2009

If You Had to Give a Last Lecture…

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I just finished watching Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch the full video here. For a synopsis, I’m going to be lazy and quote from Wikipedia: “Pausch delivered his “Last Lecture,” titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007. This talk was modeled after [...]

Worldwide calling, done dirt cheap

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Are you living or traveling abroad for a long time? Need a way for (not-so-tech-savvy) people at home to reach you without breaking your budget? For the past six months I’ve been using a cheap and dirty prepaid cell + Skype setup to allow people in the states to call me for the cost of [...]

How to Cut the Crap and Stop Settling for Less

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Cut the Crap! Today, for the first time in five months, I ate a fat, decked-out, All-American hamburger: a 1600 calorie behemoth dripping with cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a side of fries. I won’t name the restaurant, just know they have franchises in Korea and there’s a day of the week in their name. [...]

How to Sleep Less

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Sleepy Koala

How to Sleep Less If you’re sleeping more than 7-8 hours a night and you’re not an infant, you’re probably sleeping too much (my army of out-of-work attorneys just told me to tell you I’m not a doctor, just so you know). The following article will share some background and tips on how to sleep [...]