Published in July 31st, 2009
If my writings have helped you, the best thing you can do is to pay it forward by walking the talk or spreading the word. If you really want to do something directly, writing a review of the blog here would be much appreciated.
This is going to be a very short post. I [...]
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Published in July 31st, 2009
Here is a selection of blogs that I recently added to my reader. I usually find myself subscribing to “small” blogs, maybe by virtue of seeking out the unconventional and contrarian, it naturally precludes any blog that is or becomes popular—or maybe it’s just me and my contrarian ways of not being able to relate [...]
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Published in July 29th, 2009
It would appear that the northwestern US is dealing with some of the early effects of climate change otherwise known as “really weird weather” or “record weather”. As it currently being demonstrated, the problem is not so much 105F temperatures, after all, down here in bay area, we have 105F temperatures on a regular basis, [...]
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Published in July 29th, 2009
I have been thinking about how much I make in retirement and how fulfilling it is to make a lot. It is always interesting to see what people are making, so I figured I would make a list of some of the things I make. Feel free to contribute yours in the comments.
I make my [...]
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Published in July 27th, 2009
Myths are the stories people live by. They are the stories that give living meaning and allow people to put themselves into context. Now, the interesting thing is that you can have two myths which are superficially different but are still (almost) equally useful [if they have the same underlying structure].
The ERE myth, is that [...]
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Published in July 27th, 2009
It is really quite simple.
Entropy increases (the only way to decrease entropy is to expand the borders to include other systems with less entropy, got that?).
To keep profiting in an entropic environment, complexity must increase.
The current solution for increasing complexity is connectivity. (Another solution is becoming more educated, but that is incompatible with the [...]
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Published in July 24th, 2009
I stumbled over this over at cooltools. It sounds like an interesting concept: Be a caretaker and live for free, monetarily speaking, in exotic locations, moving to a new place occasionally. It would fit in very well for (early) retires, particularly those, who could default to an RV or an understanding family, or workers who [...]
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Published in July 23rd, 2009
How many of you are reading this blog because you are pursuing some form of retirement from [full time] work either presently or within the next decade and how many are reading along simply because it is entertaining or for other reasons?
The reason I’m asking is because I want to see what the balance is [...]
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Published in July 23rd, 2009
What I’m about to tell you goes against my usual advice. Despite my admonishments about finding hobbies that are free and do not require room for storage, I have taken up watch repair as a hobby.
Watch repair has significant upfront costs for the tools. So far I have paid around $300. Fortunately, the tools show [...]
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Published in July 22nd, 2009
Given the previous post, josh asked if I would pick the same degree/education (physics) if I could do it all over again.
When I got my Masters (default in my country), I had 3 choices. I could go to grad school in Switzerland. I could substitute for an engineer or a computer scientist in a lab [...]
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