From the category archives:

Tips and Tactics

5 Things I've Learned in Korea

July 29, 2009

As of yesterday, I’ve been living and working in Korea for six months. The wife and I arrived on a cold January night, given the keys to our little apartment, and started teaching the next day. Since then we’ve developed a tenuous grip on life here, crazy as it is. I’ve become more adept with [...]

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July 24, 2009

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If You Had to Give a Last Lecture…

July 22, 2009

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 [...]

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Worldwide calling, done dirt cheap

July 19, 2009

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 [...]

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How to Cut the Crap and Stop Settling for Less

July 12, 2009

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. [...]

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How to Sleep Less

July 7, 2009
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 [...]

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