Today I beat my previous records for cycling because I increased my vO2 max. I have a favorite route of about 45 km with about 750 meters of elevation gain. It goes from Marseille to Cassis and back. Every time I want to do a fast workout, I take this...

One day earlier this summer while I was working on some designs on my computer, focused, tilting my head from side to side, I hear the doorbell ding-dong. I get up open the door and see a gypsy about 70 something years old, he came for some business, anyway, I...

You have probably noticed the irony of the situation: I am asking a bot to tell me what it means to be happy. That most wanted of human emotions, the epitome of a life well-lived. What does a bot know about being happy? Let us see; with genuine curiosity, I...

A bottle of kombucha 0,7l costs 5€. A 6-pack of ginger beer costs about ten. I drink beer too, but sometimes I just want something without alcohol. It's a shame they do not sell more of it in the bars and restaurants here. Anyway, I picked up a bottle of...

If there is a guide for operating the human mind, it is the Dharma. Meditation helps to calm the mind. Just as the moon is reflected in a river flowing smoothly, the meditated mind enables insight into its workings.

The mind is inherently flawed, operating on biological conditioning and cultural and...

The exercise in imagination she was talking about was bullshit. She was trying to talk me into buying her vitamins and visualize myself becoming healthier, smarter, and more intelligent. She said the visualization part was essential and that I should never take her vitamins without using my imagination. I was...

Improvement in anything requires persistent focus. To improve, you must read your old write-ups and re-write them. Sometimes the writing is nuanced by personal emotions. That is not always a bad thing, it depends on the subject. Lingvistic patterns and automatic modes of expression must be overcome. Writing the same...

The exercise in imagination she was talking about was bullshit. She was trying to talk me into buying her vitamins and visualize myself becoming healthier, smarter, and more intelligent. She said the visualization part was essential and that I should never take her vitamins without using my imagination. I was...

Not all books are worth reading. Some are really bad. Others are so-so, and there are a few powerful, interesting, intense that can change you forever. To write a good book is a big thing. Take "The Gulag Archipelago" for example, it brought down the URSS; or the Journal of...

Opening the youtube homepage I saw two videos that peaked my attention: first - "Peter Thiel investing in the preservation of rare butterflies" and second - "Window cleaner dies collecting rare butterflies". A strange algorithm, I thought and so I cmd+click'ed on the second one, more out of curiosity to...