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The Art of Effortless Decision-Making

This article speaks to me. I think we probably all have that experience where decisions don’t get made because we’re paralyzed by trying to make the “perfect” choice or not trusting our intuition? The article reminds me of one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. I was trying to make one of […]

¶ Posted 21 July 2011 § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: language, philosophy

But How Will People on G+ Know It’s My Birthday???

Tomorrow’s my birthday and since I’ve been spending so much time with G+ lately (I just added ~200 MetaFilter members to a designated circle tonight) and not so much with Facebook, I’ve been thinking about the biggest differences between the two services. One obvious one is that Facebook is a “social” network which regards individuals […]

¶ Posted 17 July 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, google, holiday

Friday Fun Link – MetaFilter 12th Anniversary Memories

In addition to the traditional anniversary post which echoes the very first MetaFilter post twelve years ago, this year MetaFilter’s owner decided to solicit user comments on their fondest memories about the site on a very special domain– some of which are funny, some are romantic and some of which are poignant. (And some of which […]

¶ Posted 15 July 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, metafilter

Our Newfoundland Itinerary

I thought it might be nice to post our Newfoundland itinerary with some of the details about what we did, stuff we ate (& drank!), where we ate, and other tips/suggestions for a trip to The Rock – both for our family and friends and for anyone who stumbles across this post looking for some […]

¶ Posted 14 July 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Saturday Snap – St. John’s Harbour

¶ Posted 10 July 2011 § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – View Of Ship Leaving St. John’s Harbour from Signal Hill

¶ Posted 07 July 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Near Heart’s Delight

¶ Posted 06 July 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Whale Watching at Bonavista

¶ Posted 05 July 2011 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, science, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Music Monday – “To wake in the early morn/To the sound of the old fog horn/And wait for the men to return/With their boats in the bay”

Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces. Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming. I couldn’t name a single folk song that unifies the people of Saskatchewan (does “Last Saskatchewan Pirate” count?) whereas I’ve heard the song below probably half a dozen times in […]