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This is solid advice. I wish I had done better at #1, #2, and #5 when my father got sick and died from cancer, but I didn’t understand how fleeting life is and how brutal cancer is…

Also per the Chronicle article linked above: "The Plan Bay Area Blueprint for 2050 was shaped by online public feedback this year during the coronavirus pandemic. The plan is expec…

Yeah this is just poor reporting by the NYPost. It looks like this mandate is part of a 30-year long range planning proposal. It doesn't appear there's any regional or municipal le…

1. I post my book notes and other things I’m learning about. I started it a year ago and I’m still trying to figure out what it’s about. 2. I post twice a week. I like the consiste…

I've had a great experience making use of the Unity 3D free premium learning courses (free until June during the pandemic) with my youngest child. Like your child, mine didn't care…

https://mentalpivot.com It's a repository for my book notes (business, self-improvement, economics and other topics). I also post short pieces about things I'm learning. Fridays I …

This brings back some memories. I used the Corona SDK to build my first iOS app and Corona and Lua were a joy to use. The app is still around but I've since moved to a different fr…

So true. I love Aloha shirts (I grew up on Oahu). The best thing about them is that they are multi-purpose. Need to wear something to a wedding in Hawaii? Aloha shirt with slacks. …

The number for SF is definitely not right if you're looking at SF city proper. According to Wikipedia, based on the 2014 estimate of ~850k people, the per square kilometer density …

Hey Andrew, same offer I gave rthomas6 stands for you. If you want some one-on-one guidance, let me know. papandrew (at yahoo.com). This is a topic near and dear to my heart.

This stuff is pretty near and dear to my heart since I'm a clean freak/organizing nut. My wife thinks I have OCD. This might be basic, but I'll give you my answers: 1) This may not…

So true, small children do seem to squat very naturally and with great form and posture. It's a shame that this gets lost around school age (at least from what I've observed in my …

Yes, Prop C is a ridiculous attempt to subvert the planning process. For the record, 8 Washington was approved by the Port Commission, Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.…

This site provides some good neighborhood-specific price/square foot info. http://pricesquares.com/#/county/1/san-francisco/ You can see that the north and northeast portions of th…

You might be confusing Michelin with Zagat. Zagat has always used a crowd-sourced model, collecting customer reviews and publishing them in book form. They haven't really adapted t…

Frontline had an interesting documentary on this industry a year or so back called "College Inc". If I remember rightly, they even discussed one of the schools named in the suit, A…

And if you want more in the style of Terkel, "Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs" (Edited by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe and Sabin Streeter, 2001) is also a good read. There's an asto…

Vox was Six Apart's social web 2.0 blogging entrant a few years back. I don't know the details, but I'm guessing the following were factors: * Six Apart already owns/maintains Type…

Have you made use of any of the virtual desktop solutions out there? I've found Spaces on Mac to be useful when I'm on a single 15" screen.

"Given that the first inflection point is unpredictable, it makes sense to consider all traction "verticals" in the pursuit of product/market fit." Good post. I often encounter ent…

Re: language choice, pick the one you're most comfortable working with (if you don't know, just start playing around with each). Cake, Rails and Django are all web frameworks for P…

I like this approach (the mental RPG game). I'd also add that you can start with small steps. For instance, with a coworker, see if they want to grab lunch one day or get some coff…

Well the problem may vary from provider to provider (and country to country), but after observing my wife's situation as a physician in the U.S., I can tell you that many doctors a…