Blog


This is more of a personal exercise but perhaps some posts will be mildly interesting. To start I recommend The Mathematics of Art, University Reflections or Ironman California Race Report, .

🏊‍♂️ Santa Cruz 70.3 2025 Race Report
September 14, 2025
Pre-Race I came into Santa Cruz 70.3 with few expectations.

🌋 Oregon Cascades 100 miler 2024 Race Report
August 24, 2024
Intro Alright, let’s just address the elephant in the room right off the bat — why.

🏃 Vancouver Marathon Race Report
August 18, 2024
On May 5th, 2024, I ran the Vancouver Marathon. The training and racing bug from last year’s Ironman still lingered, and I wanted to focus my efforts on the marathon distance.

🤖 Ironman California Race Report
December 11, 2023
On October 22nd, 2023, I became an Ironman. Nine hours, thirty-nine minutes, and eleven seconds after I dove into the Sacramento River, I crossed the finish line to the words I had been waiting eight months to hear: “Mitchell Adam, you are an Ironman!

🏃 Running Thoughts: Why
May 21, 2023
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post. My weekends have been filled with triathlon training, leaving me with little time or energy (mostly energy) to muse about blog posts.

🚦 Driven by Optimism
March 25, 2023
Capitalism is the best we have got. Yes, it has some issues, such as economic inequality and environmental degradation.

🪦 Why I do not want to die
February 11, 2023
You know more about how the world works than 95% of people.

📈 Post 50
January 20, 2023
We made it to 50! From the start, this blog has been a personal exercise.

🏆 What I learned in 2022
January 13, 2023
I only learned one thing in 2022. That’s not entirely true.

🤖 ChatGPT
December 23, 2022
ChatGPT is taking over the world. OpenAI released a new chatbot using their GPT large language model (LLM).

🧮 Digital Productivity Stack
November 24, 2022
Are you using technology correctly? I recently updated my digital productivity stack.

📈 Going Viral
November 16, 2022
I went viral. This week I experienced my first taste of internet fame.

🫒 SF Food Review
November 8, 2022
Going out to eat is one of life’s great pleasures.

💻 Why You Need to Write a Blog
October 30, 2022
Every Sunday morning I head to my local coffee shop and write a blog post, and you should too.

🥽 Virtual Reality
October 16, 2022
Meta released their new virtual reality headset this week, the Quest Pro.

🌅 Mornings
October 9, 2022
I have always been a morning person. Not only do I like mornings, but I absolutely hate sleeping in.

📜 What is in your control?
October 2, 2022
In my quest to enjoy life, I try and embody many aspects of stoic philosophy.

💼 The Office
September 25, 2022
I have officially started work! After a few minor delays, I had my first day on Monday.

🌀 Iteration
September 22, 2022
Iteration is a well agreed upon concept in software development.

💵 Money
September 9, 2022
When starting a new job and moving to a new place money comes up a lot.

🎯 Goals
September 3, 2022
I don’t set specific goals for myself very often. I have things that I am pursuing, do well in school or get a good job, but rarely do I write down specific, metric based goals.

🕰️ Habits
August 24, 2022
I am back baby! After a brief hiatus, I am back to the blog.

👤 Solo Travel
July 11, 2022
I just finished three weeks travelling though Peru and two through Bolivia.

🇲🇦 Morocco
June 8, 2022
As soon as I flew arrived to Morocco from Portugal, I knew I was not in Europe any more.

🧳 I am a Tourist
May 23, 2022
The word tourist often has a negative connotation. I am a tourist.

🚅 Would I Travel Forever?
May 17, 2022
I was asked this today by someone who is hoping to.

⛵ Porto
May 10, 2022
After the tightest layover possible (25 minutes from one plane landing to the next taking off, including customs), I made it to Portugal!

👨‍💻 Super User Tips
May 1, 2022
The key to using a computer effectively is minimizing the time between thinking you want to do something, and that something being done.

🌎 Travel
April 24, 2022
Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world, contributing 8.

📐 The Mathematics of Art
April 17, 2022
I wrote my first line of code eight years ago and there is one thing that has not changed since.

☯️  Yin and Yang Time
April 10, 2022
In ancient Chinese philosophy, Yin and Yang describes the complementary balance between opposing forces.

⁉️ How to know what to do?
April 3, 2022
Naval Ravikant is one of the more interesting online presences.

🪞 University Reflections
March 27, 2022
This weekend I received my iron ring for (almost) completing my engineering undergraduate degree.

📕 Goodreads
March 20, 2022
One of my favourite apps is Goodreads. Goodreads is a social media site focused on books.

💿 Records
March 13, 2022
Vinyl record players have been revitalized and are quite popular once again.

🎓 Three Skills
March 6, 2022
Deep work, writing and software development are the three skills I am focused on improving.

🎬 Tarantino Movies
September 21, 2021
I would not describe myself as a movie person. I struggle with committing the amount of time needed to watch most movies.

🕛 Vancouver Highlights
September 12, 2021
Hello everyone, after a brief hiatus I am back to the blog.

📖  E-Readers
June 6, 2021
I have been doing the majority of my reading on the Kobo eReader.

🚵 Why I Love Mountain Biking
May 30, 2021
One of my first posts was Why I Love Backcountry Skiing, and since I have been doing a fair amount of riding recently I thought it would be fitting to share why I love mountain biking.

🌶️ Spicy Food
May 23, 2021
One of my staple dinner meals is a green curry concoction.

🏕️ My Favourite Thing
May 16, 2021
If I am being honest, I was not particularly in the mood to write this today.

⚖️ Discipline and Enjoyment
May 9, 2021
I have a difficult time relaxing; I constantly feel I need to do more.

🥗 Salad
May 2, 2021
I have been eating quite a bit of salad recently.

🎥 Oscar Movie Review
April 25, 2021
The Oscars are today and while I will likely not be watching them, I have watched a few of this years nominees.

✏️ What School Teaches You
April 18, 2021
In my experience, school is not about the content learned.

📚 This Weeks Books
April 11, 2021
I finished three books this week and thought I would share thoughts on each.

🌺 Spring!
April 4, 2021
Dare I say spring has arrived? I don’t want to jynx it…

🧑‍🔬 Richard Feynman
March 27, 2021
When I was around fourteen, my grandpa one day told me that he had a book he thought I would like.

🧠 High Mental Load Tasks
March 21, 2021
I like to identify high mental load tasks and prioritize getting them done.

🤖 NFTs
March 14, 2021
I spent some time learning about the current hot topic, NFTs.

🏃 4x4x48 Recap
March 6, 2021
This weekend I completed the 4x4x48 challenge which involves running 4 miles (6.

🔮 Pleasure
February 27, 2021
This week I finished reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and started reading Amusing Our Selves to Death by Neil Postman.

💻 Opinions on Online School
February 20, 2021
It has been almost a year since the world went online.

📒  Living an Interesting Story
February 13, 2021
Based on Ali Abdaal’s (youtuber) recommendation, I recently read A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller.

⛷️ Why I Love Backcountry Skiing
February 6, 2021
Backcountry skiing, or ski touring, is when instead of taking the chair lift up you hike!

🏅 First Post
February 4, 2021
Hello World, this is my first blog post! Woohoo!