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This article was originally posted February 9, 2016. On January 10, I received an e-mail from TurboTax.  “Special Offer Enclosed. Open Now!” it said in the subject line. I opened the e-mail and a colorful picture loaded with big bold letters, “One Week Only SAVE UP TO $15! January 10-16”.  Then there were a bunch […]

With the Internet and social media, almost anyone can be your mentor. They don’t even need to know you exist. Just pick a person whose work you admire and follow them on the Internet. In the Mentor Focus series, I profile the people I follow online. Since discovering blogging in 2002, Darren Rowse has established […]

With the amount of data being generated in our lives daily, it’s easy to let things get out of hand.  At one point, I had over 4,000 articles in my “read later” list.  I also had over 20,000 digital photographs sitting on my hard drive, with more added every week.  Hundreds of videos sat waiting […]

Makes 5 servings Equipment Rice cooker Small saucepan Spatula Ingredients 7oz sticky rice, soaked overnight 12oz unsweetened coconut milk 6oz coconut sugar 2tsp salt 15g granulated sugar 14g rice flour 3 tbsp water 2 mangos, peeled, pitted, and sliced Directions Drain soaked rice and cook it in a rice cooker with about 12 ounces of water. […]

More than 300,000 book titles are published each year in the United States alone.  About a trillion gigabytes of digital data are generated every year.  Over 25 million hours of new video is uploaded to Youtube each year.  There are about 1,200 coffee roasters and over 3,000 breweries in the United States alone.  There are over […]

Having big earth-shattering goals is important.  These are the towering “meaning of life” goals.  They drive us and give us a reason to wake up each day. The reason most people don’t pursue the big goals is that they appear too daunting.  They are intimidating.  They are simply too big to start.  Pursuing the big […]

I have always been fascinated by history, and one of the best tools I’ve found for understanding history is the timeline.  Timelines give you a chronology, concretely placing specific events before others to establish a cause-and-effect relationship. There should be a “master timeline” on the Internet, sort of like how Wikipedia has become a “master […]

The Internet Archive is a massive (as in, more than 15 million gigabytes!) archive of the Internet.  Alexa is an Amazon-owned company that provides web traffic data on the Internet.  Combining these two services, I could do a quick analysis of how the World Wide Web has evolved over the past several years. The following is […]

Pineapples can be more than just a sweet tropical treat.  Besides simply cutting them up and eating them, there are a few other uses of pineapple. How to choose a pineapple When selecting a pineapple at the store, look for the ones with healthy green leaves. Gently press them. They should feel firm with no […]

Oh No! My stocks are down 15%! The stock market doesn’t always go up. If it did, we’d all be millionaires by now. Sometimes your stocks will take a tumble. When that happens, don’t fret—history shows that it’s no big deal. If anything, it may signal a great time to buy more stocks. It pays […]