Adrian’s Microblog

Tim Ferris demonstrates how he uses an Aeropress to make a cup of coffee.

Take risks and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It’s that simple. —

On Tim Ferris’ desk

Also there: “Do one thing everyday that scares you.”

I think I could totally get behind this product – The Slow Watch. It does seem that presentation of time would also shift perception, and trickle over into state of mind, and thus action.Oh, and if I had my choice, the Slow Mo 08.

This is one of my favorite songs, and James Smith on Britain’s Got Talent in 2014 sang it in a fresh new way that’s captivating – check it out!

A humorous reminder that “design” can go too far - it’s not an end in itself. :)Or as Papa Francis said, “It is not enough to seek the beauty of design. More precious still is the service we offer to another kind of beauty: people’s quality of life, their adaptation to the environment, encounter and mutual assistance.” LS 150.

“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.” -Lord Acton

Markdown Primer

Pretty amazing to watch this SpaceX rocket land on such a small platform in the water – quite an engineering feat, and kudos for them sticking to it even through failures.

When tablets first came out, everyone was wondering if they could ditch their laptop, but it was a new category of device, not a replacement. Until now…Microsoft Surface Pro pulled ahead of the iPad in providing laptop functionality in a tablet form, and giving customers what they wanted. I think Apple awoke to this late, and is working to regain ground, but this latest release shows they’ve picked up the challenge. And from all appearances, are delivering magnificently. The keyboard design is better (closer to the screen), the screen is better (follows same color schema as movie industry), the Apple Pencil is unrivaled in degree of interaction, and it’s actually more powerful than most laptops on the market.I think this’ll definitely be my next upgrade, and maybe even sell my existing laptop to migrate to this form factor.In any event, check out the video describing the new experience, and what Apple is calling “an uncompromising vision of personal computing for the modern world”. I think I agree.

Finding a good series to watch on Amazon Prime is a great reward, Over the last couple years, here are ones I’ve enjoyed, and hope you might too:–Covert Affairs: CIA agent–Warehouse 13–Suits–Band of Brothers