Archive for July, 2010

Alternatives to Earth Class Mail – Remailing Services in the US

Earth Class Mail Sucks Earth Class Mail, besides very poor service, has nearly tripled it’s charges. Even simple requests to improve the service are met with thankful tidings and then silence, for years-on-end. It’s really quite maddening. In any case, I’ve abandoned them, and it turns out all for the best. There are a myriad [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich http://nyti.ms/bdjgxh # To resist change is like holding your breath–if you persist, you will die. -Lao Tsu # @gregqbear Thanks Greg! in reply to gregqbear # @gregqbear Everything is great. Nothing noticeable from recent events. Rainy season, rains every other day, mainly at night. Beautiful. in reply to [...]

July 11, 2010 • Posted in: Uncategorized • No Comments

I lost 20 kgs in 12 months

20 kgs in 12 months 20 kilograms is not a magic number, but we humans do like the symmetry and nice, evenly divisible round numbers are more attractive. With this it is also easy to do math, such as 1.5 kgs/month on average loss. The final 1/2 kg took me going into the gym bathroom, [...]

July 7, 2010 • Posted in: Effectiveness • No Comments

Interesting

Interesting Qs, originally uploaded by qthomasbower. Tweet

July 6, 2010 • Posted in: Flickr • No Comments

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. -B. F. Skinner # Thailand attracts investment despite turmoil http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/business/global/30rdbseathai.html # http://original.antiwar.com/huber/2010/06/28/what-me-mcworry/ # Either repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or say something true–and it will sound like it’s from Neptune. -Chomsky # Tweet

July 4, 2010 • Posted in: Uncategorized • No Comments