Jer979's Blog

Sometimes you just have to capture them... Nadia (age 7.5) has been stricken with a stomach bug the last 24 hours or so. One of the thin...

I was talking to my friend, Tamir, the other day and the subject turned to preventative medical tests and screening. We're both in our...

I'll probably start a flame war for this and get labeled all kinds of things, but sometimes I just have to air my opinions...not that I ...

"...than when you are 42." That's what my college advisor told me when I was a senior trying to decide between taking a s...

At some point over last weekend, I realized that I would be in Germany on Nov. 9th and 10th, which is the anniversary of Kristallnacht , th...

Sometimes you have travel experiences that you have to document, if only for posterity’s sake. Recognizing that these are really firs...

Disclaimer : This is a thought exercise. It is not meant to offend. If you get offended by things that challenge convention, may make y...

A few years ago, my friend Joe said, "Jer, you've got to read this book  Cryptonomicon ." He gave it to me. It was over 1000...

Been thinking about and writing about this for a while, so interesting to see that a few colleges are heavily slashing costs. Beginning of...

Would you like to take a trip into the future with me next summer? I'm going to go (with a few friends) to visit Estonia because it...

This whole migrant crisis is certainly fascinating on many levels. I can't help but think that it ends with the crumbling of Europe as...

As I shared, I became an e-Citizen of Estonia , the world's most digitally advanced country . Best part, there are only 1800 e-residen...

I was very intrigued when I heard about the Uhaul Investors Club . It gives regular people like you and me a chance to put some money into...

You know me....if I hear about a cutting-edge type of technology, I'm game for it. :-) The mere act of exploring it allows me to ...

The motto of the technology early adopter is "Because I can." A lot of the time that we do things it's not because it necess...

Took a small jaunt to New England this summer, spending some quality time with the NFO's family (and my kids' cousins). We hit S...

So, we're driving down the New Jersey Turnpike, returning home from our mini-vacation to Boston when the NFO says "look at that car...

I have something I call the "If Jeremy Gets Hit By A Bus" document. It's essentially a guidebook to the NFO and executors o...

Maybe the odds are higher than I realize, but the fact that I watched only 2 movies on the flight back from Brazil last week and BOTH of the...

I just got back from Brazil and I realized how much travel has changed...and a large part of it is Google. I had a SIM card for my phone, ...