Category: miscellaneous
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90 second book review: The End of Faith
I’ve been stuck on this review for a while, but we are leaving tomorrow for a mini vacation to New Hampshire, so I decided to just get down what’s in my head and check it off the list. It’s not going to get any better with time – at least for now. One the plus…
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Small project
This should keep me busy the next few weekends.
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The Geek of Zen: Personal productivity system update
One of my unofficial new year’s resolutions (all of them have been unofficial for the last few years…makes it more of a surprise – even to me – when they happen) was to be more intentional about how I spend my time. Perhaps its a bit of “a pirate looks at forty” (a few years…
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My new home office setup
Standing desk, nice mic and headphones for conference calls, dual screens and a mechanical keyboard.
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Missing things
Overheard today: “I like my iWatch because before I’d miss calls and texts.” I wonder how much gets missed by all that not missing?
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Latest episode of Mason's adventure in autodidaction
With the first full week of this year’s run at Mason’s adventure in autodidaction (Executive decison: from hence forth that will be the show name!) in the books, we sat down and did a week in review. If you’re interested in how he spent his days and what he’s picking up take a listen. I’m…
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90 Second Book Review: The Righteous Mind
I need to pick up the pace on getting these quick reviews done, with the goal of getting them hammered out pretty much as soon as I finish the book. I finished this one a week ago and have already picked up and read into a couple of other books. As a result, this review…
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Success is a lie from Daily Zen
Work on yourself, look within, and stop trying to beat the piñata of the world into giving you a few ephemeral pieces of candy. From: The daily zen
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Weekend review: weeding, canning and podcasting
This was a nice weekend to be outdoors, so I spent a lot of it getting the fence lines cleaned up in eventual preparation for a repainting. Still have to figure out a way to clear a line through the woods. A bushog attached to a bobcat is the leading contender. I also spent some…