There’s been lots of buzz on the topic of whether or not you should learn to code. As an engineer, I don’t have unbiased thoughts on the matter. I tweeted Jeff Atwood’s piece because, well, I agree th
Superlight Bivy under a MLD Duomid I made some major changes this year to my shelter system, switching to a Mountain Laurel Designs Duomid as my primary go-to backpacking shelter, complemented by MLD’
P. D. Mangan Aug 12, 2016 · 5 min read Lower insulin means greater fat loss Intermittent fasting — the practice of going without food for some (undefined) period of time — has many health benefits. It
I’ve written some in the past about how the predominant suburban design in the US is among the worst features of life here—viewed from the perspective of a European immigrant like me, at any rate. Far
Mike Posner Feb 10, 2016 · 10 min read What I’ve Learned by Going from College Student to Class B Celebrity to Nobody to Kinda Sorta Getting Famous Again… WHERE I AM: British Airways Flight 269 London
icture this: You’re in a house in suburban Baltimore, tripping on four different drugs, watching grown men and women—including at least one grandmother—cuddle platonically on mattresses. Some are weep
I’ve realized that I prioritize in a pretty different way than others. I don’t know that my way is the best way for everyone, but by sharing it I think I may at least expose a few ideas that will be u
Steve Schlafman Oct 29, 2017 · 8 min read Sundown on one of my many nature walks Earlier this month, my good buddy, Mike Karnjanaprakorn , Founder / CEO of Skillshare, stopped by our place in the Cats
Josh Elman Nov 8, 2017 · 3 min read Recently, a friend of mine took a week off for learning that he called “ Think Week ”. I was reading his post and his preparation and felt a little jealous that he
Discovering ketosis: how to effectively lose weight Here is a chart of my weight vs. time in the past 16 months or so: The chart was generated from a data-set weight.2015.csv by the script date-weight
I have been inside the barn, the barn, and I can tell you this: Inside, it was beautiful. I didn’t grow up with religious institutions, really, but there was something about the space that was, assure
My Bookshelf, Myself My 10 Favorite Books: Bill Gates For his bookshop and website One Grand Books , the editor Aaron Hicklin asked people to name the 10 books they’d take with them if they were maroo
by Steve Kemper Steve Kemper was given complete behind-the-scenes access to Dean Kamen and the Segway design team during development of the much-hyped "human transporter." The result: A new book, Code
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Here's a very belated trip report from March. This was our fourth trip to Bonaire and we managed to convince five friends to join us. Our usual hangout at Blachi Koko was booked up, so we ended up sta
It frustrates me how much senseless waste we all generate on a daily basis simply by going about our business. Plastic bags, paper napkins, plastic cutlery, water bottles… it’s unnecessary and, maybe
← Prev Home Next → April 10, 2017 • design It’s the small things that make big waves. I have two habits I’ve picked up over the years which I can attribute a large part of my productive periods to: taking notes and closing feedback loops. Taking Notes I was a bad student. I didn’t bring my homework…
It’s tempting — and easy — to be cynical about the richest company in the world beginning its annual unveiling of new products with what effectively amounted to a promotional video for a building cust
The Lanza family’s backyard. Credit... Holly Andres for The New York Times Feature The Anti-Helicopter Parent’s Plea: Let Kids Play! A Silicon Valley dad decided to test his theories about parenting b
When the President of the United States travels outside the country, he brings his own car with him. Moments after Air Force One landed at the Hanoi airport last May, President Barack Obama ducked int
Part 2: Making Money Trustworthy Tess Rinearson Jul 21, 2017 · 12 min read In Part 1 , we learned that Bitcoin is a decentralized currency, not generated or owned by any government or financial instit
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Semiotics: "The study of meaning-making, the study of sign processes and meaningful communication." * * * Opinion: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin is one of the best movies of the last decade. It is
Understand a novelette by Ted Chiang Ted Chiang writes... The initial impulse to write "Understand" arose from an offhand remark made by my roommate in college; he was reading Sartre's Nausea at the t
I’ve spent the last week using a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and this is, in many ways, the easiest product review I’ve ever written. There are several significant improvements to the hardware, and no tra
Steven Sinofsky Follow Jun 11, 2017 · 18 min read (Apple.com) Many of us have been using the dev builds of iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra this week. I wanted to share some thoughts on what I think are s
Today Cultured Code launched the long-anticipated next version of its task management app, Things, for iPhone , iPad , and Mac . Things has been one of the go-to task managers on Apple platforms since
Live A Focused Life Focus Course Academy Cohort Begins: January 11, 2022 What is Focus Course Academy? A 4-week online program The all-new, premier training for goal setting, time management, habit bu
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Steven Yang quit his job at Google in the summer of 2011 to build the products he felt the world needed: a line of reasonably priced accessories that would be better than the ones you could buy from A
In Damien Chazelle’s new film “Whiplash,” the very idea of jazz is turned into a grotesque and ludicrous caricature. Photograph by Daniel McFadden / Sony Pictures Classics / Everett Movies about music
1. RE-VIEW-VIEW LAND Oh you saw that movie? Is it it good or is it bad? How was the cinematography? Was that person good? Or what about that other person, were they good? Was the direction good? You k
Josh Elman Follow Dec 6, 2016 · 7 min read Snapchat’s interface baffles a lot of people. Not to pick on older folks, but people over a certain age tend to have a hard time figuring out how to do the m
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Elephants roaming in Damaraland, Namibia. Ben Huh I am writing to remember what I learned in the last 12 months of our life traveling to 37 countries. I originally wrote this letter of stream of thoug
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The tonic of the wilderness was Henry David Thoreau’s classic prescription for civilization and its discontents, offered in the 1854 essay Walden: Or, Life in the Woods . Now there’s scientific eviden
On November 8th, barring some astonishment, the people of the United States will, after two hundred and forty years, send a woman to the White House. The election of Hillary Clinton is an event that w
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