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LSU’s Jaden Daniels produced the most impressive deep passing statistics of the last decade in 2023.  Daniels completed 53-of-79 passes of 15-plus air yards for 1,783 yards, 24 touchdowns and just one interception. His completion rate of 67.1% on deep passes led the nation. Don’t let your eyes gloss over that number: a completion percentage of 67.1% would be impressive on all passes, including screens and dump-offs. For deep passes, it’s beyond exceptional.

I was sent to London to interview Ultravox in the summer of 1980, just before they got big. Here’s an outtake from my memoir: I was in Midge Ure’s flat in Chiswick nosing through his record collection, and I saw that it was full of Beatles LPs. Midge seemed a bit embarrassed when I mentioned it and said that he’d got them free from the record company. I’d been sent down to London to interview Ultravox, who’d just released their first album with Midge as singer.

Under Night In-Birth has been around for a while. Like, the first time I played Under Night was over ten years ago. It’s not quite an indie— the home versions have long had the publisher backing of genre titan Arc System Works— nor is it ever, with its hardcore gameplay and beautiful 2D pixel animation, likely to reach the mainstream gamer audience. Rather, developer French Bread’s Under Night series is the definition of a cult favorite.

☆☆☆☆ Queen Im Hwa-ryeong (played by Kim Hye-soo) Queen Dowager (played by Kim Hae-sook) King Yi-ho (played by Choi Won-young) ↑Note: Korean names denote the surname followed by the given name. “Under the Queen’s Umbrella” was my top pick of 2022. If you’re looking for a fantastic series to watch, this sageuk/사극 (or historical drama) is difficult to beat. Kim Hye-soo is magnificent as a queen whose sons’ lives (and her own) are in danger if the Crown Prince dies.

Hey, it’s your favorite cult leader here 🦹‍♂️🦹‍♂️ On Tuesdays, I will cover problem-solving techniques that show up in software engineering, computer science, and Leetcode Style Questions📚📚📝📝. To get access to all my articles and support my crippling chocolate milk addiction, consider subscribing if you haven’t already! Help me buy chocolate milk p.s. you can learn more about the paid plan here. Recently, I came across a very interesting video going over this idea called Branchless Programming.

Reading Time: 9 minutes Highlights: How do the best in the world do what they do?  In the case of Alex Honnold, how does he train himself to scale walls of rock several thousand feet high, with no rope -  meaning he's got exactly one shot to get it right? In the coming editions of the Perform Newsletter, I am going to break down some publicly available content and displays of greatness to explore what goes into really performing your best when it matters most.

Last OIGO, I waded into a subject that I was not sure would resonate with you. But guess what? You liked it. A lot. What I heard the most? Tell me more. 👂 You who are media leaders who read OIGO to learn and see what’s happening, I found, appreciate learning some details. 📄 Thank you for educating me about your interests, so this newsletter serves you better. This time, let’s get into a subject you’re reading about a bit: Spanish and Latino/a/e/x identity.

I’m going to explore the topic of spiritual power in several parts over the coming weeks: Why we think we’re separate from spiritual power (and the dangers of this belief); why this power can corrupt us when when we’re not conscious; how to identify when power is in shadow; what this dark power is; and why we need darkness (and to be well-equipped). My understanding of all of this is still evolving; and for much of this exploration, I’m going to lean on mystics like Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Yeshua channel Carissa Schumacher, Episcopalian priest Cynthia Bourgeault, and more.

Go back a couple of years and Substack was about sending newsletters. That was it. Nice and simple. Fast forward to today and there are lots of pieces that fit together to form the Substack toolkit, and it’s not always obvious what they’re for. Or where they are. Or which ones you should use. This is the second part of my Substack for Beginners series. You can find part 1 here: