Belt shopping is a pain. It’s often difficult to find something you like — in my case, as plain and free of ornamentation as possible — and that’s reasonably priced. The value of the time spent looking is often more than the cost of the belt. Next time you find a belt like this, buy …
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Kathleen Wynne on women and opportunity
This morning, Kathleen Wynne, Ontario’s premier-designate spoke at a news conference. Her remarks on women jumped out at me: I don’t know if any of you remember, or have seen my maiden speech, where I talked about coming to the legislature, I felt that I had a responsibility to represent all of my constituents, but …
Where to eat (and what to do) in New York
Similar to my Where to eat in San Francisco list, here’s a set of recommendations for food an activities in New York, particularly in Brooklyn. Restaurants (general) Aquagrill (seafood) The Soul Spot Inoteca (Italian) Shake Shack (Brooklyn location has no line) Veniero (for dessert) Juliette (French) Atlantic Chip Shop (really good beer selection) Nectar (sandwiches …
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For $6300/month, they could afford a proofreader
Why are real estate ads—even those for high-end properties—always so badly written?
Answer the question
The Process Myth: If you want to piss me off, if you want me to hugely discount your value, do this: when I ask you a clarifying question that affects how I will spend my time, my most valuable asset, don’t answer the question.
M-KOPA, mobile tech startup in Nairobi, Kenya is hiring a hardware engineer
Introduction M-KOPA is a mobile technology company based in Nairobi, Kenya. Since 2010 we have helped Kenyans acquire solar power products by offering innovative payment plans and a distribution model tailored to the needs of our customers. M-KOPA Solar provides affordable solar-powered lighting and mobile charging to rural Kenyans on a pay-as-you- go basis, with …
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Need a tech job in NYC or Chicago?
Passing along for some friends: The Noun Project is a highly collaborative place where the world’s visual language is shared and created. We are working with our users, publications and a giant community to simplify and organize visual communication. There’s a lot of great work to be done, and to realize it, we need some …
Because that’s the way it’s always been done
An interesting result from Social Psychology*. * Stephenson, G. R. (1967). Cultural acquisition of a specific learned response among rhesus monkeys. In: Starek, D., Schneider, R., and Kuhn, H. J. (eds.), Progress in Primatology, Stuttgart: Fischer, pp. 279-288.
Why stock market analysts are a waste of time
BMO Raises Apple Inc. (AAPL) Price Target From $680 to $750. Apple (AAPL) is trading at $698 today.
Quickly securing your ssh config
sudo sh -c ‘sed -i “s/PermitRootLogin yes/PermitRootLogin no/g” /etc/ssh/sshd_config && sed -i “s/#PasswordAuthentication yes/PasswordAuthentication no/g” /etc/ssh/sshd_config && service ssh restart’