Archive for January, 2009

My Bucket List

My brother posted his bucket list on Facebook, so I here’s mine. It’s a list of the top 10 things you would like to accomplish in your life before you “kick the bucket”. 01. Become financially independent (meaning I don’t have to work at all if I don’t want to because I have enough passive [...]

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The Trouble With Gmail Adwords

Apparently, Gmail thinks I like SPAM: I would expect Gmail to know enough to filter out its own words from Gmail adsense inclusion–or at the very least, filtering out the word ‘spam’ but maybe people really do visit their spam box, simultaneously thinking to themselves, I’d love some spam!

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Where to Meet Your Friends

My friendships have been relegated to my dreams. I worked late last night, sleeping only to see my friends. “Thanks for the book.” “oh, yeah, glad you like it.” Then we have a discussion on personal education philosophy and practices. Sometimes, lately, I’m not sure if I had a conversation with a friend or if [...]

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Sleepy Brainstorming

I used to lie awake, in bed, thinking about time travel, cause and effect, logical fallacies, the history of the universe, the microcosmic dust and the macrocosmic crust–anything unknown that needed a good hypothesis. Now, I lie there thinking about innanities, filling out forms, paying bills, the state of the economy, work, work and more [...]

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