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Curtis Jones

God-fearing, mountain-climbing, software engineer.

📍 Atlanta, GA https://curtisjones.us

Suffering

I was talking to Wes, who was on my McKinley expedition. He and some of the other people on the team are going up Aconcagua. Meanwhile I'm planning my next McKinley trip. The conversation moved to training and Wes posed the question, "Why do we put our

Rice Cooker

I want to buy a rice cooker. I don't really know anything about them, though. Are all rice cookers made equal? Is there a best brand? A best model? Certain handy features to look for? Tell me. Someone.

McKinley Training - Weeks 1, 2 of 26

A McKinley expedition is supposed to be preceded by six to nine months of significant training. Since I'm fairly complacent about the whole thing, having succeeded once already, I opted to just go with six months. Or so. I don't know what makes this the official

Holy Crap

So, in lieu of having any mountains or even hills pretending to be mountains available in NYC for McKinley training purposes, I've been using the stairs in the 35 story building I live in. Specifically, I've been running up the stairs. Later on I'll

Breakfast

I remembered to turn the stove off after making breakfast just now. Unlike yesterday. Today is a good day.

Proposition 8

A friend of mine recently posted her thoughts on California's recent proposition 8, and tried to do so in such a way so as to not offend anyone. An impossible goal, I suspect. I applaud the effort. I don't have any such goal, because 1) this

Baseline the Project Plan

I know people use the term "technobabble", and I certainly hear a lot of talk that fits that description. When conversing with other engineers about a technical subject, such talk is entirely warranted - to effectively (and concisely) communicate. When in a meeting with managers, product and advertising

Just 25 More Weeks

I get this uncontrollable smile every time I think about flying back out to Alaska. Just twenty-five more weeks. It seems like that isn't too far off in the future. Unless I think about it as "nearly half a year". But then that makes me feel

Follow-Up with the Fruit Company

It was nice to talk to someone other than an HR person. This interview was of a more technical nature, with few questions (only one, really) that pertained at all to my opinion of something - and that was the "ideal job" question. Again. It was easier to

Lead by Example

So, there's this relatively famous Obama quote: "It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too," Obama responded. "My attitude is

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