Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

Everyday Manifesto

Books to be returned… | Source An open-source guide on how I try to live my life. Preface There’s no escaping ourselves. I’ve been trying to improve myself for awhile, now. I remember when I was 13 years old and I would...

The Way of Walking Alone

_Kaijo no Fuji | _Source Forty-four Ways to Live Like a Samurai When I was younger, I had a developed a keen interest in the feudal time period of Japan. I mean, what boy doesn’t think, at one time or another, that...

Afterwards

Wall of Skulls | Source Death from a UX Standpoint When I die, delete my browser history. — Anonymous As it stands, the large majority of the internet — and services that operated based on it — run under some contradictory principles. On one hand,...

Zen of Housekeeping

Kitchen Sink | Source Life as a kitchen sink. “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” — Xinxin Ming Since last August, I’ve worked casually as a housekeeper. I’ve been assigned to clean in a variety of environments such as...