Update 2022-08 – if you’re looking to understand the Five Factor Model more deeply, see also Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality… Read More »Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality and the disadvantages of openness
In The E-Myth Revisited Michael Gerber makes the distinction between working in your business (doing the jobs that need doing day to day to keep… Read More »Working at / in / on / out: four modes of work for your organisation or project
The woman in the camping shop described the sleeping bag as “Warm down to three degrees – a good choice if you’re a real cold… Read More »Cold frogs
I came across both of these posts in the last week, and they both highlight the problem of bad legislation. I recommend both – which… Read More »Market Economics: Slate Star Codex on Drugs Vs Chairs and The Grumpy Economist on Paying for Public Toilets
I know that the higher number usually means colder, but every time I adjust a fridge’s temperature I feel a degree of uncertainty. Do MAX… Read More »Design matters: refrigerator control dial
This is an interesting read I came across via Marginal Revolution. It’s a fairly straightforward, non-polemical description of the challenges of being “poor-ish” in the… Read More »Resident Contrarian On the Experience of Being Poor-ish
Isaiah “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!Come, buy wine and milk without money and without… Read More »Isaiah and Cervantes on Bread
In years like this – of cancellations and deferrals, of plans falling apart – it’s natural to focus on how you’ve been thwarted and what… Read More »What are you being given?
I find it hard to stop things (working, reading, listening, watching, exercising) at the right time. Sometimes I’m blissfully unaware of the time passing, but… Read More »The art of stopping (in the moment)
On 18th February 2021 I hit 1,000 posts on DriverlessCrocodile, more than 230,000 words. I’ve done plenty of commentary on visitors and traffic before (e.g.… Read More »The Big 1000