Hi, I'm Tynan! I love life and explore its possibilities by ignoring common sense and discovering what is really possible. If you are sick of the Standard 9-5 Lifestyle and want more out of your life, you're in the right place.
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February 2012
- 11 Days In: What I’ve (re)Learned about Pickup
- Why I Won’t Quit, And Other Responses to Last Week’s Comments
- Letting Myself Quit
January 2012
- Being a Mutant
- I Wrote a New RV Book! My Old Books are on Sale!
- How to Get a Month's Worth of Work Done in One Week
December 2011
- Goodbye, 2011
- SETT: What I've Been Working on for the Past Year
- Get a Free TaskSmash Account Today
- Life Nomadic Kindle is $2.99
November 2011
- Thanks, Mom and Dad
- Thailand: Tigers, Sharks, Elephants, and a Leopard
- The Age of the Independent Creator
- Focus Like Steve Jobs
October 2011
September 2011
- Advice For Young People
- 2011 UNpacking Video
- Pu-erh Tea in Shanghai
- Two Strikes and You're Back Into Pickup
- The Isolation
August 2011
- What a Wonderful World
- The Order In Which I'd Tackle Life
- Help Me Speak at SXSW in 2012
- My Workflows for Writing and Programming
- Polarizing Purchases
July 2011
- The Standby Trick
- The Only Meditation That's Ever Really Worked For Me
- How To Get Paid to Go to Las Vegas (Once)
- The Four Elements of a Perfect Day
- Selective Comparisons
- Answers to Your 2011 Gear Post Questions
- The 2011 Gear Update: Style Edition
June 2011
- The Unexpected Joy of Motorcycle Riding
- A Random Week in Iceland
- Playing in the World Series of Poker as an Underqualified Amateur
- Why I Don't Read Your Blog, And Why You Maybe Shouldn't Read Mine
May 2011
- Eating Dirty Food as a Clean Eater
- Five Rules to Make Friends with Influential People
- Tynan vs. Wild
- A Day in the Azores
April 2011
March 2011
- How We Applied to Y Combinator
- Pictures From Afghanistan
- I’m Speaking at SXSW This Weekend!
- What You Think About When You’re Independent
- Help Me Find a Parking Spot
February 2011
- How to Get Insane Deals on Cruises
- How My Computer is Set Up for Productivity and Security
- How You Can Become a Professional Gambler
- Tynan’s Quick and Dirty Guide to Las Vegas
January 2011
- What’s the Point of Being a Minimalist?
- Why I Sold My Berkshire Hathaway Stock
- The Risks I Take
- Three First Lessons and What You Need to Know About Them
- 19 Foreign Currencies Worth Less than Monopoly Money
- Tynan Meeting Tynan
December 2010
- 2011
- Embarrassing Stories of Childhood Crushes
- You Aren't What You Buy
- Throwing Yourself a Softball
- Obama's Not an Idiot, and Neither is George Bush
- Entrepreneurs Don't Want Jobs
- How I Solved an Interesting Problem and Made a Web App in 72 Hours
November 2010
- A Few Stories from Japan
- Gambling With Your Friends to Stay Honest
- VIDEO: Twenty Four Hours in Beijing Part I
- Who Are You Listening To?
- The Most Excessive Small RV Ever?
- Get Rid of Half of Your Stuff
- Friends on Pause
- I Got Twitter.com/Tynan!
- The Five Year Battle With a Domain Squatter for Tynan.com
- Defined By Your Worst
October 2010
- How to Build the Smallest World Class Camera System
- No Filter
- The 2010 Travel Gear Post
- How to Have a Workplace Everywhere in the World for $4.18 a Month
- One Thousand Words a Day
- The Point of No Return is a Good Place to Be
- (Not) Overcoming Narcissism
- Calories, Talent, Marriage.
September 2010
- Finishing up All You Can Jet
- The Most Minimalist Shoes in Existence
- Fluidity of Identity
- Who You Are (a.k.a. My Target Audience)
- Run, Don't Walk
- Living Your Life with Full Integrity
- My Experience at Burning Man 2010
- Getting to Know You Better
August 2010
- Why The New Kindle is a Must-Have for Travelers
- Treating Strangers like Friends
- My Strategy for the JetBlue All-You-Can Jet Promotion
- How and Why to Self Publish and Distribute Your Book
- How To Write Your First Book in 48 Hours
- Here's How You Should Make Money
- Stories from Oregon
- Glamorized Self-Inflicted Slavery
- Smashing
July 2010
- The Best Laptop That You Don't Know Exists
- I Eat Meat Now
- Managing Time Like Money
- 2010 Survey Results
- Full Participation
- A Challenge and Response to The China Study
- 2010 Tynan.net Survey
June 2010
- Habits, Leverage, and Trees
- Tea Autopsy AND Tynan’s Traveling Tea Set
- Patience
- The Easy Way to Beat Jet Lag
May 2010
April 2010
- Life Nomadic is Available on Amazon NOW
- The Meaning of Life Doesn’t Matter
- Not Liking vs. Not Knowing
- Who Are You Afraid Of?
- Two Books that are Kind of About Empathy
- How Do You Get Things Done?
March 2010
- No Computer After 11pm to Become an Early Riser
- The Blueprint of Instant Habitual Change
- Mopeds: The Urban Loophole Vehicles
February 2010
- Custom Food Bars and Cooking in the Airport
- How You Play Matters
- Three Super Quick and Cheap Lifehacks
January 2010
- VIDEO - Not Taking Risks is Risky
- Do Something Now
- Pre-Order Life Nomadic, I’ll Give the Money to Haiti
- Take Off Your Pants
- Born at the Right Time
- My Early History as an Entrepreneur
December 2009
- My 2009 In Review
- RV Deluxe
- Preparation vs. Readiness
- My Favorite Places in San Francisco
- Get a Tutor. They are Amazing.
- Margaret
November 2009
- How to Actually Save Water
- The Most Important Thing in The World
- The Five Golden Rules of Favor Asking
- I Will Teach You to be Rich Contest Results
- VIDEO and CONTEST - Ramit Sethi’s Financial Bootcamp
October 2009
- The Peg System: How to Memorize Lists of Ten in Twenty Seconds
- VIDEO: Tour of my RV
- I Need Your Feedback on Life Nomadic
- Why I Don’t Buy Apple Products
- Three New Awesome Pieces of Gear
- A Simple Accountability System You Can Start Today
- Life Nomadic is Ready for Download!
- Read the First two Chapters of Life Nomadic for Free NOW! + A Contest
September 2009
- VIDEO: The Pacific-Atlantic Road Race
- Review of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
- Life Nomadic Book Coming Soon
- Enjoying a Japanese Onsen
- The Shower Movie Theater
- Maximizing Your Opportunity Window
- What is NOW the Perfect Time For?
August 2009
- Cook a Super Healthy Meal in One Pot in Twenty Minutes
- My Three Days at Vipassana
- Six Ways to Be Benefically Weird Today
- Leaving Los Angeles
July 2009
- The 2009 Nomad Packing List
- RV Questions and Answers
- Six Things I Love About Living in an RV
- What’s Wrong with Raw Food?
- The West Coast Tour
- Make Me Your Guinea Pig
- Going Extreme
June 2009
- VIDEO: How to Learn Pickup
- Falling Behind
- Two Kinds of Businesses
- Two Weeks is Up
- That One Time I Danced
- Genie Questions
- Getting Engaged
- Gangs, Programming, Marketing, Sony
- Greatest Transportation Ever: Electric Skateboards
- How Much Work Can You Do?
- The Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader
- Swine Flu: Stop Worrying
- Every Day For Two Weeks
- How to be Good at Karaoke
- Not Following Through
- Imaginary Obligations
- What I Learned From Life Nomadic 2
- How Many of "The One" Are There?
May 2009
- The Details that Make an Experience
- A Quick Question for an Upcoming Post
- Eight Questions to Figure Out Your Life
- Book Review: The E-Myth Revisited
- Leaving Pickup
- Understanding How Cameras Work to Improve Your Shots
- The Best Banks and Credit Cards: American Express Platinum
April 2009
- Standard Dishonesty
- How Cruise Lines Get Free Employees
- Dealing with the Minutia
- Tynan.net
- VIDEO: The 2009 Passport Crisis
- Quitting BTYB?
- 2009 BTYB Survey Extravaganza
- Appreciation: Why it Should Be Impossible to Be Unhappy
- Self Education
- My Insane Phone System
- Quitting Life Nomadic
March 2009
- Florida Auto Brokers is Dishonest
- Hardcore Personal Finance
- Better Procrastinating
- The Two People I’ve Gotten Fired (Part One)
- The State of Life Nomadic
February 2009
- RIP My Hat, 2005-2009
- Finding your Passion
- My Interview on Sirius and XM
- Life Nomadic is on Gadling
- Living Transparently
January 2009
- Meeting Steve and Erin Pavlina
- Listen to me on Sirius 108 TODAY
- Annie is the Bloggerina
- Texas Social Media Awards
- The Privilege of Blogging
- Daily 15 Has Been Taken Over!
- Checking In
- Learning Kanji in Two Months
December 2008
- My 2009.1 Goals
- Every Day is Equal
- The Books are Here
- Notes from Seth Godin's Site
- Waiting for the Perfect Moment
- My First TV Interview!
- Outliers
- Make Her Chase You is Now a Paperback
- Judging
November 2008
- My Sites Will Be in Good Hands
- Take Over One of My Businesses
- Bobby Needs Us Again
- The Dip, and How to Figure Out What to Do With Your Life
- The Truth about Project Hollywood
- How Attitude Affects Learning
- Why I Love Self Improvement
- Obama Won, and I Didn’t Even Vote
- Solving Non Existent Problems
October 2008
- Fashion
- Austin State Fair
- Preparing for 2009?
- Some Useful and Interesting Updates
- Luck of the Draw
- How to Avoid Getting a Speeding Ticket
- Shortroping
- Come See Me in Kentucky!
- A Lull
September 2008
- Learn Every Country in Two Hours
- Meeting Annie
- Religion is Ridiculous
- Poker and Pickup: Thinking Levels
- A Two Second Favor
- Acrophobia
- RSS Works!
- Matilda the Squirrel
- Poker Progress
- Living in a Small RV: Odds and Ends
August 2008
- Living in a Small RV: Electricity
- Living in a Small RV: Introduction
- Thoughts on Saving the Earth
- Becoming a Pro Poker Player
- On Set
- A Typical Day In Austin
- Seeing Her Again
- If It's Too Good To Be True...
- Back Home
July 2008
- The Zero Cost Lifestyle
- Crazy Travel Schedule
- Smuggling from the Catacombs
- Hong Kong Hospitality
- Why I Don't Use a Mac
- Sleeping in Pamplona
- How I Chose Which RV to Buy
- How I Feel About Pot
- Both Items Found!
- Maybe I Should Stop Watching Movies
- Please Help Me Find These Things
- A New Plan for Life Nomadic
- Why I Don't Take Medicine
- Cambodia
June 2008
- Rescue your Time
- The Hovercraft
- The Vietnam Visas
- Beyond Productivity
- Thailand, Take 2
- My Old Home
- Your Own Standards
- When I Die
- From Singapore to Thailand
- MaxDiet Week: Objections
- MaxDiet Week: What to Eat?
- MaxDiet Week: What's Wrong With Meat?
- MaxDiet Week: Sugars, Carbs, and What They Mean for Your Weekend
- Gear Updated
- MaxDiet Week: Introduction
May 2008
- mygoals.txt
- Things I Will Never Know
- Things About America I Didn't Know While I Lived There
- Your Ad Here?
- I Guess I'm a Writer
- Yakushima Island Part II
- Golf Darts
- Survey Results
- Yakushima Island Part I
- A Cute True Story
- Survey Says
- How To Pack Everything You Own in a 28L Bag
- Why Don't You Do It?
- Eight Months of Crossfit
April 2008
- One Year
- Northern Japan
- Losing My Religion
- How I Became Weird
- Friends and Trains
- My New Site: Daily 15
- The Pilgrimage
- Biking in Tokyo
- Dvorak Day Four
- I Feel Impotent
- The New Zealand Embassy
March 2008
- Hanami
- Six Awesome Things
- Full Responsibility
- Pictures of Project Hollywood
- Gaijin House
- Dolfin 88% Cacao Chocolate
- Exciting News
- Amex Good, Hostgator Bad
- ServerADay.com
- Jet Lag
- Restarting
- Lenovo Slim AC/DC Adapter
- Hello, Japan
- Hollywood
- The Great San Blas Adventure: Part 2
- Report Card: Panama
- Multiple Lives
- The Great San Blas Adventure: Part 1
- Just Doing It
- AI Roboform
February 2008
- Maui Jim Titanium Sport Sunglasses
- The Sun is Setting on Panama
- What I'm Doing These Days
- Deuter Futura 28
- Be Excellent
- These are a Few of My Favorite Things
- Minor Details
- Camping at IHOP
- Arrested Development
- Persistence Alone
- A Serious Conversation with my Sister
- I Ate a Bug
- Epson R-D1s Digital Rangefinder Camera
- Casco Viejo
- How I Learned Chinese
- Tynan Island
- Halfway Through Panama
- Suunto X9i GPS Watch
- How To Actually Get Results
- Carnival Part 1
- Getting Out
- Crossfit
- How to Make Money While Traveling
- ArcFlashlight Arc-AAA Premium Flashlight
January 2008
- The Most Important Trait
- The Paperless Nomad
- Icebreaker Wool Shirts
- The Airport Girl
- The Daily Routine
- Conversion Doubler is Done!
- Deciding to Go Nomad
- Best Buy Super Associates
- Two Weeks in Panama
- Eating Healthy (Vegan) In Panama City
- The Near Future of BTYB
- We Found an Apartment!
- The Gear of Life Nomadic
- First Impressions of Panama (Day 2)
- Life Nomadic Day 1
- Significant Days
December 2007
- My Last Tazeroke EVER!
- Coming Soon... 2008
- Amy the Waitress
- Movie Theater Mischief
- It's the Final Countdown
- Miracle Berries
November 2007
- Thanks Mom and Dad!
- Saturday Delight
- I'm SO FAMOUS!
- Why I Donated to Ron Paul Today... and Why You MUST Too!
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
- How to Have an Interesting Life
- Understanding Pickup
- The Running Bets
- Behind the Scenes with Tax Protestors Ed and Elaine Brown
July 2007
June 2007
- Casino Night
- The Hospital Visit
- Survival of the Fittest
- Amazing Insignificant Events
- A Book, A Blog, A Podcast
- TynanTV Episode 1!
- How to Live in Austin, Texas
May 2007
- Little May Updates
- Climbing a Construction Crane
- Not Being Angry Ever
- What You Need to Know About Laser Eye Surgery
- Living in an RV : Day 10
April 2007
- I Bought an RV!
- Threesome? Part 2
- Threesome? Part 1
- My Assault on Stuff & What I'm Doing Next
- The Voice Box
March 2007
- Lying
- Odd and Unimportant Quirks I Have
- 8 Things You Don't Really Have to Do
- The Great Brain
- Tynan (The Name)
- Google Screwed Me Over?
February 2007
- Not So Materialistic
- Book, #1 on Google, Blog, Panama, etc.
- Bad Check Bounty Hunter
- I Wrote a Pickup Book!
January 2007
- Microtech Troodon Tactical Knife
- Massive Action
- Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper
- Cook's Knives
- New Site: Best in the Land
- Panasonic Light Oven
- Eagle Creek Switchback Max ES 22
- SuperMacro IV Headphone Amp
- Smartwool Socks
- Fired!
- How to Survive Waterboarding
- Losing Weight or Get Shamed
- Managing Your Finances Like a Pro Gambler
- New Years Goals - Old and New
December 2006
- How to Make a Moderately Popular Blog
- Let a Billionaire Manage Your Finances for Free
- Good Christmas
- *NEW* BTYB Forums!
- Evan, the Vegan Wonder
- Models and Me
- From Carnivore to Vegan Overnight
- The Legend of the Sequin Hat
- Oops
November 2006
- Tynan's Ultimate Privacy Guide
- Thanksgiving
- No Passion
- H to the Izzo
- Thanks for Coming to Karaoke!
- NEWSFLASH: Karaoke with me Tonight!
- It's Hot
- Pure Food and Wine
October 2006
- I'm Writing a Book
- You Are What You Practice
- Shafted!
- I Have an Advertiser!
- Japan is Better than the US
- I'm Pregnant
September 2006
- Tynan Goes to Japan : Part Two
- Tynan goes to Japan : Part One
- Meeting Mel Gibson
- Six Books that will Change Your Life
- Sad
- Cell Phone Etiquette
- Are You From Japan?
- The T Zone
- Night Swinging
August 2006
- Living Downtown is Sweet
- The Awesome Card
- My Stalker Is Awesome
- Interview at Bipolar Nation
- Three Dollars
- Color Guard
July 2006
June 2006
- I'm Moving
- Roller Coaster
- Tynan's Angels
- How To Do Everything Right
- Ice Cold
- The Taxman
- The Ladies' Room
- Mystery's Song
- 8 Health Foods That Are Bad For You
- Mexico
- A Busy Week
May 2006
- The (near) Future of Tynan
- Random Gifts
- Get a Deal on a Treo 700p
- Opportunities
- Thanks for Reading
- I Hate Birthdays
- I Am My Own Biggest Fan
- Why I Don't Drink
- A Pickup Interview
- Celebrity Sighting : Me?
- An Act of Kindness
- Everything is Fine. Seriously.
- The Best Suitcase, and how I Lost Mine
- Quintessential Man
- New Site Design and a Rumor
- Better than Better than Your Boyfriend
- My Huge Lie
April 2006
- Exploring Airman's Cave
- How to Get the Best Cell Phone Plan in All the Land
- So This is What a Real Job is Like
- New Song Draft
- A Trip Down Memory Lane
- Newsflash : Raw Food Kicked to the Curb!
- Why Taryn is Better Than Your Girlfriend
- TyCast #1
- My Dilemma
- Gangsta Picture of the Day
- Awesome Sites That You Don't Know About
- The Luxor has the Worst Room Service
- Out of Town
- First Page Search Results for Tynan
- 10 Things You Can Do RIGHT NOW to Improve Your Life
- Paragliding Pictures Coming Soon
- New Song : KRISTEN
March 2006
- Polyphasic vs. Monophasic Deathmatch
- Zen Picture of The Day
- The Paragliding Fiasco
- Too Busy to Post Right Now
- Value, Price, and Cost
- I Have So Much to Tell You
- Taking a Break from Polyphasic!
- Kicking the Computer Addiction
- Wal-Mart is the Best
- Business Beyond Gambling
- Failed Celebrity Pickup : Danielle Fishel
- The Art of Being Late
- UT Tunnel Interview
- I Eat Raw Eggs!
- If You Just Ignore It, It Will Go Away
- Update: The World is Out to Get Me
- What the Hell Do You Want From Me?
- Raw Food Roundup
- Social Engineering : How to Infiltrate a Community
- Living with Courtney Love
- Technical Difficulties
- Professor Tynan
- Hot Diggity, My Book Rocks!
- Get Yourself a Man, Girrrrrrrl!
- Crime, Punishment, and Construction Equipment
- The One Month Personal Development Challenge
- How am I doing on my Goals?
- How I Became a Famous Pickup Artist : Part 4
- A Slice of Humble Pie (Raw, of course)
- Why I'm Done with Mercedes Benz of Austin
February 2006
- My Penguin!
- Jumping the Freight Trains
- Boston
- Working out for Wimps
- The Great American School Bus Conversion: Part 2
- Raw Food Update #1
- How to Be Happy. Always.
- How I Became a Professional Gambler
- Tynan Goes to School
- Tynan to Rock the Olympics
- Valentine's Day News
- The Yoga Disaster
- The Secret Tunnels Under UT
- Trogdor the Ropefish Goes Crazy
- The Secrets of Buying
- Going Raw
- How I Became a Famous Pickup Artist : Part 3
- Scariest Thing Ever
- Fed Up With Kevin Federline
- "But I Love My Sleep!"
- Krunkaoke Disaster
- Hey Jerkface, Why Haven't You Been Updating?
January 2006
- Gizmodo Lenovo Contest Entry
- I've Got My Pockets Jammed With Jeffersons (and other updates)
- The Great American School Bus Conversion: Part 1
- The Etymology of "np"
- The Low Down
- How I Became a Famous Pickup Artist : Part 2
- Drop Out and Grow Rich : The Remix
- Drop Out and Grow Rich
- The Amazing Race for The Amazing Race
- Chain Recovered! (And Other Updates)
- How I Became a Famous Pickup Artist : Part 1
- Consider, Commit, Lock
- Polyphasic Upgrade / Update
- The Mystery of the Chain
- Triple Monitors : Why Going out of Business is Fun
- The Infamous Ghetto Indoor Pool
- Pictures of the Luxor Penthouse
- The World's Most Expensive Manicure
- Polyphasic Sleeping in Paradise
- A Lucid Dream
- 7 Goals for 2006
December 2005
- A Polyphasic Christmas
- The Good and The Bad
- Bet Update
- The Bet (version 2)
- Fell Off... Back On...
- Manish - Hibernator complaints!
- Sleeping with Power Tools
- Massive Improvements
- Manish - where I'm at
- 35 Day Review
- The Hard Period
- The Dreams
- Battlefield 2 : The Holy Grail of Polynapping
- Consistency
- Losing Time
November 2005
- Hibernators!
- Accountability
- Manish - sleeping in the van
- Manish - Taking it on the road
- Penalties
- The LAST oversleep ever.
- Guess Who’s Back? Back Again. (Again)
- Manish- Cycle of the Cycle
- Shocking Announcement
- Neetu - Birthday Fun!
- AAAARRRRGGGHHHH
- Manish - studying
- Midnight Update
- YARRR. Shiver Me Timbers
- Neetu- Never got off the boat.
- Manish - overslept
- Ty = Rad
- Neetu ---starting over.
- Ty - The Supernap
- Weird.
- Manish - can’t wait till this is over
- Neetu-Feeling Fine
- Manish
- Neetu - Confused
- I make Counting Fun!
- Manish - Last Nap Not Deep Sleep
- Manish - I am Full of Shit
- Ty - Dirty Grapes
- Neetu- Damn It!
- Where Are My People At?
- Hypnosis Actually Works
- Random Update
- Manish - Hallucinations
- Last Night was the Worst Night Ever
- Manish - Sleepy Eyes
- Neetu Post #4---The Hard Part
- My Kingdom for This to Work Again
- Tough Again...
- Neetu Post #3- Night 3
- Manish - So Much Better Today
- Not Tired Anymore
- And it Keeps Going
- Manish - Post 3
- Oh My God.
- Neetu- Post # 2 Successful Nap/letter
- Manish - Post 2
- Neetu’s Post # 1 Night 2
- Back on Track
- NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Manish Posting Manish’s entries on Ty’s Blog
- A Realization...
- Back!
- Neetu posting Manish’s entries on Ty’s blog
- Worst Thing Ever.
- Sleepy.....
- Slightly Sleepy
- Even better.
- Still Going
- Wow
- Weird...
- More Waking up Weirdness.
- Confused
- What's My Motivation?
- Who Rocks the House?
- Alright Kids!