It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could…
The path less traveled.
Category: Life
The inferior man’s reasons for hating knowledge are not hard to discern. He hates it because it is complex—because it puts an unbearable burden on…
This week on the Tim Ferris podcast featured round-2 with one of my favorite people, Derek Sivers. In this episode, Derek answers call-in questions from listeners. One in particular asked what characteristics Derek felt were most important for success.
Almost every evening my wife and I go for a hike of anywhere between five and six kilometers in the rocky-terrained mountains behind our house. About six months ago, having read about about barefoot walking, I began doing these hikes in a pair of Vibram Five Fingers shoes.
I really enjoyed the interview with Alexander Aghassipour, Danish founder of Zendesk, in Issue 12 of Offscreen magazine. It’s always fun to read about the…
If you’d like to understand the importance of having a good knowledge of probability theory, consider the following eye-opening example (inspired by something I read…
When I was a child, I had a box in my bedroom that was full of all sorts of bits and bobs—ranging from batteries, to…
Having finished listening to the Tim Ferriss podcast episode in which he interviews Arnold Schwarzenegger, I came away inspired and with a very deep respect…
This weekend I listened to an episode of the [Tim Ferriss Podcast][1] in which he interviewed strength and conditioning expert Pavel Tsatsouline. It was an eye-opening interview, in which Pavel identified some surprising myths.
Last week I tweeted a snippet from my 11 year-old son’s corrected math test, in which his answer was incorrectly marked wrong.
In the video [The Pleasure of Finding Things Out][1] I love this profound quote by Richard Feynman. He’s talking about pseudo-science, but it has broad…
Steve Corona, CTO of Twitpic tells the story of his path from failing out of college to become an executive a leading social service. It’s an inspiring article, but I think the title is unfortunate.
This is a long article, but one I think could be important to you. It’s about something that has proven transformative in my life. It’s about the Paleo diet, and I hope you enjoy it.
We’ve recently enrolled our children in two camps, for this upcoming summer — one in Europe (here in Spain), and one in the United States.…
My wife and I were invited to participate in the Swans school “Career Day”. We were assigned one of about 10 tables in a large…
Excluding a high-school job at the Kroger grocery store, my first real job was with the Georgia Power Company, at their electrical power generation plant in Newnan, Georgia — called Plant Yates. I had a very pleasant surprise this morning, to receive an email from an old colleague there.
From, “Why we get fat”, the fantastic follow-up to “Good calories, Bad calories” by Gary Taubes: In other words, the science itself makes clear that…
In the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I’ve been fortunate (having trained under some great coaches) to have won gold medals two times at the European…
One of our neighbors who works in the Spanish agriculture business was telling us, in passing conversation one day, about the steroidal products that are…
Last night I was out on a bike ride, from Monda to Tolox. About 8:30 PM, I was on my way back, and had just turned the corner at junction to Guaro. My eye caught what looked like a mouse on the side of the road. As I approach, I saw it was a little abandoned kitten.
I hopped off the bike, but it ran off the road, and into a pile of large rocks. It was obviously pretty scared.
After waiting 10 minutes, I decided to continue on.
This weekend we stayed again at the cabañas in Jimera de Libar, where, on Saturday morning, Pino ran in the first annual “Carerra de Alpandeire”,…
Moore’s Law states (roughly) that the speed of computers doubles every two years, and he’s been more or less on the money. Today I introduce…
Now that I’m back to blogging, I’d better catch up on a long overdue task. My office colleague Arto Bendiken pinged me with the Five…
UPDATE: Well, my memory must be going with age. As pointed out in the comments, it was Whitesburg, not Whitesville! Somehow things happen to me…
Last March my brother and I started a business, Henderson & Henderson LLC, in Georgia (USA). We’re building really nice residential homes. Our first is…
