Yesterday evening I was laying by the fire and reading a book. It was my first evening off in a while; I had shut down my computer before heading for dinner, and I
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Because it contains details of my medical history, this is a members-only post. If you have a seasonal rash and the cost of membership is a financial hardship, please contact me so I
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I propose a new standard for the blogosphere, along the lines of Derek Sivers’s “Now” page: the Things I don’t know how to do list.
Criteria:
1. Maintain a more or
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I have tried several methods of learning Spanish that didn’t work:
* Spanish in 30 days (book & CD combo)
* Duolingo
* Memorizing vocabulary with Anki
* Listening to Language Transfer Complete Spanish
* Listening to
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The default course is: as soon as you’re doing a job well, you get encouraged to switch to a different job. This new job will likely be similar to what you’ve
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A caveat before we get started: this essay will hopefully apply to people at least vaguely like me; it may not apply to people from different cultural backgrounds.
These days swearing seems almost
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I like to get things done fast.
I’ve gradually learned, however, that trying to get things done fast can be self-defeating. There’s a balance. If I work too fast, I make
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