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It’s time for an update on my 30 day challenges. Here’s what I’ve done the last few months:
June: I didn’t respond to email after 10 p.m. and I read the New Testament of the Bible. Both were interesting in different ways. It turns out that 10 p.m. is a pretty good time for me to [...]
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“Don’t think. Just walk.” — a fellow hiker.
Last week I returned from climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. I’ll start with the bottom line: I made it to the top!
That’s three of us at sunrise on the sixth day. We took the Machame route, which takes seven days. In theory, you could march [...]
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If you’re on Linux (say Ubuntu 10.04, also known as Lucid Lynx), you can switch between the developer (dev) and beta channels of Chrome like this:
Switch from Beta to Dev:
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
Switch from Dev to Beta:
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta
That’s easier for me than going back for the .deb file and doing something with it.
Also, [...]
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I’m leaving Tuesday to try to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. If you want to show your support, please donate at charity:water. Anyone who wants to give is welcome.
Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, at 19,340 feet (5895 meters). It’s hard to climb Kilimanjaro, mainly because of the altitude. I’ll be completely without [...]
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Chris Dixon had an interesting post a while ago about how to find start-up ideas. The advice boiled down to keeping a spreadsheet of ideas and talking to lots of smart people (entrepreneurs, potential customers, VCs, people at big companies). It’s good advice. Paul Graham also wrote in 2008 about startup ideas he’d like to [...]
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