July 2011
3 posts
Corrective Complexes: The Secret to Feelin' Good →
The basic treatment protocol is to address any restrictions, restore lost range of motion, and reeducate the proper activation sequences.
Keyboard Maestro 5 — The Brooks Review →
Review of the Keyboard Maestro 5 and usecases.
Episode 276/365: MobilityWod Google Talk: Desk... →
Sitting and standing are high skill activities, we should probably train our sitting athletes accordingly. Know anyone that sits? Yeah, everyone.
June 2011
3 posts
Mobility Basics →
This concept is the act of improving mobility and is nowadays summed up as “mobility”.
How to Do More Pull-Ups →
Pull Up Progressions
Practical Tips on Writing a Book from 23 Brilliant... →
Reading these tips has made the voice in my head that whispers I can do this a little louder when my eyelids snap open before dawn. I hope the advice here inspires the creation of many great books,…
May 2011
7 posts
A Stretch Routine That's Actually Doable →
I’m sure most of you perform some type of stretching already, but how many consider it an essential part of your training?
Many lifters, especially the bullet-proof 20-somethings, associate…
Harlan Ellison: Pay the Writer →
A memorable (and timely) rant from the upcoming feature documentary on Harlan
Rapha Rides the Blackforest →
Schauinsland…
Fun With Charts: Making the Rich Look Poor →
Jon Chait takes a closer look at a Wall Street Journal chart intended to suggest that the middle class has all the money:
As a public service, I’ve redrawn the chart for the Journal. On the left is…
Steven Pressfield: Overcoming Resistance →
Best Selling author, Steven Pressfield, offers insight on overcoming resistance and tips on getting things done.
Doping, Kies und Politik in Freiburg: Einzelfälle... →
Grit Hartmann hat sich dem eng vernetzten Freiburger Doping- und Politiksystem genähert – und befasst sich auch mit Freiburger Kies.
Navy SEAL Goggins Trains in Desert →
Whether on deployment or participating in ultra marathons, Navy SEAL David Goggins defines hard work and dedication
April 2011
5 posts
Masters of the Void →
Masters of the Void is a tutorial for Macintosh users interested in learning to program their Macintosh using Xcode and the C programming language. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming.
Static Mobility Complex →
Hold each position for 20-30 seconds. Concentrate on 1) relaxed breathing and 2) working through each position with the goal of becoming more flexible. ½ way through each (10-15 seconds) try to go a…
How to Finish →
‘There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.’ – Robert Byrne
Webstock '11: Marco Arment - Contrary to popular... →
Marco Arment at Webstock 2011 in Wellington, NZ.
"Wupps, so ringehalten. Das macht Spaß!" -... →
Kampfpiloten mähen Dorfbewohner nieder, Landser erschießen Frauen und Kinder: Zwei Forscher haben Abhörprotokolle ausgewertet, in denen Wehrmachtssoldaten über Töten und Sterben im Zweiten Weltkrieg…
February 2011
8 posts
Merlin Mann: “Distraction,” Simplicity, and... →
Doing that annoying hard stuff is how you grow, get better, and learn what real help looks like. Even if that’s not the answer you wanted to hear. You get better by getting your ass out of your RSS…
How to create labels with Pages →
One gripe you’ll hear about Pages ’09, Apple’s otherwise excellent word processing and page layout application, is that it provides little in the way of support for printing labels. But, while it’s…
Mindfulness In Plain English →
The subject of this book is Vipassana meditation practice. Repeat, practice. This is a meditation manual, a nuts-and-bolts, step-by-step guide to Insight meditation. It is meant to be practical. It…
The Importance of Gray Pants There are two... →
There are two essential casual pants: blue jeans and chinos.
For every other situation that doesn’t call for a suit, there is only one: gray wool.
Merlin Mann: TextExpander 3 Fills →
Check out [TextExpander](smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/)’s new “Fill” functionality. _In_. _Sane_.
My love for TextExpander knows no bounds.
Pasties for the three snippets I mentioned (which…
Village lights under Mittlerspitz →
David Kaplan took this stunning photograph of the moon and Venus over Trübbach, Switzerland. At his website, there are dozens like it: foggy valleys under clear night skies, painterly European…
Seth Godin: Unreasonable →
It’s unreasonable to get out of bed on a snow day, when school has been cancelled, and turn the downtime into six hours of work on an extra credit physics lab.
It’s unreasonable to launch a…
The Happiness Project: 10 "Rules of Life" from... →
• Get up early (five o’clock)
• Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock)
• Eat little and avoid sweets
• Try to do everything by yourself
• Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for one section…
January 2011
14 posts
Instapaper Beyond →
Instapaper Beyond is a Safari 5 Extension by Brett Terpstra which adds numerous features to Instapaper.
Brief an den Ex-Lehrer: "Sie haben uns völlig... →
In der Schule gefielen Charlotte Haunhorst die Methoden ihres jungen Lehrers. Er fragte keine Zahlen ab, ihn interessierten Zusammenhänge. Doch als Studentin bemerkt sie entsetzt: Nur wer Fakten…
Eight Lessons from the life and work of Jack... →
He died last week at 96. I don’t think he has to worry about ruining his image, though.
IBM Centennial Film: They Were There - People who... →
What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact IBM has made on business and society over the last 100 years gives us all a common…
An Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation →
I meditate every morning, early. I sit in a half-lotus position (pictured here) on a meditation cushion called a Zafu, palms one on top of the other on my lap, facing forward, eyes closed. This is…
ThisService →
Built into Mac OS X, but often neglected, is the concept of ‘services’. They are small and targeted tools you can use in almost any program to insert text or do something useful with the current…
Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake →
– Make a modest plan that you can envision actually doing without upending your real life;
– Build more sturdy scaffolding for sticking with whatever plan you’ve chosen;
– Make a practice of…
NounProject →
The Noun Project’s mission is to share, celebrate, and enhance the world’s visual language. The goal is to collect and organize all the symbols that form our language into one easy-to-use online…
Scale of Universe - Interactive Scale of the... →
The Scale of the Universe, an interactive visualization by Cary and Michael Haung showing the relative size of things.
Profiles: Stealing Life →
The crusader behind “The Wire.”
Short documentary on The Sartorialist →
A really lovely seven-minute documentary about Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist.
DeFranco Prowler Training →
“That’s cool, but I don’t really need it,” I thought when I first saw the Prowler.
The World's Simplest Training Template →
The Leangains Guide →
How does Leangains differentiate itself from some other intermittent fasting based diets?
December 2010
9 posts
Brooklyn Living (2 Bedroom for Sale) - a set on... →
A stylish appartement.
Seth Godin: Maybe next year... →
You can ship, you can launch your project, you can make the impact you’ve been planning on.
Manage yourself →
As Peter Drucker said, “we must each be our own Chief Executive Officer.” But in order to learn how, you must first learn how you learn. The key primer on doing so is Drucker’s “Managing Oneself”…
Coaching the Clean and Jerk with Tommy Suggs →
Coaching the Clean and Jerk with Tommy Suggs
The first rule of doing work that matters →
Go to work on a regular basis.
Art is hard. Selling is hard. Writing is hard. Making a difference is hard.
When you’re doing hard work, getting rejected, failing, working it out—this is a dumb…
How to Find anything on the Internet →
Tips, tricks and resources to help you find that digital needle in the huge cyber-haystack.
Needing Encouragement is a Weakness →
If you need people to support your goals and ideas, you won’t reach many of them.
20 Snippets You should be using from Html5... →
It is absolutely packed full of fantastic snippets of code that are still very much worth using even if you don’t want to start using html5 boilerplate as your base template.
The world's worst boss →
That would be you.
November 2010
2 posts
Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator →
The Ultimate CSS Gradient Editor.