growing old with books
When I was a teenager I often discussed with my friends the age I would like to live until (sigh, teenagers). That age was 30. I felt like 30 years of miserable…
archive/
an archive of everythingwhat can I do
We’ve been spending a couple of nights at each location in New Zealand, then driving roughly two hours to the next. I would like to think we’d made a nice compromise by…
race against time
I am in New Zealand now, checking one of the biggest items on my lifelong bucket list. It had always felt like a faraway unattainable dream, so it is surreal being here…
marvel
Today is the 2nd and a Sunday, so I am taking the opportunity to document us again. I wonder if I’m just regurgitating everything I’ve previously written, but I realised if that…
the glass is already broken
A long time ago, a very short story left such a deep impression on me that I posted it as a facebook note (strangely it would be only one of the nine…
10% less unhappy
There is a book titled “10% happier”, which the author describes how he became slightly happier with meditation. I don’t believe in making happiness as a goal in life, and I have…
on being little
I noticed a recurring pattern whenever I try to embark on a new way of life, typically against the mainstream. I get really stressed before making the decision or change, followed by…
impermanence
impermanence is inevitably pending knowingly cherish
scratches & intolerance
Once, I noticed this tiny scratch near the headphone jack of my then newly-bought device. It made me really upset for a long time. Then we moved into our new home and…
How to capture and distribute what we learn?
Recently I’ve come across 3 websites that gave me a mini-adrenaline rush when I saw them: http://fourmilab.ch/ http://bactra.org/notebooks/ http://www.gwern.net/ Credit where it is due, 2 of them are from following Michael Nielsen…