Picture this — You are in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet right now. You look to your side. You see it. The toilet paper. Resting there on the holder, acting all innocent.

Getting into (and out of) habits is hard. People use all types of tricks to help. The Common (old) Method A common trick for kicking a “bad” habit is the rubber band snap method. Relying on Pavlovian associations in our brain, the idea is to wear a rubber band on…

So I’m trying out this whole vegetarianism thing. I’ve been at it a few months now. I have a problem. I really (really) like meat. So how can I eat meat ethically? Some (oversimplified) reasons I don’t eat meat: Industrialized agriculture creates unneeded suffering Animal raising harms the environment The…

I’ve created a simple spreadsheet I use once a month that tells me where I should put my extra money, based on money flowing to different “buckets”. I find it pretty useful, and you might too. Here is the spreadsheet Who this is for: those who want to think less…

Introduction When considering your estate distribution following your death, there are many strategies to take. Some of the most popular include: Distribute the estate via an equal percentage — I’ll give John, Paul, George, and Ringo all 25% Distribute via a set percentage — I’ll give John 35%, Paul 35%, George…

Warning: Spoilers ahead for About Time and Man’s Search for Meaning I confess. About Time, the 2013 romantic comedy about a timid brit (Tim) who learns the men in his family can time travel, is one of my all-time favorite movies. It’s a cute story, explores family relationships in a…

The Goal Find a way to categorize, organize, and visualize all fields of knowledge. The Reason To easily relate information, and better “know what don’t I know” The Source The Wikipedia List of Academic Disciplines The benefits: Wikipedia is collaborative, so multiple experts and viewpoints went into creating the list The list is updated regularly …

This is a way too in-depth guide on how to get to 538 in the game 270 | Two Seventy US Election. Links to play the game: Steam Google Play Apple App Store Here is the video - Here is a link to download the supporting Excel File — …

The Custom Coding Way Introduction: In 14 steps, this tutorial will teach you how to retrieve a “random” tweet from the Twitter Search API using your own specified parameters. Access this code on GitHub Step 1) Go into your specified directory and create two new files: index.php TwitterAPIExchange.php Step 2) Open both in a…