Javier Odom

Intro

Mission Statement
My mission is to glorify God in my actions and inactions.

Philosophy and Vision
My philosophy is to fear God, then to love God, in that order. Accomplishing this by prioritizing issues as God, Family, Country. My vision is to be a good and faithful servant to God.

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Jeweler

Javier is the third generation owner and operator of Walt's Jewelers.

Founded in 1956, Walt's Jewelers is a full-service independent jeweler located in Gilbert, Arizona.

Reading List

This list is not in an intentional order, but starting with the Bible is a great place to begin.

Religious

• Holy Bible
  The version is important, but what is more important is that you read this with an open mind and heart.

Nonfiction

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
  by Tim Marshall
• Sun Tzu: The Art of Warfare
  Translated by Roger T. Ames
  This specific translation and version by Mr. Ames, with the grey/tan dust cover, side-by-side translation, and with the additional texts may be my favorite translation and copy.
• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
  by Simon Winchester
• The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
  by Jon Gertner
• Paper: Paging Through History
  by Mark Kurlansky
  Hardback, 1st Edition is the best way to read this book, with its Sebago paper, chapters leading with "a capital letter based on the alphabet designed by Albrecht Durer in 1525 and cut in linoleum by the author," and the text set in Dante.

Fiction

• Snow Crash
  by Neal Stephenson
• Exegesis
  by Astro Teller
  The book is written in the format of email interactions, and covers the story of one artificial intelligence (AI) researchers efforts and interactions with the first self-aware AI entity.
• Sackett's Land
  by Louis L'Amour
  The first in a series of novels which follow one family across generations.

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Contact

You can contact me at my ProtonMail account. FWIW, some initial communications received may not be fully encrypted, so consider sending a ping message first requesting a reply, which should include my public key information. This e-mail address is not listed on keys.openpgp.org.

I highly encourage you to use encryption, especially in storing data and in communications.

• Twitter

Elements

i = 0;

while (!deck.isInOrder()) {
    print 'Iteration ' + i;
    deck.shuffle();
    i++;
}

print 'It took ' + i + ' iterations to sort the deck.';