs Mac we saw a totally different way of communicating with customers.</p> 190<p>PCs focused on awesome specs and pricing while Apple focused on lifestyle and design. Apple still talks about specs sometimes but only always in terms of “5x faster”. The result of this war was that PCs got cheaper, and cheaper and crappier while Apple could command much larger price tags.</p> 191<p>PCs fought a war of commoditization, while Apple fought a war of propaganda. </p> 192 <a href="/speaking-to-customers-in-the-language-they-understand/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 193<div class="wrap_grey">Speaking to customers in the language they understand</div> 194<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 195 <div class="clear"></div> 196 </section> 197 </article> 198 <div class="meta"> 199<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Sunday, April 27, 2014</div> <a href="/speaking-to-customers-in-the-language-they-understand/#respond" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="801" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon"></span></span></a> 200</div> 201 202 <article class=" main post-798 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-what-are-you-gonna-do" id="post-798"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/bad-musical-influences/" title="Bad Musical Influences" class="entry-title">Bad Musical Influences</a></h2> 203 <section class="main"> 204 <p>I hate that we’re always bombarded by music from evil people. I was reading about this popular “artist” who has philandered, stolen money, made lots of anti-semetic and racist remarks, and swindled rich women out of their money only to toss them aside for the younger wives of his friends.</p> 205<p>For some reason we play this music in our schools! Teach it to middle-schoolers and promote it. All of this from a man who was completely morally corrupt. Is this just a common core thing?</p> 206<div id="attachment_799" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"> 207<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i0TnNI6U-w"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-799" loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RichardWagner.jpg" alt="Richard Wagner" width="300" height="417" class="size-full wp-image-799" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RichardWagner.jpg 300w, /wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RichardWagner-215x300.jpg 215w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100v
207w, 300px"></a><p id="caption-attachment-799" class="wp-caption-text">Richard Wagner</p> 208</div> 209 <a href="/bad-musical-influences/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 210<div class="wrap_grey">Bad Musical Influences</div> 211<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 212 <div class="clear"></div> 213 </section> 214 </article> 215 <div class="meta"> 216<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Saturday, April 26, 2014</div> <a href="/bad-musical-influences/#respond" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="798" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon"></span></span></a> 217</div> 218 219 <article class=" main post-795 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-what-are-you-gonna-do" id="post-795"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/parentbnb-an-idea-for-a-new-social-network/" title="ParentBnb: an idea for a new social network" class="entry-title">ParentBnb: an idea for a new social network</a></h2> 220 <section class="main"> 221 <p>Staying with friends is a great way to save money when traveling and catch up with people that have moved away. But there’s always that awkward part about wanting to say thank you and do it in an tasteful way. </p> 222<p>Aside: I once had a house guest leave me a pile of change with a thank you note. This is not a classy way to say thank you.</p> 223 <a href="/parentbnb-an-idea-for-a-new-social-network/" class="more-link"><div class="clear"></div> 224<div class="wrap_grey">ParentBnb: an idea for a new social network</div> 225<div class="wrap_grey_right"></div></a> 226 <div class="clear"></div> 227 </section> 228 </article> 229 <div class="meta"> 230<div class="button" style="float:left;">Posted Friday, April 25, 2014</div> <a href="/parentbnb-an-idea-for-a-new-social-network/#respond" class="button"><span data-lf-article-id="795" data-lf-site-id="292528" class="livefyre-commentcount"><span class="icon"></span></span></a> 231</div> 232 233 <article class=" main post-792 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-what-are-you-gonna-do" id="post-792"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="/good-seo-is-just-answering-the-questions-people-are-already-asking/" title="Good SEO is just answering the questions people are already asking" class="entry-title">Good SEO is just answering the questions people are already asking</a></h2> 234 <section class="main"> 235 <p>Everybody should know this by now. It’s tempting to just want to do your sales pitch and expect people to show up to listen. But this isn’t a sales pitch, most search targets people who are in the research phase so just answer their questions!</p> 236<p>Not sure what to answer? Easy, just listen to sales calls everyday and every question they ask, answer it. 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