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learning to take care of my self For as long as I can remember I had been very unhappy with myself. I think I have internalised the...
1st Feb 2026
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learning to take care of my self

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Feb 2026
For as long as I can remember I had been very unhappy with myself. I think I have internalised the judgement of people upon me: lazy, fickle, impulsive, over-sensitive, emotional, bad-tempered, etc....
Managers Make Teams Deliver More Value, Not Deliver More Output True productivity for a team is measured by the value created, not the work completed. The job of a...
6th Jan 2025
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Managers Make Teams Deliver More Value, Not Deliver More Output

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Jan 2025
True productivity for a team is measured by the value created, not the work completed. The job of a manager is to focus on the value hidden behind the piles of work.
7th Oct 2025
Retaking the Test of Time They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the...
4th Feb 2017
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Retaking the Test of Time

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Feb 2017
They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the summer burning stencils and cleaning ink off silkscreens at a family-owned t-shirt factory.
You're Stressing People Out or at least, you might be
2nd Feb 2026
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You're Stressing People Out

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Feb 2026
or at least, you might be
Doctors Shouldn't Be Allowed To Work 28 Hour Shifts Whyever they're allowed, they shouldn't be
2nd Mar 2026
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Doctors Shouldn't Be Allowed To Work 28 Hour Shifts

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Mar 2026
Whyever they're allowed, they shouldn't be
Fun, Fellowship, and Fractures On the downside of activity-based friendships
23rd Jun 2024
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Fun, Fellowship, and Fractures

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Jun 2024
On the downside of activity-based friendships
How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In...
9th May 2024
161

How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

9th May 2024
What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In this article, I'm going to help you do exactly that by teaching you five tactics to conquer anything you might be afraid of. Heights, spiders, small spaces, strangely-shaped...
Waiting Is a Revelation The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
1st Jan 2026
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Waiting Is a Revelation

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
i got suitcases full of matcha tea don't mess with me punk Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a...
12th Jun 2023
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i got suitcases full of matcha tea don't mess with me punk

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Jun 2023
Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a live gameshow I hosted and gave away $100,000, had 225 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in SF, and then the following week had 125 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in...
Dispatches from childhood Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with...
23rd Feb 2023
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Dispatches from childhood

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Feb 2023
Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with this perspective, they could not live any other way. Everything is visceral to them, and they carry this visceral interiority everywhere.
Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
23rd Dec 2023
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Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Dec 2023
I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
Savoring the Unsavory Making Meaning on Mount Adams
4th Jan 2024
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Savoring the Unsavory

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jan 2024
Making Meaning on Mount Adams
What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital...
1st Dec 2025
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What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2025
Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital devices.
Selene Aegean Bistro Here we go with another restaurant on my "to eat at" list but it has taken me until now to actually...
2nd May 2026
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Selene Aegean Bistro

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2026
Here we go with another restaurant on my "to eat at" list but it has taken me until now to actually pay them a visit.  When Bluebeard and Nikita wanted to meet up for dinner, it was as good as any time to suggest Selene Aegean Bistro out on Pentiction at Hastings.  Not be...
The Strange Fruits of Exploration And maybe a beach bar
13th Feb 2025
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The Strange Fruits of Exploration

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Feb 2025
And maybe a beach bar
How Stoicism Helped Me Navigate Divorce: My Obstacle to Flourishing by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar...
20th Jul 2025
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How Stoicism Helped Me Navigate Divorce: My Obstacle to Flourishing

from Stoic Simple [alt+shift+b] in life

20th Jul 2025
by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar with. Our instant response to this short sentence is that something bad is about to happen. I remember it well when they came my way. It was the beginning of one of the biggest...
A fun end-of-year gift for you! 🎁 An Absurd Hypotheticals Advent Calendar, featuring the pizza question, turtle assassins, and more...
1st Dec 2025
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A fun end-of-year gift for you! 🎁

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2025
An Absurd Hypotheticals Advent Calendar, featuring the pizza question, turtle assassins, and more...
Casse-Croûte MangeDansMonHood After our morning visit to Automne Boulangerie, we walked down the block to our 2nd eating...
2nd Apr 2026
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Casse-Croûte MangeDansMonHood

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Apr 2026
After our morning visit to Automne Boulangerie, we walked down the block to our 2nd eating destination in Casse-Croûte MangeDansMonHood.  This place is well-known for their smash burgers that were once only available during pop-ups.  Their menu is supremely simple and focused. ...
Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want...
1st Dec 2022
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Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2022
We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want to wake up in the morning with a sense of purpose and drive, ready to tackle the day ahead. But the truth is, motivation is not always easy to come by. We tell ourselves lies about...
Creating Space: Fall Cohort is Open 🍂 Come join us for the next cohort of Creating Space!
6th Oct 2025
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Creating Space: Fall Cohort is Open 🍂

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Oct 2025
Come join us for the next cohort of Creating Space!
Why You Should Ignore All the Polls They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
2nd Nov 2024
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Why You Should Ignore All the Polls

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2024
They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
Why is the human body so crap except for the liver? [Epistemic Status: Speculative unifying theory of biology.] I don’t know about you, but I greatly...
24th Sep 2026
1

Why is the human body so crap except for the liver?

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

24th Sep 2026
[Epistemic Status: Speculative unifying theory of biology.] I don’t know about you, but I greatly resent having to be a biological organism and subject to all the poor engineering and design decisions that entails. This has many manifestations. A recent one is often wondering,...
19th Nov 2024
Saddened by the tech industry Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing...
17th Jun 2023
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Saddened by the tech industry

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

17th Jun 2023
Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing quite so far in the other direction.
Seasons, seasons, seasons On the passage of seasons, in nature, life, and work.
14th Aug 2026
2

Seasons, seasons, seasons

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

14th Aug 2026
On the passage of seasons, in nature, life, and work.
The Cure to Misinformation is More Misinformation Why we need fake news to know what's true
24th Apr 2023
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The Cure to Misinformation is More Misinformation

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

24th Apr 2023
Why we need fake news to know what's true
Links in Progress: Expanding the Mediterranean's busiest port Plus: New tunnels, monorails, canals, small modular reactors, and horseless carriages
5th Nov 2024
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Links in Progress: Expanding the Mediterranean's busiest port

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Nov 2024
Plus: New tunnels, monorails, canals, small modular reactors, and horseless carriages
Some things are worth preserving. | #98 Christmas in the stacks
13th Dec 2025
He looks like a blimp An Important Announcement from the US President
6th Feb 2026
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He looks like a blimp

from Letters of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2026
An Important Announcement from the US President
Is it time for Post-Stoicism? Stoicism has never been more popular. Is it time for a reaction?
12th Nov 2025
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Is it time for Post-Stoicism?

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Nov 2025
Stoicism has never been more popular. Is it time for a reaction?
Bureaucrats are our heroes now Laetitia@Work #80
23rd Apr 2025
You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager...
5th Jan 2026
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jan 2026
Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager chair.
How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill? A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
6th Oct 2024
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How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3 Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
5th Apr 2025
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Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Apr 2025
Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
Fancy math doesn’t make simple math stop being true What are you supposed to do when someone disagrees with you using a bunch of math you can’t...
11th Jan 2024
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Fancy math doesn’t make simple math stop being true

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Jan 2024
What are you supposed to do when someone disagrees with you using a bunch of math you can’t understand? I’ve been thinking about that recently because of the NordICC colonoscopy trial. It took 85k Europeans aged 55-64, invited a third of them for a free one-time screening...
gentle advice for sensitive souls who wanna make somethin outta nothin
3rd Sep 2024
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gentle advice for sensitive souls

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Sep 2024
who wanna make somethin outta nothin
Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
5th Nov 2024
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Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Nov 2024
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
A Day in the Life of a Solo-ish Builder What my days actually look like right now, AI workflows, and some random tangents.
12th Mar 2026
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A Day in the Life of a Solo-ish Builder

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Mar 2026
What my days actually look like right now, AI workflows, and some random tangents.
"You Have to Get People's Attention in the First Two Seconds" And other updates on previous articles
4th Aug 2025
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"You Have to Get People's Attention in the First Two Seconds"

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Aug 2025
And other updates on previous articles
Could Any Other Jazz Trumpeter Match Up with Louis Armstrong in the 1930s? The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
2nd Sep 2023
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Could Any Other Jazz Trumpeter Match Up with Louis Armstrong in the 1930s?

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Sep 2023
The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
11th Apr 2023
#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up...
2nd May 2025
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#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2025
When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up from Nagoya like so many of those NHK travel documentaries we’d seen. We laboured for days deciding whether we had the time to stop in Takoyama along the way; and if so, whether...
Create Slowly The concept of slow design is one I've applied for several years. As time passes (quickly) and new...
6th Jul 2023
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Create Slowly

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Jul 2023
The concept of slow design is one I've applied for several years. As time passes (quickly) and new technologies land on our desks, the expectation that we need to react at lightning speed to prove to the world we're always in the know of what's trending, is exhausting. Even if...
Losing My Edge But I was there!
18th Mar 2025
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Losing My Edge

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Mar 2025
But I was there!
Repair Fail One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are...
6th Dec 2023
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Repair Fail

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Dec 2023
One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are repair wizards and there are newbies and there are the rest of us, somewhere between those two poles. This hierarchy of skill and experience requires that you earn your way to the...
28th Nov 2024
The Audacity of Ambition Timothée Chalamet Aspires In Public
1st Mar 2025
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The Audacity of Ambition

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Mar 2025
Timothée Chalamet Aspires In Public
2025 recap what a year it's been
7th Jan 2025
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2025 recap

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Jan 2025
what a year it's been
Week 21 of 2025- W212025 Luck is the residue
25th May 2025
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Week 21 of 2025- W212025

from The AI Underwriter [alt+shift+b] in life

25th May 2025
Luck is the residue
No joy in life can survive reductionism Or: why you should teach your kids to ski
12th Jan 2026
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No joy in life can survive reductionism

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Jan 2026
Or: why you should teach your kids to ski
My 2025 Q3 Highlights: Favorite Books and Movies Sharing my favorite books and movies from the third quarter of 2025.
5th Oct 2025
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My 2025 Q3 Highlights: Favorite Books and Movies

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Oct 2025
Sharing my favorite books and movies from the third quarter of 2025.
Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
9th Feb 2023
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Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Feb 2023
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now? Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If...
6th Feb 2025
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What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now?

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2025
Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If you spent most of your day preoccupied with thoughts about a past failed relationship, for example, that makes for a different kind of day than one in which you’re preoccupied with...
Beauty Is Stone Cold in the Arts, but Hot as a Consumer Product The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
1st Jun 2025
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Beauty Is Stone Cold in the Arts, but Hot as a Consumer Product

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2025
The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
Male Fertility Protocol A bet on general health principles leading to favourable male fertility outcomes.
30th Jul 2026
0

Male Fertility Protocol

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

30th Jul 2026
A bet on general health principles leading to favourable male fertility outcomes.
The Pacification of War Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
23rd Apr 2024
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The Pacification of War

from Lefineder’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Apr 2024
Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
The View From RSS What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
3rd Mar 2026
1

The View From RSS

from Caroline Crampton [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2026
What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
30 Useful Concepts (Autumn 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
25th Nov 2023
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30 Useful Concepts (Autumn 2023)

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Nov 2023
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
A rationalist’s guide to manifestation. Or, how to live a magical life
2nd Jan 2026
1

A rationalist’s guide to manifestation.

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2026
Or, how to live a magical life
Sometimes Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long...
13th Nov 2024
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Sometimes

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Nov 2024
Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long shadows cut the cold honey sunlight of afternoons that begin to fade at three, turning to a blue-pink twilight over the lake before darkness descends at five. Then four-thirty. Then...
Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy...
2nd Jan 2017
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Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2017
You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy for 2016 are as follows: Dogs of the Nifty: 23.52 Small Dogs of the Nifty: 45.50% S&P CNX 50: 4.17% The strategy  had a strong beating in 2015 and at the end of 2015 had not...
My 16-month theanine self-experiment The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now...
6th Mar 2025
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My 16-month theanine self-experiment

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Mar 2025
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory. Many people try theanine and report wow or great for ADHD or cured my (social) anxiety or changing my life. And it’s...
Phone Setup 2021 An annual review of the minimal phone setup sees it considerably different from last year, yet a lot...
31st Jul 2021
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Phone Setup 2021

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Jul 2021
An annual review of the minimal phone setup sees it considerably different from last year, yet a lot has remained the same. I am still rocking the iPhone 11 with no immediate desire to upgrade. Don't get me wrong, I think the iPhone 12 is a far better design than the 11, but I...
21 observations from people watching Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move...
1st Apr 2025
1

21 observations from people watching

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2025
Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move through a room.
Single Mum By Default Laetitia@Work #45
9th Dec 2021
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Single Mum By Default

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Dec 2021
Laetitia@Work #45
Collaboration & Denial [I read the article here)
2nd Feb 2026
1

Collaboration & Denial

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Feb 2026
[I read the article here)
Choose to trust yourself Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and...
1st Jun 2026
1

Choose to trust yourself

from Herbert Lui [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and marketing to lock you in and make you feel reliant on them.  The incentive for them is to have lots of steady customers; if you can come and go at any point, then that business isn’t as...
Relying on Your Manager Isn’t a Career Plan The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
6th Apr 2026
1

Relying on Your Manager Isn’t a Career Plan

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Apr 2026
The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract...
5th Feb 2025
60

When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Feb 2025
Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
25th Nov 2025
2

Out of the Wilderness

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Nov 2025
In hope
Fire Hydrant Fury If you are an artist living in a city with a public art project you hope nobody blames you for it....
2nd Jun 2018
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Fire Hydrant Fury

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jun 2018
If you are an artist living in a city with a public art project you hope nobody blames you for it. Lincoln, Nebraska is covered with ugly bike-shaped sculptures covered with even uglier paintings. Loveland, Colorado lets people paint their electric boxes. Your city probably has...
Avoiding the Automation of your Heart A correspondence with Freya India
16th Mar 2025
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Avoiding the Automation of your Heart

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

16th Mar 2025
A correspondence with Freya India
How It Seems vs How It Is The other day I replaced an old, cracked mirror in my bathroom. When I took the existing one down,...
6th Dec 2024
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How It Seems vs How It Is

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Dec 2024
The other day I replaced an old, cracked mirror in my bathroom. When I took the existing one down, suddenly the room seemed to lose half its size. Turns out it’s just a claustrophobic little room with a toilet, sink, and tub. The sense that there’s open space in front of me while...
8th May 2025
On globalism and immigration Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any...
4th Feb 2025
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On globalism and immigration

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Feb 2025
Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any mention of immigration.
How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering...
10th Sep 2025
33

How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Sep 2025
A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering filmmaking
How do you want to spend your time? a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
21st Mar 2023
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How do you want to spend your time?

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

21st Mar 2023
a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
publishing a book and starting kindergarten Hi! Woah. I leave for the East Coast to start my Make It Fast (please for the love of ME, pre-order...
5th Aug 2026
2

publishing a book and starting kindergarten

from What To Cook [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Aug 2026
Hi! Woah. I leave for the East Coast to start my Make It Fast (please for the love of ME, pre-order it!!!) book tour in less than 48 hours. My literary agent just called to check in on my mental state and I’ll tell you what I told her— I’m honestly feeling great. I haven’t...
Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants...
19th May 2026
1

Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

19th May 2026
A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants the country says it needs.
The Life of Saint Pambo Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390)...
18th Jul 2020
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The Life of Saint Pambo

from RhysTranter.com [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Jul 2020
Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390) thought to be a disciple of St Antony. I was struck by the following passage...
Between worlds From moving between worlds to feeling at home wherever I am.
4th May 2025
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Between worlds

from Thu Le [alt+shift+b] in life

4th May 2025
From moving between worlds to feeling at home wherever I am.
more of the same Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and...
5th Mar 2023
57

more of the same

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Mar 2023
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and even, my legs were going at a consistent rhythm, and I found myself thinking:...
a toast to breastfeeding Hi! First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d...
11th Mar 2026
1

a toast to breastfeeding

from What To Cook [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Mar 2026
Hi! First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d like to listen. I really, really tried not to cry, but it was just a crying kind of day apparently. I’ve had a wild few weeks of travel — both for pleasure to Mexico with the...
Beat, Bomb, Bookshop: What I Read in July 2025 July is always a busy month for me, as I try to get ahead with work so I can take time off in...
3rd Nov 2025
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Beat, Bomb, Bookshop: What I Read in July 2025

from Caroline Crampton [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Nov 2025
July is always a busy month for me, as I try to get ahead with work so I can take time off in August. I seem to have still done a lot of reading, though! One note of warning: I don't include plot spoilers in these reviews, but
The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were...
29th Sep 2019
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The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Sep 2019
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision. At the heart of the tragedy is a single checkbox on a touchscreen. This is the untold story of...
after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know + my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
2nd May 2024
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after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2024
+ my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
The Social Media Mirage Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of...
1st Mar 2025
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The Social Media Mirage

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Mar 2025
Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of course, but to a much, much lesser extent. I won't bore you with a recycled narrative of the shitty algorithm effect, although relevant in this case. Suffice to say, a follow...
Care in Design Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of...
1st Sep 2022
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Care in Design

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Sep 2022
Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of users—of humans. It is designing product details that you might randomly discover (sometimes even years later) rather than only designing what should be seen. Care in design is worrying...
[links] KEK society I was browsing jazz music on bandcamp and discovered Storyville records. I thought they had an...
1st Jul 2026
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[links] KEK society

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jul 2026
I was browsing jazz music on bandcamp and discovered Storyville records. I thought they had an interesting catalogue so I became curious about their origin story. One thing led to another and...
The One Weird Trick That Gave Humans Language An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
2nd Aug 2025
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The One Weird Trick That Gave Humans Language

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2025
An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
The Truth is a Niche Interest for Human Beings By the time you’re three or four years old, you’ve already learned the tremendous value of...
31st May 2025
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The Truth is a Niche Interest for Human Beings

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

31st May 2025
By the time you’re three or four years old, you’ve already learned the tremendous value of dishonesty. Even if you were the one who unrolled all the toilet paper onto the floor, you know it’s possible for your parents to believe it was someone else, and that’s a better outcome...
50 things I learned in 2024 In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from...
5th Jan 2025
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50 things I learned in 2024

from Thu Le [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jan 2025
In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from books, conversations, and everyday life.
4th Jan 2026
My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026 Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on...
4th Apr 2026
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My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Apr 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
The Architecture of Safety The Foundation That Makes Healing Possible
9th Jun 2025
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The Architecture of Safety

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Jun 2025
The Foundation That Makes Healing Possible
Peak Burnham A Champagne Supernova In the Sky
3rd Oct 2026
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Peak Burnham

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Oct 2026
A Champagne Supernova In the Sky
A Woodchuck's Daydream In Search of a Swamp
1st Apr 2026
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A Woodchuck's Daydream

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2026
In Search of a Swamp
Ink in the Stomach Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve...
3rd Jan 2026
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Ink in the Stomach

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jan 2026
Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve shoved your own hands deep in the entrails of a building, you’ve permanently altered your entire relationship with the world.
Conversation-Catalysing Events There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka...
13th Mar 2024
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Conversation-Catalysing Events

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Mar 2024
There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka Supermac, is asked the hardest thing about government and replies “Events, dear boy, events”. This probably never happened and is absolutely irrelevant to this blogpost regardless, but I...
Why An Easier Life Is Not Necessarily Happier Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
10th May 2023
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Why An Easier Life Is Not Necessarily Happier

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

10th May 2023
Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
3rd Mar 2025
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Meta-Surprise

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2025
Surprise!
I'm Married It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
2nd Aug 2026
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I'm Married

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2026
It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
With thanks to Steven Rosenberg Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest...
3rd Nov 2025
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With thanks to Steven Rosenberg

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Nov 2025
Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest troll or person angry about something I didn’t say. In a word, not great… assuming you hyphenate not and great, which I didn’t do there for some reason. This morning, I got this...
How touring cricketers can make or break England’s South Asian restaurants Chasing Kohli, by David Jesudason, illustration by Raj Dhunna
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8 hours ago
Chasing Kohli, by David Jesudason, illustration by Raj Dhunna
neurodivergent regret For as long as I can remember I would feel fatigued very easily. I was always exhausted, lying down...
yesterday
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neurodivergent regret

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

yesterday
For as long as I can remember I would feel fatigued very easily. I was always exhausted, lying down a lot, and I disliked anything that required excess energy, like sports. I...
4th Sep 2024
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30-Day First Draft: Week 2.5 Report & Lessons

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Sep 2024
70,117 Words Later
The Meaning Of “Om” With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents...
3rd Oct 2020
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The Meaning Of “Om”

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Oct 2020
With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents the Divine. They say that all the aspirations of the world when going towards the Divine make “Om”, like that. I was in France, some, I think 60 years ago. There was a Frenchman who...
Everything I know about gardening I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies...
2nd Jul 2023
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Everything I know about gardening

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jul 2023
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies and roses, or my fields, and several people have asked me to write about gardening, or for gardening advice. But this request encounters a ridiculous shortcoming: I know almost...
26th Sep 2023
A Rural Public Transit Odyssey Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
5th Jun 2025
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A Rural Public Transit Odyssey

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jun 2025
Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
Spirituality is Secure Attachment with Reality When God Becomes Safe to Love (Breaking Open: Part 2)
1st Jan 2025
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Spirituality is Secure Attachment with Reality

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2025
When God Becomes Safe to Love (Breaking Open: Part 2)
Get into Character Characters drive the story
8th Mar 2023
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Get into Character

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Mar 2023
Characters drive the story
When Love Breaks Open How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
31st Dec 2024
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When Love Breaks Open

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Dec 2024
How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
Hemiphytophilia A journal entry about a house plant
1st Feb 2024
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Hemiphytophilia

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Feb 2024
A journal entry about a house plant
Viscerality some notes on pleasure
2nd Nov 2025
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Viscerality

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2025
some notes on pleasure
Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of...
29th Apr 2022
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Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints

from RhysTranter.com [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Apr 2022
In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of Terrence Malick's 2019 biopic of the Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter—executed in 1943 for his refusal to swear allegiance to National Socialism. Cooprider explores...
10 hours ago
Blog questions challenge: TV shows The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down....
13th Apr 2025
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Blog questions challenge: TV shows

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Apr 2025
The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down. That’s a blatant lie, I’m 100% sitting down as I write this. I’m also drinking coffee, in case that was never obvious. What TV character from a beloved show do you wish you could be...
Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
8th May 2023
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Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe

from Stoic Simple [alt+shift+b] in life

8th May 2023
by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
a return to soul bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
9th Nov 2024
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a return to soul

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Nov 2024
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
Reflections on six months of fatherhood To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the...
31st Jan 2022
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Reflections on six months of fatherhood

from Jason Crawford [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Jan 2022
To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the spoon approaches. Second, you must close your mouth around the spoon once it has fully entered the mouth (and not before). Third, you must swallow the food that remains in your mouth...
Why Recording Studios Are Unplugging From the Internet And other recent articles of interest
3rd May 2023
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Why Recording Studios Are Unplugging From the Internet

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd May 2023
And other recent articles of interest
Make Work Seasonal Again Laetitia@Work #79
27th Mar 2025
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Make Work Seasonal Again

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Mar 2025
Laetitia@Work #79
On running Never did I imagine myself getting into running, especially as a middle-aged man. It always seemed a...
2nd Aug 2026
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On running

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2026
Never did I imagine myself getting into running, especially as a middle-aged man. It always seemed a bit boring to me. Cycling is what I thought I‘d inevitably venture into, especially because I love watching that sport. But here I am, roped in by a couple of friends, fully...
Maximilian Mogg made-to-measure black tie: Review I recently had this tuxedo made by the German tailoring brand Maximilian Mogg, while Max was...
1st Jun 2026
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Maximilian Mogg made-to-measure black tie: Review

from Permanent Style [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
I recently had this tuxedo made by the German tailoring brand Maximilian Mogg, while Max was visiting London for the appointments he runs at Richard Gelding on North Audley Street.  I was interested in having something from Max both because ... > Read more
The World Is Your Toilet Today I am going to share some design advice that you aren’t going to get anywhere else. They don’t...
10th Mar 2018
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The World Is Your Toilet

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Mar 2018
Today I am going to share some design advice that you aren’t going to get anywhere else. They don’t teach you this at the university. You won’t find articles about it in the glossy magazines. The design blogs won’t touch the subject. Research would inevitably show that there...
Let the world dawn on you (influences pt. 2) I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me...
7th Oct 2023
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Let the world dawn on you (influences pt. 2)

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Oct 2023
I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me from every window, and almost to say: "Good-morning! How do you do? I am quite well, thank God, and I am to have a new storey in May," or, "How are you? I am being redecorated...
We'll Never Have Flying Cars A look at why flying cars are unlikely to become a reality.
29th Sep 2025
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We'll Never Have Flying Cars

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Sep 2025
A look at why flying cars are unlikely to become a reality.
our memories belong together Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I...
2nd Nov 2025
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our memories belong together

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2025
Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I was last there in 2018 with my partner: I had zero recollection...
Closest Thing To Crazy there's a link between the two
1st Apr 2026
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Closest Thing To Crazy

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2026
there's a link between the two
The Problem With Too Much Comfort The recurring advice for writing any good story: keep the interesting parts, remove everything else....
6th Jan 2022
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The Problem With Too Much Comfort

from Abhishek Chakraborty [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Jan 2022
The recurring advice for writing any good story: keep the interesting parts, remove everything else. If you watch a good biopic, you wouldn’t want to know about their boring afternoon visit to the doctor unless it contributed to the screenplay of the movie.
30th Aug 2022
first days of summer "self-portrait at 28"
25th Jun 2025
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first days of summer

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Jun 2025
"self-portrait at 28"
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
13th Feb 2025
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the mind is a trap

from Mind Mine [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Feb 2025
be careful what you convince yourself of
Notes on Acquired Taste Why Do We Make an Effort To Like Things?
4th Jul 2026
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Notes on Acquired Taste

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jul 2026
Why Do We Make an Effort To Like Things?
Between away and home And the paradox of travel.
9th Feb 2025
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Between away and home

from Thu Le [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Feb 2025
And the paradox of travel.
Impact, Zimpact! [Plus audio version]
27th Aug 2025
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Impact, Zimpact!

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Aug 2025
[Plus audio version]
patience, pacing & persistence remember: we're playing the long game, folks
1st Jun 2025
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patience, pacing & persistence

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2025
remember: we're playing the long game, folks
Friendship is the Whole of the Path This is not a metaphor
12th Apr 2026
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Friendship is the Whole of the Path

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Apr 2026
This is not a metaphor
Maximum connections have been reached I was going through my drafts folder, and came across a post I’d written way back in 2018. I’m not...
4th Apr 2026
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Maximum connections have been reached

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Apr 2026
I was going through my drafts folder, and came across a post I’d written way back in 2018. I’m not sure what site I was browsing at the time, but it was still a fun observation. If I came across this error in a more modern context, I’d assume site owners are placing limits to...
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
13th Feb 2025
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the mind is a trap

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Feb 2025
be careful what you convince yourself of
chipotle's red chimichurri sauce review i ventured outdoors today with one goal: try the new chipotle red chimichurri sauce, supposedly, its...
5th Oct 2025
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chipotle's red chimichurri sauce review

from morgan gallant [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Oct 2025
i ventured outdoors today with one goal: try the new chipotle red chimichurri sauce, supposedly, its "next step in menu innovation". here are my notes from my experience: costs $1.15 CAD, the sauce comes in a separate little plastic container you get with your bowl portion is big...
4th Feb 2025
Rubenerd Show 434: The toastrack episode Podcast: Play in new window | Download 37:37 – A feedback episode, reading comments about the show...
1st Oct 2026
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Rubenerd Show 434: The toastrack episode

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Oct 2026
Podcast: Play in new window | Download 37:37 – A feedback episode, reading comments about the show from Adam, Alistair, and Abdullah. Discussing my favourite personal shows that are still going (Into Your Head, The Overnightscape Underground), task management (Getting Things...
Why Streaming Subscription Prices Will Continue to Rise You are a user—so get ready to be used
2nd Nov 2024
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Why Streaming Subscription Prices Will Continue to Rise

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2024
You are a user—so get ready to be used
Reasons Not to Burn Coal That Have Nothing to Do with Climate Change You don't need to talk about CO2 to have reasons to stop using coal for electricity generation
12th Sep 2022
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12th Sep 2022
You don't need to talk about CO2 to have reasons to stop using coal for electricity generation
What’s Our Problem? a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But...
2nd May 2023
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What’s Our Problem?

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2023
a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But Why website The post What’s Our Problem? appeared first on Wait But Why.
Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
3rd Apr 2025
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Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Apr 2025
How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
4th Mar 2025
The Perks of Being Relentlessly Curious Being relentlessly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can...
2nd Dec 2021
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The Perks of Being Relentlessly Curious

from Abhishek Chakraborty [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Dec 2021
Being relentlessly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can push ourselves to do, every waking hour, just as Leonardo did.
The King and the Hermit Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were...
6th Oct 2022
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The King and the Hermit

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Oct 2022
Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were overindulgent in spending and habits, and the king was much vexed by this careless nature. Being very old, he worried that after his death they would shortly blunder away their...
What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
13th Jun 2024
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What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Jun 2024
Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
Anti-Rivalrous Goods the rivalrousness s-curve
3rd Jul 2024
124

Anti-Rivalrous Goods

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jul 2024
the rivalrousness s-curve
How to use your AirPod Pros to Trigger Flow It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as...
1st Jan 2020
25

How to use your AirPod Pros to Trigger Flow

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2020
It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as possible. I am always looking for hacks that allow my to get into the zone faster, stay there longer, and increase my creative output. Here’s a new trick that has been working for me...
on seeing my self as a canvas I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can...
5th Nov 2023
65

on seeing my self as a canvas

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Nov 2023
I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can remember, though I am not sure if my...
Local Log It recently dawned on me that, as a digital designer, I had yet to make a macOS or iOS app. So I...
3rd Mar 2026
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Local Log

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2026
It recently dawned on me that, as a digital designer, I had yet to make a macOS or iOS app. So I wanted to give the former a try while also experimenting with a coding agent to bring it to life. While it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of AI tools and...
Minimal Email Setup This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop...
4th Jan 2022
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Minimal Email Setup

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jan 2022
This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop visual results of applying this method. Some people love emails. Some people hate them. Most of us experience both emotions. Yet there's no denying—as Manu points out—emails are...
No More Excuses: Trading Blame for Action. Practical Steps Towards Ownership Instead of Whining. I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's...
3rd Sep 2024
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3rd Sep 2024
I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's easier to make excuses rather than do the hard work.
Alien Intelligence I regularly commune with an alien intelligence (my cat)
4th Sep 2024
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Alien Intelligence

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Sep 2024
I regularly commune with an alien intelligence (my cat)
Love Grows The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
8th Feb 2025
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Love Grows

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Feb 2025
The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
what is the shape of your mind? a visual essay on the topography of internal spaces
19th Mar 2025
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what is the shape of your mind?

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

19th Mar 2025
a visual essay on the topography of internal spaces
Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book? Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
3rd Jan 2026
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Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book?

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jan 2026
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
Happy New Year It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
1st Jan 2024
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Happy New Year

from Diaries of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2024
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
Delusional self-belief is a superpower until it's a disaster What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
2nd Mar 2024
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Delusional self-belief is a superpower until it's a disaster

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Mar 2024
What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we...
26th Feb 2022
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just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

26th Feb 2022
Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we were pivotting away from ZipSchool to this random thing called buildspace. Like with any pivot, you don’t really know what it’ll turn into. You don’t know the vision —
№ 79: Allowing Those You Love The Right To Be Wrong Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen.
14th May 2024
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№ 79: Allowing Those You Love The Right To Be Wrong

from Left To Write [alt+shift+b] in life

14th May 2024
Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen.
Why I'm tired of goals Laetitia@Work #55
12th Jan 2023
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Why I'm tired of goals

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Jan 2023
Laetitia@Work #55
How Empathy Makes Us Cruel and Irrational The strange movement to free the Menendez brothers
13th Dec 2024
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How Empathy Makes Us Cruel and Irrational

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Dec 2024
The strange movement to free the Menendez brothers
because we are both pessimists It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is...
2nd Mar 2025
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because we are both pessimists

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Mar 2025
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is almost 9 years, a little less than a quarter of my life....
creatures of temperament It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
30th Mar 2025
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creatures of temperament

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

30th Mar 2025
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
Appetites instead of estimates The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes...
4th Oct 2024
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Appetites instead of estimates

from Jason Fried [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Oct 2024
The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct. Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick....
Stoicism and The Law of Attraction: The Ancient Truth About Manifestation and Magical Thinking “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius...
4th Nov 2021
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4th Nov 2021
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote. “Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” Does that mean Marcus Aurelius and the ancient Stoics believed in the Law of Attraction, as popularized by Rhonda Byrne? It’s...
Coming soon This is shani's mind, a newsletter on whatever I am thinking about lately .
15th Nov 2022
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Coming soon

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Nov 2022
This is shani's mind, a newsletter on whatever I am thinking about lately .
5th Oct 2024
a hole in my soul I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the...
5th May 2024
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a hole in my soul

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

5th May 2024
I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the feelings and thoughts I have at this point in time. It doesn’t seem right...
Stoic Advice on Parenting & Children: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
7th Apr 2023
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Stoic Advice on Parenting & Children: Ask Marcus Aurelius

from Stoic Simple [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Apr 2023
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE "omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
1st Aug 2025
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BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Aug 2025
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
Frozen The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear....
15th Jan 2025
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Frozen

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Jan 2025
The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear. Last year the lake barely froze over. By March it had thawed. This year started more optimistically. Parts of the bay were already frozen by New Year's -- the shallower, calmer water...
Curse the blasted, jelly-boned swines On this day in letters
3rd Jul 2026
i failed vs. i'm a failure the life-changing magic of the failure bow
3rd Jun 2025
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i failed vs. i'm a failure

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jun 2025
the life-changing magic of the failure bow
How to Make Friends as an Adult Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as...
12th May 2023
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How to Make Friends as an Adult

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

12th May 2023
Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as important—if not more so—for our health and happiness. Just like with romantic relationships, creating fulfilling, lasting friendships as an adult can be really hard. But… Why? I mean, sure,...
Best Investments For Everyone The best investments for *you*
5th Feb 2025
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Best Investments For Everyone

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Feb 2025
The best investments for *you*
Hidden Weaknesses and Outsourced Risk The benefits of not asking for help (even when you desperately need it)
9th Jan 2016
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Hidden Weaknesses and Outsourced Risk

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Jan 2016
The benefits of not asking for help (even when you desperately need it)
[instagram] there will still be 125 pieces of my love lingering somewhere on the internet i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being...
2nd Oct 2026
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2nd Oct 2026
i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being with her for years and years through all the tears and laughter it is starting to make me sad that if anything were to happen to me she wouldn’t be able to do things like make...
Genuine Poetry Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art,...
9th May 2026
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Genuine Poetry

from RhysTranter.com [alt+shift+b] in life

9th May 2026
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art, the true and the beautiful…
My simple guide to life I first made a version of this chart seven years ago today. It’s worth a re-up (and it’s never been...
3rd Apr 2022
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My simple guide to life

from Jason Crawford [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Apr 2022
I first made a version of this chart seven years ago today. It’s worth a re-up (and it’s never been on my blog). The meaning of this chart is: Everything you do should be justified either by being inherently enjoyable, or by being important for some other purpose. Absolutely...
1st Oct 2025
Failing is Common, Trying is Rare When you die, you appear before a studio audience and they give you a standing ovation. The host...
15th Jul 2026
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Failing is Common, Trying is Rare

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Jul 2026
When you die, you appear before a studio audience and they give you a standing ovation. The host then interviews you about your great successes and misses in life. One thing you realize, when they review the footage, is that you didn’t really try most of the time. You thought you...
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