Immersion Blending Wine
Tim Ferris (of the The 4-Hour Work Week fame), has got a post out on “Hyper-decanting” wine to “age” it very quickly.
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Negotiation
I’ve been listening to Slate’s Negotiation Podcasts, which I think are excellent. There are currently 7 episodes (although more are on their way), each about 10-15 minutes in length. Below are my notes summarising what I’ve learned:
Bio-Monitoring and the Jawbone UP
I just picked up my Jawbone UP from the Post Office last night, so thought I’d post my first impressions.
The Five Tibetans
This morning I was researching a fast yoga workout when I came across the Five Tibetan Rites. These exercises supposedly came from a retired British Army Colonel who was stationed in Tibet, and written up in the book “The Eye of Revelation” by Peter Kelder in 1939. Apparently the colonel stayed at a monastery populated [...]
I've been liking this thing lately:
http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2010/12/20/the-20-minute-hotel-workout/
Cool! Yeah, I've been trying to do a lot of body weight exercises lately. The "Convict Conditioning" and "Your Body ...
Rewiring the Brain
There is an absolutely awesome bit of Neal Stephenson’s book Reamde, that goes like this: The brain “was sort of like the electrical system of Mogadishu. A whole lot was going on in Mogadishu that required copper wire for conveyance of power and information, but there was only so much copper to go around, and [...]
World’s Best Bars 2011
The list of the top 50 bars in the world have been announced by Drinks International. London is represented very well, with 5 of the top 10 bars. 12 of the top 50 bars are based over here. For comparison, 8 of the top 50 are based in New York, and 3 of the top [...]
Heh heh - I know, right? I thought it was bitter-sweet news too. The last few times we've been there ...
We're just gonna have to avoid peak times by starting to drink earlier in the day...
Micro-boxing for productivity
Time-boxing is an idea that I heard about a number of years ago. It’s only been fairly recently that I have tried to incorporate it as a regular part of my daily workflow. The general idea behind time-boxing is that you concentrate on working for a set periods of time through-out the day. I adjust [...]
The Future is Addictive
I read Paul Graham’s essay on the acceleration of addictiveness this morning, and it really struck a chord. I feel as though it is almost impossible to become bored these days, there is so much to do. Is this because the world is getting more addictive, or just because I have gotten older and have [...]
Where to Live
I live in London, on Oxford Street. You can’t really live in a more urban environment than that. Last weekend Helen and I got out of London to the North Downs to go hiking. For me, this is the ideal lifestyle; live in the city in an exciting, stimulating environment. When you feel like “getting [...]