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One of the guys I’ve followed for years on the Internet has taken what some might call a drastic approach: he’s purged his Twitter account of tweets. Given the ephemeral nature of Twitter, this actually seems somewhat appropriate to do. Also, things that you said years ago in the heat of the moment, things you…

Okay, maybe a minute is too long, but certainly you’ve got 30 seconds for a habit with a lifelong impact: Immediately after every lecture, meeting, or any significant experience, take 30 seconds — no more, no less — to write down the most important points. If you always do just this, said his grandfather, and even if you only…

Since I got my CPAP machine, I’ve started noticing how many other people have them as well. How do I know? This unassuming grey bag. I notice at least one such bag every time I’m in an airport. It’s possible I saw such bags before, but since I didn’t know what was in them, I…

I did something I haven’t done before: I got up in the middle of the night to pee and forgot to put my CPAP mask back on. This meant, for a few hours last night, I slept in my bed without my CPAP. This isn’t the first night since I got my CPAP that I…

From Time Magazine, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?? [time.com]: The not-so-good news: The more the participants drank, the more likely they showed abnormal changes in their heart structure and function. In men, the changes started accumulating after more than two drinks per day, or 14 or more drinks a week. In these men, the…

From Samantha Jenkins: Too much chewing gum may have played role in death of ‘vibrant, happy and fun-loving’ teenager: Too much chewing gum may have played a role in the death of a “vibrant, happy and fun loving” 19-year-old shop worker. An inquest heard Samantha “Sam” Jenkins, 19, of Felinfoel, Llanelli, collapsed and died suddenly…

“But father, what’s wrong with security? Everybody likes to be all cosy and safe.” “Yes,” Mr. Murry said grimly. “Security is a most seductive thing.” “Well — but I want to be secure, Father. I hate feeling insecure.” “But you don’t love security enough so that you guide your life by it, Meg. You weren’t…

In high school, I started doing documentation for computer-related tasks, mostly because my teacher at the time told me my skills would be more valuable1. In college, the job I had working in an engineering computer lab also involved documenting various systems administration activities I started doing2. Even in my first post-college job, I ended…

This is an updated version of a post I did back in 2012. Does anyone remember watching a black and white TV? I do. My dad had this TV that was older than I was. It also, quite literally, took a minute to warm up before it showed its black and white view of the…

As a child, I don’t recall giving very many gifts to my parents. One gift that I gave to my dad was a metal “sign” that said the following: Never get too busy making a living that you forget to make a life. To be honest, I’m not even sure where I found it. Probably…