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What You Think About When You’re Independent
There are two types of people at the poker table, generally. First there are the sharks. They stay quiet and occasionally make comments about the game that intimidate amateur players by revealing just how much they’re thinking about. The second group are normal people who are there to have a good time. Through hours of…
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Help Me Find a Parking Spot
Last week I was sitting in bed, wrapping my brain around a programming problem presented by my newest project. With no warning, someone started pounding on the wall of my RV. No identification, no verbal communication. Just banging on the wall. Within a few seconds someone else started banging on the other side. Would you…
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How to Get Insane Deals on Cruises
I love San Francisco so much that every time I return here from a trip, I resolve to stay for a while and enjoy the city. That never happens. Next week I’m going to Tahoe, then Vegas the following weekend, and then to Austin for SXSW the week after that. Cabo or Hawaii follows in…
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How My Computer is Set Up for Productivity and Security
I got an email from a reader this week asking if I’d post about how my computer is set up for productivity. As I was going through my answer in my head, I realized that I’m also very geared towards security, which is frequently overlooked. So, behold: a post about how my computer is set…
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How You Can Become a Professional Gambler
I get an annoying amount of email from people asking me how to gamble like I used to. The truth is that what I used to do isn’t profitable anymore. It was a right time, right place sort of scenario. Although I’m not a professional gambler anymore, I have been spending time studying and improving…
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Tynan’s Quick and Dirty Guide to Las Vegas
At four thirty a.m. last night I finished wolfing down my table-side omelet, racked up my chips, cashed in, left Bellagio’s poker room, and headed to the airport for a red-eye back to San Francisco. I’ve been to Las Vegas more times than I can possibly count, and absolutely love it. When people tell me…
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What’s the Point of Being a Minimalist?
Minimalism has been on my mind for a few reasons recently. First, I bought a motorcycle. If minimalism were a religion, I’d probably be excommunicated for having more motorized vehicles than I have pairs of socks (RV, motorcycle, folding scooter, and electric skateboard vs. two pairs of socks). Second, I had a long conversation with…
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Why I Sold My Berkshire Hathaway Stock
I logged into my stock account the other day and realized that contrary to my previous claim/strategy of investing solely in Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, I had no Berkshire shares left. Time for an update, I reckon. So what happened? Nothing against Berkshire, for sure. I sold almost all of my shares at a profit,…
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The Risks I Take
A couple people recently have asked about the risks I take. On one hand, as they point out, I play it extremely safe by eating healthy foods and abstaining from alcohol and drugs. On the other hand, I climb construction cranes and go skydiving. Isn’t this a contradiction? It isn’t – at least in my…
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Three First Lessons and What You Need to Know About Them
Last week I went skydiving. It was actually my fourth time going, but since I hadn’t been in a couple years, they made me take the training again. After skydiving, my friends and I went to an arcade. I don’t really like arcade games (besides H2Overdrive), so I wandered around until I found one called…
