Year: 2024
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I used to start my days with our Google Nest Mini. Hey Google, news today. Hey Google, feels like temperature today. Hey Google, what’s the weather today? Sometimes, I get frustrated when it can’t record a reminder correctly. Most days, it’s unplugged because we don’t have other smart devices to make the most of its features. Isn’t it nice to have…
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This week, I’ve been engrossed in reading literature after literature about agrivoltaics because I want to explore the topic for my research this year. And it’s not just the reading that I’ve been busy with these days. I’ve also been working on a system that would enable me to efficiently scour the web without getting…
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I’ve heard about how my grandparents were leaders and how my father (whom I never met because he died when I was a month old) seems to get along easily with people. Since grade school, I have always found myself leading groups. It felt like I’ve known what it’s like to lead my whole life, even…
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Growing older feels good because I am learning to draw back and let things be. My younger self would have been more willing to put up a fight. It sure takes wisdom to choose one’s words.
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I always considered it from one perspective—restricting spending to manage your finances. But while listening to an HBR podcast about austerity’s big bait-and-switch, I learned that not everyone has the same pants. This means that cutting back on non-essential expenses may look different for different people, and my hardship may also differ from yours.
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When I visited the digital public square (in my case, Facebook) in the last couple of weeks, I kept seeing posts about heat index infographics and people complaining about how hot the days were turning. The heat index is the “feels-like” temperature, telling us how the combination of heat and humidity makes things hotter than the actual…
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Dear reader from the future, Can you remember a world where it is still bearable to go outside on a sunny day? I can only look back to how cool afternoons were when I was five, the trees shading our house from the tolerable outdoor heat. I can recall the memories in tinted blues and…
jessa 