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Failure to Fail is Failure
To the victor goes the spoils. Failure is a popular topic and I spend a lot of time thinking about the concept of failure. Failure occurs when a plan does not succeed. Plan to wake up early and sleep in, that’s a failure. Plan to sell 100 units this week but sell only 99, that’s [...]
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Android App of the Week: Voice Search
I downloaded Voice Search the moment I heard about it on This Week in Google and it integrated so smoothly in how I use my phone that I instantly forgot that it was an app and not an essential part of the Android 2.2 operating system. Welcome to the future as we always imagined it, [...]
Beware of Simple Happiness Formulae
Far be it from me to criticize others (yeah, right) but I, as a person who struggles with happiness,Β was sent a link to this blog post on the happiness process. Seeing how short the article is, I don’t feel comfortable copying it.Β But go, visit it, read it, come back. So, hey, this seems [...]
Android App of the Week: Pulse
Break out your newsreaders. What do you mean you don’t have a newsreader? Don’t you realize that newsreaders are the easiest way to follow all your favorite websites? Okay for those of you who don’t use newsreaders, go ahead and ignore this. Come back and read this once you catch up to 2001. For the [...]
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: 13
Very few people would claim Baltasar Gracian was simple.Β Β Maxim 13 is a very complex tightly woven strategic sentiment.Β This isn’t about philosophy per se, it is one of those sentiments that seems kind of Machiavellian or Sun-Tzu-ian.Β In a different translation than the free one that I use for the purpose of this blog [...]
Unemployment Vlog 6: General Frustration
It is time for an unemployment update. Okay, skipping the content of that video, check out the lighting and sound quality! Hey, if the content of life isn’t so great, I can at least admire the technical aspects of it.
