Haramaki (Kidney Warmer, Leggings Mod)
Interesting way to deal with the cold — a belly band.
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Month: August 2022
Old Books (and much more) for Free :-) (Archive.org’s Book Archive)
You can find a lot of freely available (old) books on Archive.org.
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Recommendation: Bennett’s How to live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day
A book from 1908 about personal productivity — and surprisingly good (and freely available).
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Recommendation: «High Noon»
A very good movie, even more so today.
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You Never Get Everyone, not even by Force
Thinking about it, politicians do have it hard. They can never get everyone, because the way to get compliance from one group leads to reactance from the other group. Of course, that pity dissipates when realizing they should never be able to do so.
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Looking for harder to see far-reaching long-term changes
Some things are really noticeable, they scream and demand attention. If we focus only on them, we miss the far-reaching long-term changes. An example using the changes during Covid.
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Process vs Results in (Dis-)Agreement with Decisions
Can you live with a disagreeable result if you respect the process? How about an agreeable result but no respect for the process? And what is worse?
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Finding Books via Google Searches
Search engines can provide you with PDF files of interesting books.
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Prelude to the Coming Winter — The Grasshopper and the Ant (both versions)
The Grasshopper and the Ant fable is currently very relevant, although I wonder which version we will have.
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Attention Economy (presentation in German about Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie)
Just a just-for-fun presentation about attention economy (using, among others, Newport, 2019's Digital Minimalism).
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