Old Archive for "Misc"
- These are Blog Archives
- Here you can find links to old content I had on the blog, prior to switching to our group pages. Have fun looking around... some of it is pretty good! If you are looking for the best of the best posts from both the old and new eras, then go to the Articles Page. If you want the newest material, browse the public group (and the google waves associated with it).
Support and Resistance
Posted on January 7th, 2010
Written by Richard
Looks like my Wii Tennis rating found support at 1000, and is breaking out. :-)
Action Despite Fear
Posted on December 28th, 2009
Written by Richard
“You will have to start intellectually, but do not cling to it. When I say, ‘Do,’ try doing. [...] We can go on talking for years and years, your mind can be stuffed with many things, but that is not going to help. Rather, it may harm you because you will begin [...]
Concentration Without Effort
Posted on December 15th, 2009
Written by Richard
“Look at a tightrope walker. He is evidently and completely concentrated, because if he were not, he would fall to the ground. His life is at stake, and it is only perfect concentration which can save him. Yet do you believe that his thought and his imagination are occupied with what he [...]
The Quotable Aristotle
Posted on November 28th, 2009
Written by Richard
“One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
Vacation
Posted on November 6th, 2009
Written by Richard
So I know the blog updates have slowed down in the last week or so. I’ve been away for awhile, on vacation in Half Moon Bay, CA (near San Francisco). I stayed at the Ritz-Carlton there, and I had a great time. Highly recommended. Basically, you pay them a lot [...]
Funny
Posted on October 16th, 2009
Written by Richard
Man, I love the onion… this one’s old but it’s one of my favorites:
The Quotable Plato
Posted on September 25th, 2009
Written by Richard
Way back in Plato’s day, they knew that you can’t think clearly in the presence of fear and greed:
“… when a man has great joys or sorrows or fears or desires, he suffers from them, not merely the sort of evil which might be anticipated–as, for example, the loss of his health or property which [...]
The Quotable Plato
Posted on September 24th, 2009
Written by Richard
Even Plato knew that people who are successful at their day jobs can’t simply switch to daytrading with instant success. He writes:
“At last I went to the artisans. I was conscious that I knew nothing at all, as I may say, and I was sure that they knew many fine things; and here [...]
The Quotable Scott Locklin
Posted on September 12th, 2009
Written by Richard
“When I discovered that women who believe in ‘new age’ ideas will find you incredibly interesting if you mention Hilbert Space, I’m pretty sure Alzo Sprach Zarathustra was playing in the background, like when the Ape-man in 2001 discovered that you can kick ass using bone clubs.”
(from his blog post: Applications of Financial Ideas to [...]
Be Your Local Computer Expert
Posted on August 24th, 2009
Written by Richard
Eric wrote to point out this comic to me (click to see the full-sized version):
It’s actually pretty accurate. :-)
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