PermalinkThe Little Book of Contentment
I’ve written a free book called The Little Book of Contentment: A guide to becoming happy with life & who you are, while getting things done. I share it with you today, in hopes that it will help a few of you, or maybe many, who struggle with being happy with yourselves and your lives. It’s a more common problem than you might imagine, and if I can help just a little, that would be amazing.
Great read.
Arrested Development: Season 4 Interactive Poster
Only days away now …
Shaving No Longer Sucks
Shaving sucks.
I’ve written about how much I hate shaving quite a few times in the past — but for as much as I hate shaving, I hate how I look with a beard just as much. So, I shave. And I get razor burn. And I break out. And I spend a fucking fortune on shitty plastic razors.
Well, I finally have had enough of it! I did all my research, spent way too much time reading about shaving, and decided to make the investment in a double-edged safety razor. After about month or so of shaving with it — I’m a convert.
- It’s the best shave I’ve ever gotten, it’s so close that even my annoyingly fast growing beard is no match.
- With a consistent routine my face loves it. Far, far, far less irritation. Zero razor burn. Zero ingrown hairs. Everything I read about the benefits of switching to a DE blade has been pretty spot on. It took a while to get used to … but the difference between hacking away with those 5 blade monstrosities and the beard reduction of a DE? Basically night and day.
- Saving money! Getting set up was a little more expensive — but the razor blades I ended up settling on (definitely recommend buying a sampler pack and finding out what’s best for your skin) are a fraction of what I was paying for those crappy cartridges.
- I feel like Don Draper. I bet I smell like him now too.
If you’re interested at all I recommend reading this tutorial (and video), as well as spending some time reading through the insanely nerdy and awesome shaving forum BadgerandBlade. There are all kinds of tips, techniques, favorite blades, and other advice worth absorbing.
After a lot of trial and error (all the sites recommend trying out different blades to find the right one for your skin and comfort level), here’s my current shaving set-up:
- Merkur Long Handled Chrome Safety Razor
- Escali 100% Badger Brush
- Taylor of Old Bond Street Shaving Cream for Sensitive Skin
- Feather Hi-Stainless Platinum Blades (Warning: These suckers are sharp!! I recommend starting with a more forgiving blade.)
- Colonel Ichabod Conk Chrome Safety Razor Stand
Zach Sobiech, at the age of 14, found out he had a rare form of terminal cancer. So he became a rock star, and millions of people got to see his music before he passed away on May 20, 2013. This is his beautiful story.
Every man dies, not every man really lives.
5 Lessons in Contentment From Warren Buffett
Know what you like and forget the rest. Warren Buffet, one of the world’s wealthiest men, has a nice but modest house and a surprisingly modest Cadillac (that he drives himself), and eats at his favorite (but pretty ordinary) restaurants … he can afford much more extravagance, but forgoes it because he knows the simple things he likes in life. He could have much, much more, but knows that he doesn’t need it. How many of us do that? Just enjoy the things we like, and not worry about what else we could be enjoying, or what everyone else is enjoying.
Some great advice in here.
Android’s Market Share
In other words, pundits think that Android has won because they “have a bigger truck” (i.e. more market share) – regardless of how much – or how little – profit Android manufacturers make. Android, the pundits opine without a hint of irony, is not making much, if any, money but that’s okay because they’re making it up in volume.
But is that really how market share works? Can you tell how well a company or an operating system is doing solely by measuring its market share?
No, of course not.
The argument of “marketshare” has long been one of the least sound in comparing mobile platforms — this article lays out the logic behind why.
Revenge, Ego and the Corruption of Wikipedia
After years of styling himself as someone who specializes in scrubbing Wikipedia pages clean of “conflicts of interest,” Qworty/Young admitted to editing “the Wikipedia articles of writers with whom I have feuded.” How can Wikipedia possibly allow this man to keep his editing privileges? And how are we, the general public, supposed to trust Wikipedia, when Qworty’s record shows how easy it is to work out personal grudges and real-world vendettas in this great online encyclopedia for years without anyone taking action?
Wow.
