February 2012
9 posts
Gear giveaway →
I have a gear giveaway at my other blog, Red Teams. I am looking for a logo design for the blog. Check it out. See if you can help.
“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.”
– Pythagoras
A word
I still don’t understand why people get all upset about a word.
Fuck.
There. Are you upset now? I didn’t beep it, or change it or otherwise mask it. I just said it.
Here, again: Fuck.
It’s just a word, get over it and stop ruining my favorite shows and movies (especially those coming from the UK) with beeping the fuck out of it, literally.
Thank you.
EDIT: Yes Daniel,...
January 2012
71 posts
“You are what you do when it counts.”
– The Masao (Armor, by John Steakley)
The hierarchy of success
Attitude
Approach
Goals
Strategy
Tactics
Execution
(via Seth Godin’s blog)
Declutter the mess under your desk →
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Mini GORUCK Challenge to help Charlotte →
This event will be held in honor of a very brave girl, Charlotte Grimm. The event will also give the participants a little taste of what the GORUCK Challenge is like.
The main purpose for holding the event is to raise money for the Children’s Cancer Research Fund and to honor Charlotte Grimm. Charlotte, the daughter of Justin, a fellow GORUCK Tough member, is a very strong and brave girl who has...
WatchThe dilemma of choices. Worth watching.
I wrote about this a few months ago.
“Lessen your choices and your actions will quicken as well. You will not have to...”
– Patrick Rhone
Clarity is better than cleverness. →
Enough: Ep 11 - Final Choices, Sensible Defaults... →
Patrick Rhone’s Enough podcast is great. In this episode Patrick speaks about two of my all time favorite posts.
patrickrhone / journal — Final Choices
patrickrhone / journal — Sensible Defaults
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Managing information | Jonathan Buys →
I use a simple hierarchal structure of folders, where the topmost folders are the largest portions of my life, (Home, Work, College, and Farmdog currently) followed by further topical or task-based folder names. I then use plain text files to store the data, either in Markdown, or just as plain text without markup. I find that this structure maps directly in my mind to how I think about how the...
Principle of the least software →
Use only the software that you need. No more, no less. Choose one application for each task, and become an expert on that application.
Right on the center.
“Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die...”
– Ezra Pound
Things I am *not* buying
I love gear. I buy good quality stuff when I need so I don’t have to spend time and money getting another piece.
However, sometimes I come across gear that makes me go wow! gotta have that!. I’m working very hard not to give in to temptation. So, here’s the list of things I would love to have but I am not buying. The reason? Well, I have no use for them, they are too expensive...
“Principle I: By setting limitations, we must choose the essential. So in...”
– Leo Babauta. The Power of Less
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Mini-GRC to help those in need
Mini-GORUCK Challenge Boston, February 2012
This event will be held in honor of a very brave girl, Charlotte Grimm. The event will also give the participants a little taste of what the GORUCK Challenge is like.
The main purpose for holding the event is to raise money for the Children’s Cancer Research Fund and to honor Charlotte Grimm. Charlotte, the daughter of Justin, a fellow GORUCK...
Say Less →
When you say less, you emphasize more.
You may not be able to say more, but what you do say will be heard.
Half attention becomes full attention.
Scanned writing becomes writing that is read.
Discarded opinions become opinions that are taken into consideration.
Saying less increases the emphasis on what is said. Saying more increases the time, effort, and expense...
Learning to Sit Alone, in a Quiet Empty Room | Zen... →
Can you sit alone in an empty room? Can you enjoy the joy of quiet?
Enough – The Book →
Patrick Rhone gave us Minimal Mac, two of my all time favorite posts: Final Choices and Sensible Defaults, the fantastic and highly recommended book Keeping it Straight and the hilarious and informative podcast Enough.
Next is the soon available Enough – The Book. Check the essays at the page. You will not be disappointed.
Thank you Patrick.
“Less is more and more is lazy.”
– Jason McCarthy, founder of GORUCK in this interview
