Twenty 7 and counting

Premium Wordpress themes

I have recently decided to setup a number of Wordpress blogs, including this one, and one of the most important aspects is picking the right theme. Now some people have the design-foo to create their own themes, I am not one of them. In searching for a new theme I came across Revolution. This was [...]

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Full screen writing for Windows

I have just come across a fantastic little program for Windows called Q10. It’s very similar to Writeroom which I use on my Mac. For those who haven’t used Writeroom it’s a distraction free full screen word processor. Q10 is the best implementation I have found on Windows and it even adds a few extra features. [...]

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Jesse Marunde, a true strongman

I’m in shock right now. I just caught part of the strongman super series on tv and found out that Jesse Marunde has died at the age of 27. Jesse was one of my favourite competitors, not only did he have tremendous talent and drive but he seemed like a quality guy. Rest in peace.

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Emergent Task Planner

When it comes to planning my day and setting MITs I’ve found the best way to do it is using David Seah’s ETP Forms. Not only are they wonderful to look at but they are extremely useful. One thing I would recommend is that you print them onto good quality paper, you will find it [...]

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Zen-to-done

I am a grade A procrastinator, someone who has tried and failed to follow GTD and whenever I get a “system” I change it a week later. The result is one stressed out me. I recently read Leo Babauta’s ZTD book, it’s a refreshing look at productivity. Two of the  most important points for me [...]

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Goals for 2008

My goals for this year are: Supplement my income Get a grip on my finances Get in shape Have more fun Simplify As you can see they certainly don’t follow the SMART way of goal setting, but fuck it I don’t care. Each month I will set a sub-goal for yearly goals. I got the idea from ZenHabits. January’s goals are: Setup NZB Review Keep [...]

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Kettle Bell Training

Recently I have been finding it harder and harder to get to the gym. In order to start training at home I got myself some kettlebells. I’m going to use the following training programme for the next few weeks. Monday and Thursday A-1: One-arm KB Clean and Press 3×6  l,r A-2: One-arm KB Bent-over Row 3×6  l,r B-1: One-arm [...]

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