JavaScript: (DOM) eventListener & Loops

In this post, we explain the Javascript: (DOM) eventListener & Loops method using the Feynman Technique as part of my Feynman/20-hour challenge. For more info, click here. In Javascript, DOM is an acronym for Document Object Model, in laymen’s terms,…

JavaScript: Filter Method

Today’s post is on the JavaScript: Filter Method explained using the Feynman Technique and is part of my Feynman Technique/20 hr Method challenge. For more information, click here. When dealing with a group of numbers that’s tied together (which in…

The Feynman Technique & 20 Hr Method – For 3 Months

My Mission:In the next three months, I’m going to execute a challenge to myself. I’m going to use the Feynman technique and the 20 hr method to learn to become a full stack developer. This means I’m going to be…

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Fermented Foods Good For Immunity

Before you start thinking “beer” or “cheese”, we’re talking more along the lines of yogurt, kombucha, kimchi, and sauerkraut. Back in July, a report was released as to why COVID fatalities were much lower in South Korea and Germany than in other parts of the world.

Chadwick Boseman: The Lesson I Learned

I know this is a bit late, but it’s been difficult for me to put my thoughts together about Chadwick Boseman’s death. Chadwick was my age, a few months younger, but still part of that last cusp of Gen X….

Politics & The Media

I generally avoid talking about politics as much as possible. I have my own views, as we all do, and just like our outlooks on life, is based off of our own experiences. Our views of our world will only…

Digital Licensing is Not Ownership

There’s a preconceived notion that if you purchase something in a digital format, that you own it. Not so much.

How Good Do You Want to Be?

There’s one thing I’ve come to realize in life.  It’s not how good someone is, it’s how much they work at it that makes them great. Case in point, a few years back I auditioned for NBC’s The Voice, and…

Launching Yourself Into Space

A little over an hour ago the SpaceX rocket Falcon Heavy, all courtesy of Elon Musk, launched into space, heading to Mars, from Cape Canaveral.  From where I was, you could barely see the rocket and the wisp of white…

What Language Do You Speak?

I grew up learning both mandarin and english at the same time.  Being a member of an immigrant family, growing up in the US, it was necessary to understand both, especially when the majority of my family understood one language…

What Brought Me to Florida

For those who know me, Florida wasn’t really some place I thought I’d ever move to.  I thought I’d be a New Yorker for all my life, even if I was always a fan of the beach, taking day trips…

The Truth Behind Perception

Perception is a pervasive thing.  It permeates all facets of our lives, whether we acknowledge it or not. I’ve been thinking about it for quite a while, how perception has been both a benefit and a detriment in my own…

Biting More Than I Could Chew

Last post I dished out a whole lot of info, with little explanation, but I’m here to offer one of the more interesting stories. So back in 2014, I asked a friend of mine if she would be interested in…

Happy New Year – 2018

It’s gray, wet, and cold outside. You thought Florida was supposed to be warm, right? I know I did.  Occasionally it has it’s share of Seattle/London-like weather, which is a glorious change from the Summer’s blistering heat. Seriously, I’m actually…

Return of the Mack

It’s been some time since I’ve posted, and quite a bit has changed since last write up. I’m no longer living in New York. Back in the Summer of 2015, due to several unforeseen circumstances, I was lead to move…

Janifer with TJ Punchard

Yuan Fin – The Documentary

I was blessed on my birthday last year to partner up with Colette Thompson, who, among other things, is the one who runs the Eastern branch of Harmony Sweeps, the national a cappella competition.  She has graciously taken up the…

My Road to New York Comic Con 2014

As many of you already know, I was at New York Comic Con this year, and if you’ve been scouting out my facebook and twitter posts, you are aware that I won my passes, but some of you have asked…

In memoriam of Jeffrey Lee

I found out yesterday that a friend of mine, Jeff Lee, who was a regular in the New York karaoke circuit, passed away due to complications during heart surgery. Jeff was a good man, 45 year old, who I had…

Year Of The Janifer

In the last few months I’ve been on a quest.  Changes were made and situations have happened, and a lot of my time has been dedicated to a new project called OnTheFelt.  That isn’t to say I haven’t been singing….

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Saw this video today, and thought I’d share.  It’s a short vid of homeless folks being asked to dance to Pharell’s “Happy”.  The results are really healing. Happy (Homeless People Dance Video) -Music by Pharrell from…