“Spring Semester” 2022, After-Action Report

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Nerd, ProjectsTags Coding, Educational, Geek, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

OK, spring semester officially ended at my old school on Friday. Let's see how I did. In my defense, I spent a week in the hospital in April (plus a week out of work afterward), so cut me a little slack. One of my doctors also reminded me this whole deal is self-inflicted. It isn't… Read More »

“Spring Semester” 2022

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 10, 2022April 3, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Nerd, ProjectsTags Coding, Educational, Geek, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

Continuous improvement is a thing for me. I am constantly taking classes and otherwise learning online, with plenty of hands-on application. This year I decided to try a more structured approach to my classes. I looked at the class schedule at my old school, realized Spring semester started in early January and ended in mid-May.… Read More »

Agile and Life

By Patrick MurphyPosted on July 15, 2021July 16, 2021Cat Lifestyle, NerdTags Educational, Me, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

Agile is a flexible project management system originally developed by and for the software industry. It’s an outgrowth of Lean manufacturing, and it accepts that things will always be fluid in certain projects. As a prototyper and game designer, I’ve found it incredibly valuable as a set of principles. You know what else is always… Read More »

New Year’s Resolutions

By Patrick MurphyPosted on December 31, 2020June 12, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

Our principle of constant improvement renders the idea of new years resolutions silly at best and laughably superstitious in most cases. Improve yourself because it makes your life better, not because of some arbitrary day on an arbitrary calendar. You are more likely to succeed. Read More »

No Gods. No Masters.

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 15, 2020September 13, 2020Cat LifestyleTags CHUDs, Ethics, Losers, Me, My History, Self-Improvement, SkoolLeave a comment

Also known as having a strong internal locus of control. There are two kinds of people when we’re talking about locus of control. There are some shades of gray and some circumstances that throw a wrench into the works sometimes, When I was younger, I was surrounded by losers. A lot of this was due… Read More »

My Typical Daily Schedule

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 13, 2020September 13, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Geek, Me, Self-Improvement, SkoolLeave a comment

People ask me fairly regularly how I find time for everything I do. Which is fair. An ex once said “I’d tell you to find a hobby, but I think you already have two hundred and fifty of them.” I’ve had people stare at me like I was insane when I tell them even the… Read More »

Talent Stacks

By Patrick MurphyPosted on June 12, 2020June 26, 2021Cat Lifestyle, ProjectsTags Art, Coding, Devil Monkey Games, Educational, Gaming, Self-Improvement, Skool, VidgamesLeave a comment

I encountered this article earlier, and it makes sense. The idea is both interesting and disturbingly accurate in my existence. I'm not stellar at any one thing, but I'm above average at a bunch of stuff, and some of it is even related to other stuff. That's what makes me a solid robotics tech and… Read More »

Downtime…

By Patrick MurphyPosted on April 22, 2020April 27, 2020Cat Lifestyle, RSMDMETags Devil Monkey Games, Gaming, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

You know your life is all kinds of screwed up when you say with a straight face "you know what? Now that I did the alpha test release I'm cutting back to aboot a hunnert hours a week." That translates to ~45 at the robut factory, ~30 classes, and ~25 RSMDME. The FPS engine is… Read More »

A Cheap Self-Improvement Trick

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 29, 2020March 29, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

As some of you may have noticed, I'm big on self-improvement. I've been known to joke that between my day job, sidelines and online classes I'm effectively a full-time student with two full-time jobs. My weeks are effectively 80-130 hours of work and classes. How do I pull it off? The magic of multitasking. I… Read More »

Drastic Life-Changing Events and Removing Losers

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 22, 2020August 14, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Losers, My History, Self-Improvement1 Comment

Sometimes everything simply goes straight to Hell. Or even if it isn't that serious it still completely rewriting your underlying assumptions about How Things Are. Moving away from home. Things going badly with a roommate. Having to move to another state because everything fell apart. I've been through a few of these. For me they… Read More »