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Earlier today I had a conversation with someone who mentioned that they did not watch television. I run into many people who feel that television is one of the world’s great evils. Who can argue that television isn’t filled to the brim with crap? But later I ran across a quote from Napoleon […]
Written by Parker on August 24th, 2006 with no comments.
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This week it will have been two months since I last played a computer game. This is quite a feat for me. To give you an idea of how addicted I have been to PC games: I once peed on myself after playing a game for over 18-hours straight. I woke up […]
Written by Parker on August 21st, 2006 with no comments.
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Thanks to Get Rich Slowly (love that name) for hosting the latest Carnival of Personal Finance, and for including my article about how I saved $20,000 in two weeks by reading a book (and more importantly applying its lessons).
Also, thanks to Swiecki’s Blog for including my post about setting up WordPress on Windows in their […]
Written by Parker on August 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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Steve Pavlina’s overcoming fear podcast is one of my all-time favorites.
It starts off as expected, but veers off in a surprising direction and ends up being a fantastically lucid explanation of a difficult concept. I agree with his conclusions, here’s why:
(Warning— amateur philosophizing ahead, please use caution!)
If there is 1 person in a room, […]
Written by Parker on August 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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OODA loops originated from Colonel John Boyd’s experiences as a jet-fighter pilot in the Korean War. He synthesized his observations about dogfighting with intense studies of history and philosophy to create a fascinating way of thinking about thinking. OODA stands for Observe Orient Decide Act. From what I understand of Colonel Boyd’s ideas, […]
Written by Parker on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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