December 2011
63 posts
“The only standard is impermanence.”
– Seth’s Blog: “It’s always been this way”
As I wrote recently, everything in existence is permanently impermanent. Even those things we have come to believe are less so. Perhaps, especially, those.
(via minimalmac)
recenseo: Simplifying Tasks →
recenseo:
I was recently introduced to Todokyo.com by @munishp on Twitter. It’s a super simply web based to-do app. If you depend on OmniFocus, this is definitely not your thing. There are three main “features”: adding a task;
completing a task;
automatically delete all tasks before the next day.
Awesome.
The post adds:
It works like you’d expect, with a couple constraints: First,...
Help me raise awareness and support for the Green... →
This is not about minimalism but about helping support an organization that gives so much to our veterans. This post will be deleted tomorrow but I thought some of you would like to help. Here’s the why and a little be of my story.
I’m trying to raise money and donate it to the Green Beret Foundation. The Green Beret Foundation provides unconventional resources to facilitate the...
Fixing GoDaddy's problems - the root of the... →
This is not about minimalism, or simplicity, or philosophy. This is about a basic truth:
Companies need their customers in order for them (the company) to exist.
Dave Winer wrote a good piece about this that I think everyone should read. I, like a lot of people, had a domain on GoDaddy. When GoDaddy announced its support for SOPA I moved it. Like Dave, I too experienced what can only be called...
“For me, trying hard increasingly means shifting my hammerhead mentality, being...”
– Kelly Cordes
(Kelly is one of the best climbers out there, a personal friend and a margarita aficionado. Check his blog.)
“It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in...”
– Hagakure
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A...”
– Hagakure
“I had to close down everything
I had to close down my mind
Too many things to...”
– Moby - Extreme Ways
“First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.”
– Epictetus
The Original 12 →
Smoke Screening or why the TSA and all its... →
redteams:
As you stand in endless lines this holiday season, here’s a comforting thought: all those security measures accomplish nothing, at enormous cost. That’s the conclusion of Charles C. Mann, who put the T.S.A. to the test with the help of one of America’s top security experts.
Or better described by John Gruber:
$1.1 trillion down the toilet. Enjoy your holiday air travel.
All...
“As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon...”
– Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
“One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.”
– Hagakure
“Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is...”
“In reality, minimalism (or zen, or whatever) doesn’t have a fixed definition. It...”
– Minimalism and Real Work — 512 Pixels
What we believe in.
(As I have said time and time again here and many places elsewhere. Look it up.)
“If there’s a question about if it’s necessary, remove it. Less is...”
– Jason McCarthy, GORUCK’s founder in this interview.
“If you don’t occasionally get on your horse and tilt at a windmill, then...”
– John Robb
Red Teams: Keep your pockets closed →
redteams:
Pay attention to details, get your gear ready and practice, practice, practice. Make the use of each piece of gear second nature, learn each piece of gear, each of its features and how to use them as if your life depended on it, it might one day. Choose the simplest and most reliable gear, even if it’s a bit more expensive. Under stress, when you really it need, it won’t let you down.
“I’ll give you any color you want so long as it’s black.”
– Henry Ford (via j-vergara)
Simplifying things.
“You don’t need to live out of a backpack or travel the world to realize the...”
– Raam (via packlite)
“We are never prepared for what we expect.”
“In spareness, you find enough.”
– Leo Babauta - Finding yourself in spareness
Finding yourself in spareness | mnmlist →
In spareness, we are confronted by a lack. It is a frightening thing if you aren’t accustomed to it. You must take a close look at that lack, and wonder, “What am I left with? Who am I really?”
My Rules →
My rules just got overhauled. I changed their order and rephrased some of them.
Steve Jobs - Explaining ideas back in 1980 |... →
Awesome.
His ideas back then are represented today at Apple and other companies.
Worth watching.
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GR1 explained by Jason, GORUCK’s founder →
A simple black bag, comfortable in any and every environment imaginable.
This is my bag of choice. It’s been in some of the toughest places and not only it survived, it feels better now, like a nice pair of broken-in jeans.
This is a great backpack. Minimal, but with the ability to adapt and be customized, making it yours.
“Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought...”
– David Ben-Gurion
K.I.S.S. →
I’m reblogging Mark Divine’s post on KISS (Keep It SImple Stupid). It’s a simple post with a lot of good stuff.
In the SEALs we have a saying “keep it simple, stupid.” KISS is a mandate to steer away from over-complicating things and instead seek the simple, easy to execute solution. Simplicity is a powerful principle that allows us to channel our energy like a laser beam...
“Rule 2: Always have an escape plan.”
– My Rules
“Sensible defaults can reduce friction and provide simplicity anywhere one can...”
– Patrick Rhone: Sensible Defaults
Minimalism and technology
A reader of Red Teams recently asked:
Hi I am Nilesh from India, just want to ask you that how do you
follow minimalism in infosec carrer? i am also into infosec(student),
I am overwhelmed by countless tools,which tools to keep installed and
which do not. please help
can you please answer some questions
1.how do you manage ebooks,books on security sub
2.how do you manage...
“Life is interesting, once I poke myself in the ass and get myself off my bed and...”
– Henry Rollins (via khoroshokoshka)
My bag is Badass! →
Sometimes a piece of gear is essential to your everyday activities. This gear can be minimal and provide tons of utility.
In My bag is Badass people show their everyday bags, simple rugged and essential tools they use everyday. They explain why they are badass.
Here is mine: the GORUCK GR1 and here’s is Patrick Rhone’s bag: the Levenger Stanley Briefbag.
Is your bag badass?
