Author practices jumping rope with seaweed while work awaits. ``. . . anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment." -- Robert Benchley, in Ch
X— Last week I returned to Amherst. It’s been years since I was there, the time we met. I was hoping that you’d show up again; I even looked for you, but you didn’t appear. I remember you proudly rep
“The library is an ancient human institution, an extension in brick and mortar of the brain, an expansion across time and space of the human cerebrum. The library is a vain attempt to capture what we
Yamamoto Masao had not only treated these prints with a range of teas, and chemicals—this I already knew—but also with tears from his own eyes. By Peter Watkins Bound in blue, Small Things In Silence
This guide explores everything you need to know about mental models. By the time you’re done, you’ll think better, make fewer mistakes, and get better results. On this page, you’ll we’ll cover: Mental
There is no one better to explain the concept of Mr. Market than Warren Buffett, who has used to to make billions of dollars and remain calm when all around him were losing their heads . In the 1987 l
Let’s start with a bang: don’t keep a schedule . He’s crazy, you say! I’m totally serious. If you pull it off—and in many structured jobs, you simply can’t—this simple tip alone can make a huge differ
Fixed mindset vs Growth mindset 2014-09-21 One of the most important concepts I’ve learned is the difference between the “fixed” mindset and the “growth” mindset. It’s a little bit like “nature vs nur
Chicken reigns in the 21st century. Tim O’Brien The chickens that saved Western civilization were discovered, according to legend, by the side of a road in Greece in the first decade of the fifth cent
Throughout my engineering career, I’ve had the opportunity work alongside and learn from many incredibly talented people, solve some serious technical challenges, and scale several successful companie
Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900 by John Guy and Jorrit Britschgi Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Yale University Press, 224 pp., $45.00 …
Few TV characters have had a more prodigious fall from grace than Robb Stark. He’s gone from avenging our beloved Ned as a wunderkind battle commander to making nearly as many critical missteps as…
Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator . July 2013 One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator isto do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believethat s
by Joel Spolsky Tuesday, December 11, 2001 We spend a lot of time on this site talking about exciting Big Picture Stuff like .NET versus Java, XML strategy, Lock-In, competitive strategy, software…
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