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Glamorized Self-Inflicted Slavery

A lot of people, hopefully not you, are living lives of glamorized, self inflicted, slavery. I've debated writing about this for a while, because of the connotation, but it's something...

Aug 5, 2010 2,284 0

Smashing

Todd and I hang out a lot, which breeds a sort of familiarity that leads to every phrase being shortened as much as possible. For example, if one's laptop batteries were very low, the w...

Aug 2, 2010 541 0

The Best Laptop That You Don't Know Exists

Of all the bits of gear, the one thing that fundamentally defines how I'm able to travel is my laptop. I use it to keep in touch with people all over the world, make money, find things...

Jul 29, 2010 3,907 0

I Eat Meat Now

A significant amount of people have changed their diet based on my advice, so I feel an obligation to provide updates when I make changes. The debate over the past two weeks, along with...

Jul 26, 2010 3,670 0

Managing Time Like Money

I've really been thinking a lot about future vs. present, ever since reading The Time Paradox. Do you live every day like it's your last, do you save everything for the future, or do yo...

Jul 22, 2010 3,283 1

2010 Survey Results

After a long day in the sun at the 2010 Crossfit Games in LA, I've flopped into my Aeron in the RV, which is parked near my old stomping grounds in Hollywood. I found an amazing parking...

Jul 19, 2010 751 0

Full Participation

My friend Anderson and I have created a tradition of visiting Harbin Hot Springs about once a month. It's a hippie-fueled nudist hot springs resort. The cafeteria serves really good hea...

Jul 15, 2010 453 0

A Challenge and Response to The China Study

I woke up one morning last week to a bunch of emails from random people, all suggesting that I check out the same article. A really smart and thorough girl wrote a critique of The China...

Jul 12, 2010 41,323 1

2010 Tynan.net Survey

Thank You Okay, first of all, THANK YOU for reading Tynan.net. My impulse in every post I write is to express my gratitude to you as a reader, but I don't because I think it would becom...

Jul 5, 2010 411 0

Habits, Leverage, and Trees

If you want to totally screw up your life, here's my advice: cultivate some bad habits. That's how most people do it. Very few people screw up their lives by drinking once, but a lot of...

Jun 27, 2010 3,194 0

Tea Autopsy AND Tynan's Traveling Tea Set

Athletes aspire to get their own sneaker. I'm not an athlete and I don't wear sneakers, but today I'm announcing the equivalent in my world: my own tea set! But first, a little backgrou...

Jun 21, 2010 2,065 0

Patience

I'm in Tokyo now for the first time in two years, and it's mostly familiar. Some things don't change much: the spinach-lentil curry from Nataraj is still a taste bonanza, it's still con...

Jun 14, 2010 336 0

The archive

Glamorized Self-Inflicted Slavery

Glamorized Self-Inflicted Slavery

Smashing

Smashing

The Best Laptop That You Don't Know Exists

The Best Laptop That You Don't Know Exists

I Eat Meat Now

I Eat Meat Now

Managing Time Like Money

Managing Time Like Money

2010 Survey Results

2010 Survey Results

Full Participation

Full Participation

A Challenge and Response to The China Study

A Challenge and Response to The China Study

2010 Tynan.net Survey

2010 Tynan.net Survey

Habits, Leverage, and Trees

Habits, Leverage, and Trees

Tea Autopsy AND Tynan's Traveling Tea Set

Tea Autopsy AND Tynan's Traveling Tea Set

Patience

Patience