A Non-canonical Journal of the Learnings and Whimsy of Jason A. Cox
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Welcome to the Book of Jason! This is a place I store random bits of knowledge, trivia, and wisdom that I discover along my journey. I’m keenly interested in technology, science, leadership, people, culture and philosophy.
I remember his laugh. In fact, I think that’s probably the very first thing I remember about my dad. It was loud, genuine, and completely uninhibited. I was 2 or 3 years old, living in our small two-bedroom house in Tulsa. I can’t recall anything before that moment. I remember being startled by his laughter, …
“So, what do you do?” It’s one of those questions that follows us everywhere. Dinners, conferences, reunions, casual conversations with strangers. Most of us, myself included, answer with our job title or our role. It makes sense. We spend a staggering portion of our lives working, and so our work becomes a major thread in …
I love words! Yes, I know, you’ve probably gathered that by now. I can’t help it. I like to write. I like to read. I like those tiny bundles of thought, strung together to form feelings, memories, stories, and dreams. They come in all shapes and sizes. They dance along to different rhythms and different rhymes. …
An AI agent, a midnight intrusion, and the future of operations engineering. It started with this: “At 03:20 PST, the web server experienced a 10-minute outage that was the result of a flood of 5,037 requests.” I had assigned Sam, my personal AI assistant, the duty of watching the performance of my systems and set up access …
37,869,120 minutes. That seems like a lot, but it goes by fast. The average human life fits inside that number. Some of us will have more. Some less. And none of us knows which. But all of us are moving through it, a heartbeat, a breath, a minute at a time. Tick tock. The day …
iCurlHTTP is a simple, easy to use app that allows you to run MacOS/Linux-like cURL tests against URLs. It can simulate different web browsers (user-agents) to retrieve the raw HTTP headers and HTML response from web servers. Want to know the history and build details on how iCurlHTTP came about? Read this blog post.
Technology – Explore various Arduino, (arduino.cc). ATtiny85, Raspberry Pi (raspberrypi.org) and ESP8266 WiFI microcontroller projects. I give details on several projects I have taken on over the years, including home automation, security systems, WiFI water detectors, weather stations and 3D printing. I also chronicle random investigations into current technologies, computer science and beyond.
Science – Reviews and contemplations about all things science but mostly quantum physics.
Leadership – Study up on a collection of blogs, publications, book reviews and conferences on Leadership, Culture and Business.
Finance – Find practical wisdom tidbits that I have discovered through my reading.
Entertainment – Comments and reviews on movies, parks and the industry.
Theology – Study and contemplate of our Creator and practical spiritual applications.
I love to hear from friend and meet new people. You can contact me via social media at Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Check out my OSS projects on GitHub as well.
