This is an excerpt of the Hugh Jackman’s interview that was conducted by Tim Ferris. Full details and recording available here. There were many questions that were bursting to be asked of someone so prolific and popular. Hugh openly shared parts of his life like daily routines, favourite exercises, mind training and much more. Hugh […]
This is a review of the book by Chis Voss an expert hostage negotiator for the FBI where he spent 24 years with the Crisis Negotiation Unit. One of the things he could never do was to “split the difference”– a euphemism for compromise — because to compromise in a hostage negotiation is to lose […]
How do we find work that we love doing? What is the right job or right company? Is there even such a thing? Thomas Frank has an interesting take on the age old question sharing what he’s discovered in his journey. He’s found that answers are not cut and dry with many a layered nuance […]
So what is gratitude? While there are many philosophical and practical definitions, I have found one by Robert Emmons to be poignant where he outlines two main components. His article says, “First, it’s an affirmation of goodness. We affirm that there are good things in the world, gifts and benefits we’ve received.” In the second […]
A fantastic piece of software that I have been using for a few years now has been made free and complete with a version upgrade. Check it out here at the author’s blog, Nick Bradbury. Props to Nick for making life with RSS such a complete experience. Blogged with Flock Tags: feeddemon, RSS, reader
I recently realised that I had mails stuck in an OST file which I never exported into a PST. Cut a long story short, Outlook doesn’t like OSTs very much unless they are opened in the original account that they were created in. Doesn’t help when the account isn’t available anymore. So off I went […]
If you ever use FF on more than one computer you’ll understand what a pain it is getting your bookmarks synced. Initially I had thought that del.icio.us was a solution… but boy was I wrong. (fine so I’m stooopeed) Anyways I decided to run over to the official extensions page and came across foxmarks. Let’s […]
Ever opened up your FF about:config and wondered what all that junk was? Well I did and found a ton of nonsense which I wasn’t using anymore since the extension had been uninstalled. Found an article detailing the steps for getting rid of all that muck in FF =) Enjoy Tags: firefox
Like seriously… what the hell would you want with a statue that’s really not worth all that much in the market anyways? Sigh. The things that people do. Statue stolen from Penang cathedral A 30-year-old clay statue of Mother Mary was stolen from the grounds of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Penang’s Island […]
Go check it out… just stumbled upon it. And no in case anyone’s curious. I wasn’t using the StumbleUpon toolbar (although I do have it installed). haha. Tags: firefox, extensions
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