Regardless of where you are in the world…regardless of your purpose in life…this literature written by English author Charles Dickens, first published by Chapman & Hall on December 17, 143 (168 years ago!)… Is A C-L-A-S-S-I-C! Download the Stave. Put it on your mp3 player and Enjoy the Holiday Cheer. Look forward to Stave 2 Tomorrow.
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The Cream of the crop. Originally, known as “The Tuesday Posts”. Since 2008, we’ve had a tradition of posting something significant or eclectic or interesting up on tuesday. The 2008 batch were called the “Tuesday News Blip”. The new batch are just call the Current Tuesday Post and almost always is accompanied by an extended audio blog of each post. The old and new tuesday posts are separated accordingly in this category.
The Apex Productivity Item
Stick With a Brand that Works Booth Oranges for Oranges. Sony for Audio Recording. Canon for digital photos and visual media (film). Spacepen for writing utensil. Cyberlite Swiss Army Knife Garmin or Magellan for gps devices. Just a few examples. I’ve used those products for years. All of them are “apex productivity items” (an item that is so quality that all you need is that item and it replaces all other items in a said category; so in other word, with my sony recorder, I need no other recorders, with [...]
The Ultimate RWCO Productivity List
This is an installment for the POPP productivity series. Basically, I do most of my work at a computer and thus my runway list is usually Computers, Errands, Groceries, or Social. But the Runway-Computer list I noticed had different categories and, more importantly, dividing the RWCO list into the emergent categories massively produced productivity. So in the POPP Android App, this will all be naturally and automatically sub-divided, but I’d recommend using a spreadsheet application (I use open office which rocks). Obviously, you can make your categories whatever you want, [...]
Survival Tips: How Flint and Steel Works and The Prusik Knot
I Have been interested in wilderness survival for, well, off and on 10 years (ever since I read Tom Brown’s The Tracker in 2001, grand grand book that one and that guy is mean lean survivalist, but there are better like Bear Grylls). Anyways, I, thus, find, discover, and enjoy some great survival resources. This time I learned how flint and steel works and the prusik knot. How Does Flint and Steel Work (as a fire-starter)? First off, it’s the steel NOT the flint that actually is so conducive to [...]
The Faux Ticket Experiment and Stream-Lined Computer As-if About to Reinstall or Migrate
This is a massive massive productivity tip I just realized. It’s to keep the computer (and hard-drives) STREAM-LINED. COMPUTER work AND FOLDERS! ONE OF MOST MONUMENTAL OF YEAR SO FAR. PRODUCTIVITY. CLOSURE, NON-SPRAWL. CONTAINED. MODULAR. Use computer as-if I am about to migrate and/or do a reinstall, this keeps EVERYTHING not locked down but Compact. the desktop is always clean, nothing sprawls no amorphorous folders Perfect example is audacities , I record, edit then DELETE the audacity file (which are completely unneeded and space-hoggers) this removes uncertainty and creates closure [...]
Kitten Anthologies 2: Lesson of Personal Space and Time
Another lesson my Kittens (and this serves as another installment of the original Kitten Anthologies) taught me is that Personal Space and Personal Time is crucial to any relationship even one with the species felis catus (between homo sapiens and felis catus or homo sapiens and homo sapiens personal time and personal space is crucial). What I learned from cats is I love them. I love them looking, acting, and feeling healthy. I love their companionship, low maintenance, agility, awesomeness, and they’re some of my best friends, really (if you [...]
Want to Accelerate Your Usage of Time and Productivity? Try Pomodoro!
History and “Will it Work?” What is The Pomodoro Technique? Directly from their website: The Pomodoro Technique® is a way to get the most out of time management. Turn time into a valauble ally to accomplish what we want to do and chart continuous improvement in the way we do it. Francesco Cirillo created the Pomodoro Technique® in the 1980s. It is now practiced by professional teams and indviduals around the world. Right, so it’s a “time management” technique that’s over 30 years old. First off, I would do away [...]
Firewalks: A Monumental Hoax and Scam
Edify on the go with this audio download! “When they are in front of 2,000-degree fire, they get an emotional state change.” –Anonymous spewer of delusional cult rubbish I’ve done the Tony Robbins Unleas the Power Within and I can tell you straight off the bat that it’s a 2-second experience of which I’ve experienced much more intensnely walking across extremely hot sand in Costa Rica. Anyone who is impressed or “awakened” in any way by walking on coals (covered in ash, and ash insulates) that are not as hot [...]
Trick for Converting Fahrenheit to Celcius, the English Separatist Boat, Refreshingly Jovial Chilly Air, and Proper Ideological Evolution
What’s in store for you in this post: factoids about the boat that transported English Separatists to “America” in the early 17th century details about the inventors of major forms of temperature measurement some interesting rants of ideological evolution finally, the original intention, a mnemonically-helpful presentation of a mathematical formula enabling smooth conversion between the two measurements Enjoy. Two years before he died in 1742 (meaning he croaked in 1744), the Swedish Astronomer Anders Celcius1 invented, well as you might guess, the Celcius scale for temperature measurement. Meanwhile, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, [...]
Quantifying the Universe, Galaxy, and Solar System
Just a Few Astronomical Factoid Notes That I Found Fascinating Pluto made Planet in 1999; disc. 1930; moon 1978 Universe = all matter + energy (40 billion galaxies) Galaxy = Star system of billions of stars (200 billions in the Milky Way) Solar System = Planets orbitting 1 star Universe = (40-billion galaxies/ 1 universie) x (200 billion stars/1 galaxy) x (8 planets/ star (per solar system) = 8.1 x 10^22 planets Estimation Details All solar systems have on average 8 planets (there coudl be many mor eor less per average solar system). The Milky Way [...]
Medieval Times Career-Progression
“In the Middle Ages, the time served apprentice went off as a journeyman to gain experience with a number of masters, and then settled down under one master he got on with. Here he would produce his masterpiece – literally, the piece of work that proved he was a master. This recognised by the Guild, he became a master himself” -Kupfernigk, Slashdot This is really interesting. The career-progression path in the Middle Ages was Apprentice Journeyman under a Master Masterpiece production Master, consequentially of Guild recognizing masterpiece I think that’s [...]
Atheism and Intelligence
It’s unfortunately been too long since an Atheism For the Win post. What a horrible thing to neglect. Seriously. I could rant about how significant these posts are, but I’d rather just do the post and get on with it. Sigh… Enough remorse, on with the post. I’m at a place in the progress of the evolution of my life, work, and emotional well-being, where I am clear enough. I am accepting of my intelligence (in the past I had a blockage where I felt very, very unfathomably uncomfortable admitting [...]
Solutions to Preventing Stymied Social Reconciliation
Stories and Examples of Being Stuck Due to Failing to Socially Reconcile I was engaging in this form of interaction (I guess it could be called an experience) and started a cluster in the interaction; I was the head-honcho, the “boss” and orchestrator of this cluster of players. It was definitely one of the best social clusters in the whole interaction. The problem was that it was purely social. I couldn’t progress in a way that was good for me, acquiring gear and items that I needed and wanted, wouldn’t [...]
Focus on What you Want, Not What you Don’t Want
Install the Walloping Shift If you feel stuck trying to eliminate some object, some habit, some clutter, try this strategic walloping shift. Most people focus on how much they dislike something to do away with it; they erroneously think this is a winning strategy to eliminate something. Indeed, this creates a repulsion and an emotional distance from an entity (an item, a person, a place, a habit), but it is impossible to disconnect from something by focusing on, even if you concentrate only negative thoughts! I did this with [...]
Succeed with PIVOT
PIVOT is yet another VYL-Created technique. It’s very catchy, considerably more complex than SPS (rightfully so given intention of SPS!), and cognitively caters to how the brain works, ensuring that the neo-cortex quickly picks up and absorbs the functionality of this technique. In other words, this technique has been designed to be “appetizing” for your brain; by increasing the cognitive congruence, the effectiveness of PIVOT is increased as well! Groovy! The basic break-down of the acronym is: P – Positives of Problem I – Ideal Prevention V – Valiant Willing [...]
The Meditative Gadget
The Meditative Gadget While many of his techniques and superbly incomparable skills of deduction and observation were certainly accomplished with invisible tools, it was obvious that Sherlock Holmes relaxed and sharpened his razor-sharp mind while playing the violin. Watson knew that Holmes was in a meditative trance of higher clearer, cleaner thinking when practicing his violin. He would often play his instrument to peacefully rejoice after solving a case or while working through the conundrums of unraveling a plot. The former occurs at the end of The Red-Headed League after [...]
Be the Cat Vet – Play the Finding Treats Game!
Time: 09:12 Edify on the Go! This anecdotal and enjoyable game eases your feline friend into your small office, home, or a room or any place that you may want your cat to connect if it is a bit skittish. ‘Play the Finding Treats Game’ is fun, your cat enjoys it, and it actually brings out some natural skills of the wild. Although your feline friend is domesticated, your cat DOES believe he or she is still in the wild! Evidence of this is the fact that they cover their [...]
Schedule Your Calendar with Structured TimeFrames and TimeScapes
Introduction “For just at that moment the light came over the hill, and there was a mighty twitter in the branches. William never spoke for he stood turned to stone as he stooped; and Bert and Tom were stuck like rocks as they looked at him1.” That is an excerpt from possible the greatest fantasy novel of all time, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. In that little scene, three trolls were distracted by the cunning and clever voice of Gandalf whom made them lose track of time and stay out past [...]
Beckham: Polished, Styling, Sharp Image
Edify on the go! Time: I’m planning to read a bit more on Beckham as someone who, for lack of better words, has “wired himself efficiently”. He has healthy habits and I admire his polished style and his OCD organization and he’s ONE good looking man and he plays soccer; Beckham is frickin’ awesome. I heard a story about him being the only car that pulled over and helped someone on the side of the road. The man, I’ll say it again, has wired himself well. He has good beliefs. [...]
The Skinny on Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFL Bulbs)
Edify on the Go 5:27 First off, this site does an amazing job of explaining in detail the electricity details behind CFLs. In a nutshell, the benefits are: -1/5 the energy used. 15 watt CFL = the same light output of a 60 watt old-fashioned bulb. -Less pollution. Using 1/5 energy ensures a smaller carbon footprint, which means less energy is caused by the polluting power plants. -Less heat. Much less excessive heat is given off by CLF bulbs. I recall living a truly abominably hellish summer in a basement [...]
Emotions are Not Funny Things: Ekman and Serious Alignment
45:32 Edify on the go! I was going to start by writing that “emotions are funny things”, something trivial, nuanced, minimizing the impact of emotions. But emotions are not funny things. They’re very serious and trivializing them would be like scoffing at an oncoming car while you’re in the middle of the rooad. Emotions effect our relationships, our appearance, our interactions, our perceptions, our mood, our energy levels, our habits and patterns, and seriously a very large number of things in life. So emotions are NOT “funny things”. In away, [...]
The 3-Hour Pattern Absolute Rule: Ultimate Health “Awake” Technique
Edify on the Go! I’ve tried to write this post 3 times but had technical difficulties and have had to undergo three drafts. Fortunately, that also gave me three shots at revisions! Here’s what I’ve surmised. The principle: Eat nothing until three hours (or longer) after waking up. It’s incredibly simple but catalyzes profoundly uplifting physiological, mental, cognitive, productive, digestive, health, and awareness consequences. Timing – Focusing in nutrition (or not engaging nutrition, or planning the later part of the day’s nutrition) for the first three hours of the day [...]
Want to Spot Hypnosis? Learn the Seven Physiological Indicators of Trance
Edify on the go! Running-Time 27:09 Or download this to listen at your own convenience. I can’t begin to describe how invaluable this list is for anything related to hypnosis and trance. This list will totally transform any hypnotic work you do. If you don’t do hypnotic work this will change how you view things because people are in trances all the times (watching the telly, driving, reading books) that are not necessarily harmful, but DO share these seven physiological indicators. If you found this list, congrats. This list of [...]
Want to Maximize Health and Productivity? Stay on Your Feet!
Edify on the go with this audio download! This is one of the Top 5 Productivity Posts! To some, this may sound repulsively unpleasant, insane, too demanding or have myriad other reasons for why that is impossible. I am at a standing desk writing this, literally looking down on this old cramped, antiquated, squashed desk. The idea of getting work done on such a cramped thing is frightening and unquestionably preposterous. While at the standing desk, I get much more done, work flies, things are enjoyable, and life and work [...]
