Resolutions
As we reach the start of a new year, remember that success doesn’t come from a single day of resolutions, but from living every day with resolve. Greg Everett
Quotes
The Problem of Overhydration
The reality is you don’t need to be told when and how much to drink. We have a 300 million year developed system that tells you with exquisite accuracy how much you need to drink and when you need to drink. It’s called thirst. If you rely on thirst you won’t ever become dehydrated, and […]
Amazon Delivery by Drones
It’s an audacious plan that Bezos says requires more safety testing and FAA approvals, but he estimates that delivery-by-drone, called Amazon “Prime Air,” will be available to customers in as soon as 4-5 years. via Amazon unveils futuristic plan: Delivery by drone – CBS News.
Basketball Line Changes
Grinnell (3-0) presses full-out, full-bore, all the time, which is why it subs five guys at a time every 35 seconds, like a hockey team. If it can’t get a new line in, the manager holds up a fist, which means “Foul somebody.” via Jack Taylor and Grinnell basketball – ESPN Sounds like a fun […]
Humility
Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less. -C.S. Lewis
You can’t expec…
You can’t expect to eat like a mouse and lift like a lion. -Jim Wendler in “5/3/1: The Simplest and Most Effective Training System for Raw Strength”
CrossFit is Sportsmanship at its Finest
…as a newbie spectator at the CrossFit Central East Regionals on Sunday, I’d never witnessed such a thing. I’m not talking about the fitness level of the competitors, though that was jaw-dropping. I expected that. I did not expect such a display of sportsmanship. In what other sport or competition do fellow competitors cheer each […]
Indiscriminate Sharing
While the social network is in a way similar to real world associations, the way sharing works on Facebook is completely disconnected from reality. In the real world, you don’t have information that you need to share with every single person you know. But that’s how it works on Facebook, unless you jump through hoops […]
Matt Mullenweg on how open source is democratising the web
Darwin’s often misquoted — people say the strongest of the species survives, but it’s not actually what he said. He said the most agile, the most adaptive. So it’s not really about who’s the strongest or smartest or who has the most money, it’s who is going to adapt most quickly. Matt Mullenweg on how […]
Swing For the Fences
…we aren’t going to move forward much more than what we are accustomed to in life unless we do things that seem extremely risky, unordinary, or outright weird to many of those around us. I promise you that if you set out to affect massive change for the better in your life, or seek greatness, […]
Nick Momrik 