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Over the last few years I’ve definitely grown a lot. In my search to understand myself better and ultimately optimize, I’ve built several tools / apps to facilitate this process. The next app in this optimization series is called Timeline. The idea started as a website called captainslog.voyage –…

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So, you built a startup. Sexy logo, website looking sharp, app is in the store, and you even closed a small seed round from friends and family investors. Your initial vision is now a reality, and it’s time to see what the world thinks. This seems…

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Just riffing off some ideas I had earlier: Matter and Anti-Matter. Think of these as 1’s and 0’s. Quantum particles are the first layer of abstraction over the 1’s and 0’s. Similar to logic gates in computers, or ATGC in DNA. All these things have…

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Here’s a writing prompt I saw on Reddit a few days ago – loved the concept so I decided to give it a go:  http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2jie0h/wp_it_was_only_after_they_invaded_that_the_aliens/clcagu0 [WP] It was only after they invaded that the aliens realized, to their horror, that humans had superior technology in all…

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This weekend I updated the Simple Labs website with a fresh design / UX. As part of this effort, I created a video to illustrate the over-arching vision (also needed something for the video background in the design). Spent a lot of time finding the right…

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A quick tutorial on how to hack together a $15 magnetic stir plate. Mix drinks, protein powder, stir tea, etc. Enjoy! – J

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The following is a whitepaper that describes one potential solution for eliminating counterparty risk associated with p2p transactions, especially in an anonymous network: http://bounty.exchange Short Abstract: With the rise of the sharing economy, commerce on the internet has come to rely almost exclusively on 3rd…

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Here it is…Finally! After what felt like forever (1 year+), the soylent I ordered from Kickstarter arrived. Overall, it definitely tastes better than the DIY stuff I made here: http://juliansarokin.com/soylent-for-science-pasta-bad-decision/ That said, I dont think I could drink this every day – or even a full…

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The idea behind memo is that there are certain things I know I should do every day, but I don’t end up doing them because I’m lazy or get busy. Some of these things include drinking water, eating breakfast, going for a walk, & doing…

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