Archive for the 'Personal Development' Category

Reading about Investing

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
The little book of Common Sense Investing John Bogle
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

5/10

Ever want to feel like scum, sleaze, or perhaps just a good old fashioned greed head. If so pick up a book about investing. It’s not so much that investment books are bad. But thinking about yourself reading one is bad, each turn of the page brings on another shank of self-loathing to the guts.

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Signatures, abandon all hope?

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

When asked for my signature, the resultant deranged mark that I scrawl is enough to garner laughs from third graders. It is a series of quick condensed zigzags followed by an ever changing number of loops and dots. It is inconsistent, overly long, and hideous to look at. It is pretty much the same way I have signed my name since I was 9. Is it too late to change my signature?
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The Emperors New Clothes

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

If there is one thing I learnt in Montreal, it’s that we all dress like 14 Year old hobos. (more…)

The realty reality

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

OK.

So my girlfriend and I have decided that in a years time we would like to be moving into a house. In what will be the first of a (hopefully) series, I will divulge any tips / tricks and steps I learn along the way. (more…)

TeeVee Free

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Three months ago my television went up for sale at the purge for dollars a.k.a garage sale. After a fielding a few offers, scoffing a handful of barters, and performing a technical demonstration, it went, and I had 30$ more in the garage sale float.

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Traineo.com

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Traineo.com is a site dedicated to allowing it’s users to track there progress and workout goals through a very simple interface. Keep track of current wieght/BMI, workout intensity, and diet. One of the sites main focus seems to be recruiting “Motivators”. Motivators are basically a buddy list of fellow Traineo users that are notified of your progress, and vice versa. There isn’t a whole lot of versatility yet, but keep in mind it in barely a month old, with new feautres being added all the time. I have been using it for the past month and it works pretty well to keep me on track. Check my profile out if you’d like