Just Another Sunday: Bike Problems and Rice Plantations

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There’s a lot to love about living in the South Carolina Lowcountry, but one of the most interesting for me is the history, both natural and human, that abounds anywhere you bother to look. Yesterday was a great example. I went out with a friend for a 3 hour bike ride, but blew out a [...]

DorcoUSA Razors Review, Dollar Shave Club, and a Discount

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Last month, I ran out of blades for my Mach 3 razor. My folks generally give razor blades as stocking stuffers and I can’t remember the last time I had to pick up blades on my own. Jesus, these things are expensive. Even with the Amazon Subscribe and Save discount, the Mach 3 replacement blades are $2.06 [...]

How to stay organized

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That’s more of a question than an answer, to be honest.  Sometimes I think I spend more time thinking about how to be organized or productive than I would if I just did it.  Over the years, I’ve tried so many different ways to stay organized and on task.  I’ve tried GTD, I’ve tried todo.txt, [...]

Great Interview with Phil Libin

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I don’t know if you use Evernote, but if you don’t, you’re wrong.  I’ve used Evernote for about 3 years and can’t imagine not having it.  Mostly I use it to archive a bunch of information I need to read or have read and need as a reference.  About 6 months ago, I upgraded to [...]

Yahoo! and Working From Home

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Below you’ll find my comments from a discussion I’m having with some classmates in my Organizational Research class: I have been following Mayer’s decisions and would be very interested in seeing the data they used to make that decision.  I really hope it works for them, as I have been a Yahoo! fan for years, [...]

Stories: One Bank Account

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Telling stories is what bloggers do, and most bloggers tell stories because the people in their lives are tired of hearing them…at least that’s what my wife thinks.  As we move along in this process, we’ll occasionally take a detour to story time.  This gives me the chance to share some personal aspects of our [...]