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Writing by hand is still the best way to retain information
Typing might be faster, but longhand stays with you better.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 816 posts.
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Betting on things that never change (2017)
Amazon launched 22 years ago this week.
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Power struggles among nice people
Most of my clients are CEOs of growing companies, most of the rest are C-level executives in similar settings, and a number of others are leaders in investment or professional services firms. In order to be effective in these roles they must be able to influence others, wield authority, and maintain status. At the…
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Quest for my perfect watch
I love my Casio Protrek watch, I won’t leave the house without it. I’ve owned it for years, as well as some earlier Protrek models. Those earlier models didn’t break — these watches are basically indestructible — I just liked them so much I went and bought the new revisions!
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Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU
Update: this post was written in November, 2022.
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The “je ne sais quoi” of TikTok
How a misunderstood platform has completely taken over the world.
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Aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of metastatic cancer in mice: study
Tel Aviv University researchers find that exercise defeats cancer by increasing glucose consumption
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My ADHD founder toolbox
Since I last wrote about ADHD at length, I’ve had a zillion conversations with people about it and heard from over a dozen people who’d pursued diagnosis after reading some of my yammer…
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'Be' is nice, end of story
pick a name from the dictionary, it can work
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Twenty questions is a weird game
Let’s play a game. I’m thinking of a number from 1 to 100. You guess, and I tell you whether my number is higher or lower.
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Wrap Up: Bicycle trip logistics
Now that the tour has ended, I want to share some concluding thoughts about the experience. My primary trip purpose was to learn more about urban planning in South America. I have a whole post worth of ideas on that. So, in this post, I’ll share everything that isn’t about urban planning! How did t
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Let's make the web personal again
As we're building Nym , an open-source spiritual successor to Blogger & Wordpress, we'd like to revisit the ideas of our forebears whose ideas have paved the path for us to build the next generation of personal website & blogging software on.
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Building an e-ink weather display for our home
Building a battery powered e-ink weather forecast display for our home. This was a fun Raspberry Pi project.
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The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos
If you don’t know already, I’m the kind of photographer who loves a lot of grain in my photos. I like it so much that I’ve made several videos about
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What if regular exercise is the best cognitive exercise?
File this under highly speculative. I’m sure there is better research on this topic than this writing This past week, for no obvious reason,...
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The world is run by people no smarter than you
This post was written as a reflection at the first Dev Writers Retreat. It's been really weird doing this in the PermaParty city while the world seemingly falls apart outside.…
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What it’s like to dissect a cadaver
Alok Singh's Blog
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Turning music into a chore is how I became a musician
In the summer of 2020, I took a 3 months sabbatical in order to finish an album. The experience deeply transformed how I make music – I now know I can make ...
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Voting from Antarctica
How to vote back home while you're in Antarctica!
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Writing down what I do in Obsidian
An update on my years-long habit, with a new tool.
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I plan to leave tech to pursue art
I've spent 240 hours the past 6 months drawing, and I'm eager to go all-in. I'm planning to apply to Sheridan's animation undergrad program in February, and have been busy preparing a portfolio for it. Here's some of my recent work, and a lil music video featuring my progress over the months.