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Gambling With Your Friends to Stay Honest
Here’s a habit I have which I hate, that you might be able to relate to. A friend might say that he thinks that a Zodiac boat goes really slow. I then reply that I’m not sure, but I think they’re quite fast. As we go back and forth, I become more and more convinced…
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VIDEO: Twenty Four Hours in Beijing Part I
I woke up on Friday in an incredible amount of pain. My ankle, which I injured the night before during a particularly vigorous game of trampoline-dodgeball, had swollen the point that it looked like a bruised potato with toes dangling off. Even the slight pressure of my blankets sent rushes of pain through my foot.…
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Who Are You Listening To?
Tomorrow I’m going to go check out some granite slabs so that I can replace my particle-board RV counters with granite. In preparation for the new counters I’ve ordered a new sink and faucet, and will be taking a look at a stove on Friday. The faucet came in today. I got home at midnight,…
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The Most Excessive Small RV Ever?
Whenever I pass by a Home Depot in the RV, one thought pops into my mind: are there any projects I can do? I love working on my RV. Since the last update, where I put in maple and marble floors and improved the kitchen, I’ve done quite a bit more. Following is a list…
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Get Rid of Half of Your Stuff
I had to double, and then triple, check this, but apparently I’ve never written a post on minimalism before. Then again, I live in an RV smaller than your walk-in closet, so I don’t suppose this post will come as a surprise to anyone. Still, it’s probably worth writing a few paragraphs about it for…
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Friends on Pause
I land in Narita Airport, Japan, pull two thousand Yen out of the ATM, and get on the train for Tokyo. From memory I walk down familiar streets until I get to the New Zealand Embassy in northern Shibuya, where my friend Elliot lives. I haven’t seen him in almost two years, and have only…
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I Got Twitter.com/Tynan!
Fresh off my eleventh hour victory in buying Tynan.com, I turned my sights at my next vanity obsession, the @tynan Twitter username. I was late on the Twitter train, and by the time I climbed aboard, @tynan was taken. I settled for @tynanbtyb, which made sense back when my site was called Better Than Your…
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The Five Year Battle With a Domain Squatter for Tynan.com
First off, let me say this: BOOM! I got Tynan.com! YES!! Okay. So back when I was in high school, I had the idea that maybe this internet thing was going to work out, and I might want to own Tynan.com. I put www.networksolutions.com into trusty old Internet Explorer 3.0, searched for tynan.com, saw that…
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Defined By Your Worst
I’ve had a rough week. No deaths in the family or anything seriously bad, but it’s been a bit emotionally draining. Finally got in touch with the guy who owns Tynan.com, and he refused to sell to me at any price. A writer I was really hoping to work with decided not to contribute to…
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How to Build the Smallest World Class Camera System
I spent $1800 on my first high quality camera. I was on the brink of Life Nomadic, and I justified the purchase with two ideas. The first was that I would be seeing a lot of things for the first, and possibly the only, time. Second, the particular camera I bought, an Epson R-D1s, seemed…
