Category: Mix

Cognitive Dissonance: Materialism | Daniel Miessler
05
Apr
2025

Cognitive Dissonance: Materialism | Daniel Miessler

I really, really like stuff. Particularly high-quality stuff. I’m a pretty philosophical guy, and I fully understand that material things…

Great vs. Better: The Eternal Quest For Enough
05
Apr
2025

Great vs. Better: The Eternal Quest For Enough

For most people of a materialistic nature, “better” is always superior to great. This is a problem because there’s always…

Teachers and Sex: Yes, There IS A Double Standard
05
Apr
2025

Teachers and Sex: Yes, There IS A Double Standard

I’m not sure how many agree, but all things being equal I think a male teacher having sex with an…

How to (Definitively) Pronounce Linux
05
Apr
2025

How to (Definitively) Pronounce Linux

There is a lot of debate about how to properly pronounce Linux. This will conclusively resolve the topic for anyone…

Black Nannies Don’t Want To Work For Black Families?
05
Apr
2025

Black Nannies Don’t Want To Work For Black Families?

From this NY Times article: It’s interesting that those middle class families that are complaining about unfair treatment don’t realize…

The Consultant Joke | Daniel Miessler
05
Apr
2025

The Consultant Joke | Daniel Miessler

A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust…

Digg and Reddit: Please Learn The Difference Between Original Content and Blogspam
04
Apr
2025

Digg and Reddit: Please Learn The Difference Between Original Content and Blogspam

Nothing is worse for systems like Digg and Reddit than repetitive, mediocre content. These networks are designed to magnify the…

GTD Basics | Daniel Miessler
04
Apr
2025

GTD Basics | Daniel Miessler

Collect Capture everything that you need to track or remember or act on in what Allen calls a ‘bucket’: either…

She Bought Me My Watch
04
Apr
2025

She Bought Me My Watch

Susan bought me my watch today. We walked into Tourneau (57th Ave, NYC) to check out some watches and we…

No More Clichés | Daniel Miessler
04
Apr
2025

No More Clichés | Daniel Miessler

Cliches are like assholes, everyone thinks theirs has a silver lining, but they’re really just full of shit. A while…

My First Sushi Experience (Not Really)
04
Apr
2025

My First Sushi Experience (Not Really)

First of all, just to clarify, sushi isn’t raw fish. In fact, all it has to include is rice; from…

Linux: Get Realtime Bandwidth Statistics Using Stock Commands
04
Apr
2025

Linux: Get Realtime Bandwidth Statistics Using Stock Commands

Have you ever been in Linux and wanted to watch how much bandwidth was going in and out of your…