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The pomodoro technique helped me enormously. I don't follow it strictly, I just set the timer and focused on one task until timer is done. I never worked the duration up, I still j…

'Tango with Django' is by far the best tutorial on Django that I've found ( http://www.tangowithdjango.com/ ). It is well written and goes much deeper than other tutorials. It's de…

I'm not from US and it's always weird to watch NFL on TV and hear the pro players introduce themselves and their college: "Peyton Manning, Tennessee".

Before 2001, I'd always ask the pilots to let me sit in the cockpit during takeoff. If they said no, they'd often offer a tour of the cockpit when cruising instead.

The scare quotes were unintentional. Poor punctuation. Just defining his science as experimental.

His articles and book don't suit my tastes, they're a bit too wordy for me and his "science" is more from experiments, less on the chemistry (proteins, salts, molecules etc). For a…

Is Bosnia considered Western? Genocide there in 1992-1995. On a road trip, a Serbian in-law had us stop by this beautiful bridge in Bosnia. Built in the 1500s with Ottoman architec…

The foreign exchange market has more volume and eyes watching it. Just watch the value of the GBP.

The fundraising page is depressing. They're only asking for US$200,000 and they only have 19% at half way through the year. In other news... Instagram hits half a billion monthly a…

Anecdotal opinions don't bother me :), but in the case of personal finance, the rules can easily be followed up with math. Your general rules are fine and make sense, but sometimes…

This article and the book is exactly what's wrong with personal finance education. There is no special wisdom, clever tricks or golden rules in finance. Chicken soup for the soul w…

I remember this being one of the things that caught Blackberry by surprise. BB had better battery life and functionality etc, so BB co-CEOs never thought the iPhone would catch on.…

Same thing with the airline industry. People often say they'd pay more for extra few inches of leg room, but when they shop online, it's the cheapest price that wins.

One clarification regarding "the loser pays" system (here in Canada), is that the loser paying isn't the default. The default is each party pays their own costs. Then later the jud…

Since this is the internet, I am free to reply with hearsay... I read that if you fall asleep that fast, you might not be getting enough sleep the previous night.

I forget the story behind Hasseb, but wasn't he considered a scammer or dishonest? Is that what you mean by "(in)famous"? A quick google search reminded me that Cardrunners drop hi…

I find sports are the best for meeting people and actually building a relationship. In my experience, floor hockey, slow pitch, hiking and cycling were good. Oddly, running groups …

We don't need to try. A hacker already did and was successful.

Investment bankers wear it with a badge of honor, but who cares it's only money... the scary one is when doctors brag about it! Especially the ones in med school or just out of sch…

The thing is, you "tried some other options - teacher, artist, entrepreneur". I think "trying" is the key. It helps you be more satisfied with the road you are on when you've been …

When clouds roll in, people are not OK with their TVs turning off. So you'd always need the traditional grid in place, even if it's for a few days a year. In that case, the utiliti…

The point is to match the debt to the asset. As the car depreciates at a static rate, it is OK to pay off car debt at a static rate too (ie. monthly loan payments). A house actuall…

Debt is great if used appropriately. Most people don't use it correctly. Debt is supposed to match the life of the asset. If you have a house that lasts 25 years or longer, then a …

Your example is a good one. Another example would be if you have 99.99% up-time guarantee, but don't provide it and have to provide refunds or discounts. Groupon had troubles with …

Bookkeeping is the wrong place to start learning the basic building blocks of finance and accounting. It's too detailed and step-oriented. You should start at the high-level of rea…