If you are in crisis, or know someone who is, please contact the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline, or dial 911 in the event of an emergency.call 988chat with someone at 988lifeline.org Seize the Awkwardhttps://seizetheawkward.org/I have a list of people I check in on regularly. I have people who check in on me. It makes all of the difference in the world to me. You never know what others are going through until you ask. Sound It Out Togetherhttps://sounditouttogether.org/Important tools designed to help teach kids about the importance of emotional well being. NAMIhttps://www.nami.org/HomeThe National Alliance on Mental Illness has loads of helpful information for patients and caregivers of all ages. tagging  @TheBaconBrothers  again, because I am continuing to pander and draw attention to myself. Also tagging  @OrvillePeck  @DavesGarage  for the incessant mentionsNo playlist today.I am honestly excited to get myself to a point where I can just nerd out on something dumb. You have no idea how good I feel getting through one of these episodes, and I'm happy to hopefully find some content that will help my audience connect. And believe it or not, when I mention something like the 3-of-9 barcode generator, I plan to re-write the code behind it.Here's more information than anyone needs on UPC barcodes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_39If there is one thing I would love to go viral for, or gain notoriety for, it would be the creation of a program that encourages companies to invest in developing careers to those without degrees. I’m not looking at this traditionally, but rather like an apprenticeship, where skills are learned in place somehow. And earned work credits, where some number of years of continuous experience in the field becomes universally accepted to be the equivalent to a degree.