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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…
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19 Foreign Currencies Worth Less than Monopoly Money
Today I was walking home from a rousing game of Rummikub with some friends. I mentioned that my phone was at critbatts, a strange shortened version of slang that Todd and I use, which means “critical batteries”. To give credit where it’s due, our good friend Elliot actually invented that particular phrase. Until that, we’d…
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Tynan Meeting Tynan
“Like a stalker thing?” “No,” I replied, “You don’t get it. Her name is Tynan, too! That’s crazy!” “I guess.” Then I realized that my friend, Phil Jr. was sitting next to his father, Phil Sr.. Meeting someone with the same name wasn’t a big deal to him. But it was for me. Until yesterday…
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2011
New Year’s eve is approaching, which means that people are making their New Years’ resolutions and asking me what mine are. I don’t have any, and I think that’s a good thing. The problem with New Years Resolutions is that they’re not motivated by a burning desire to change. Wee all know that most people…
