Aaron Presley

Everything So Far

I'm right at the 4 month anniversary of leaving Portland. Before leaving, I told myself over and over that I would be heading to South America and out of this

Being Happy

I came across this link giving 10 tip to reduce stress at your work. The first tip made me scoff:

Think back through your life, what is the happiest moment

Cause for the Chromebook

Last week I bought the Samsung Chromebook. A few days before, my sister was telling me that she needed something between an iPad and a laptop. The iPad was too

Goal Oriented

If New Years has taught me anything, it's that it's really, really easy to declare a new goal. It's absurdly simple for me to feel that electric shock of motivation

A Week in San Francisco

I spent last week in San Francisco. I honestly didn't know what to expect from the place. Maybe a few parts Portland, a few parts pretentiousness, and a few parts

A Freelancer's Daydream

A few months back, when I would picture myself freelancing, it always involved one thing: waking up whenever I wanted.

I am not a morning person, and since grade-school I've had

Tragedy

This section of The Onion article rang particularly powerful for me:

Americans reported feelings of overwhelming disgust with whatever abhorrent bastard did this and with the world at large for ever

On Being Unknown

I've spent most of my life in Midland. Roughly 75% has been spent in this West Texas desert - among the mesquite trees and the heat.

I've also been around the

PHP mail function on Mac OSX

Warning: Nerd Content

For whatever reason, my PHP mail() function stopped working a few months back. It hasn't been an issue until now, so some searching brought me to this solution.