In My Struggle With Weight Loss I mentioned how during my first week on Weight Watchers Points Plus I lost 1 pound only. So I amended my plan. I still eat enough to consume all my PointsPlus allocated per day, but I also count fruits as regular foods rather than 0 point foods. The result? [...]
My Struggle With Weight Loss
January 9, 2012 By 8 Comments
Over the course of the past decade the combination of a sedentary lifestyle and a not-so-insignificant sweet tooth have worked in tandem to help create my current XXL size. It’s my fault It would be easy to blame a slow metabolism, a sugar addiction, or an osteomyelitis at birth which left me unable to take [...]
50 Interesting Business Books Released in 2011
December 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The following is a list of 50 interesting business books that were released in 2011. As some of you know, I run a service called Any New Books?, which emails you a list of new books that are related to the categories of your choice each week. For the most part I pulled this list [...]
My New Book Is Out (Sort of)
September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Those who follow my Twitter stream will probably know this already, but lately I’ve been pretty busy allocating most of my spare time to writing a new book for The Pragmatic Bookshelf. It’s not finished yet, but today it’s finally available in beta. This means that you can buy and read it now that it’s [...]
Why and How I Migrated from Posterous to Self-Hosted WordPress
September 15, 2011 By 28 Comments
Over the weekend I spent some time converting this blog from Posterous to WordPress. I found Posterous to be too inflexible for my needs. Simple tasks such as rewarding the top commenters by listing them on the homepage were simply not available. I also disliked their themes, the inability to embed JavaScript snippets, and the [...]
Naming Your Kids Based on Domain Name Availability
July 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
A few days ago my wife and I chatting about a subject we’ve discussed numerous times over the years: what we might like to name our (presently hypothetical) future children. In doing so, it struck me that one of the determining factors behind the monikers I bestowed on my offspring would be the availability of [...]
How to Get Your G1 Ontario Driver’s License
March 22, 2011 By 28 Comments
Three days ago I took the G1 knowledge test, which I happened to pass with a perfect score. Having just gone through the experience of getting my first Canadian driver’s license, I’d like to take a moment to describe the experience for those who are looking to hear about the process of getting a G1 [...]
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