Archive for March, 2008
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
It was fun while it lasted, but I've decided to stop twittering. It was really cool, but I found it too distracting. I could try to police myself, but that's obviously not a guarantee. I just can't handle it right now. Maybe someday.
There was some great ...
Posted in Observations | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I was just thinking about some catchy phrases to brand this website with.
Here's what I had come up with:
Run lean, pack light and stay hungry.
Then... in the random way that the internet works, I came across a quote from Steve Jobs: 'Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish'
I love this quote.
Applying this quote ...
Posted in Techniques | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I'm reasonably pleased with the progress of Experiment #1. It's doing far better than Experiment #0 (this blog) in terms of earning money. And I have definitely put far less amount of time into it.
Here's How I Set It Up:
Advertise donation based tech support on craigslist. ...
Posted in Background | 10 Comments »
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Went to WinCo yesterday and bought all these groceries for ~$78. We've got this grocery store in Oregon called WinCo. It kicks butt. You bag your own groceries and the prices are incredible. I tried to be conscious of following the advice of avoiding the ...
Posted in Techniques | 4 Comments »
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Below are some gems that I picked out from an interview with Warren Buffet, the Oracle of Nebraska. Not sure if it's true, but I've heard that this multibillionaire ( third * richest man in the world) still lives in his home of 35 years for which he paid ...
Posted in Observations | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
3/4/2008
It is with tremendous excitement that I report to you today that I am seeing the first revenue generated from this blog.
Some good soul has purchased 'Unconditional Parenting' off this blog (I did notice that it was less than $4). With this single purchase (doing the math), this will translate ...
Posted in Results | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
I've been promising for some time now about elaborating on what I'm doing with this blog. This is the first installment of the explanation. I've blogged before about my thought construct in decision making/problem solving: minimizing variation where it doesn't counts and maximizing variation where it does.
I've already ...
Posted in Observations | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
I recently made a very subtle, but fundamental change to this blog. You probably didn't notice it. If you look at the categories, I've renamed them such that each post falls into the category as would the material for a scientific paper. I know, your thinking "Is ...
Posted in Announcements, Background | 3 Comments »
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
It seems that the masses are becoming more aware of the paradox that more is less. Just look on any of the self help blogs that are now very popular (e.g. zenhabits, 4HWW, etc... ) However, I'd like to shed light on a less popular, but perhaps even ...
Posted in Observations, Results | 4 Comments »
