On being boring

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Adam Y Zhang - Boring Lifestyle

I like to say boring things, I think it’s a necessary step for saying something smart.

I don’t try to be boring, but I think a lot of smart things are quite boring.

What’s not boring? Aggressiveness and mocking things.

About passion – it might be generally a bit more difficult to be boring and, at the same time, be passionate and show talent in what you do.

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Aim(s) of NGOs for students

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Glen Zazove - Happy Happy

I think there are two aims of NGOs for students:

  • To do things, to solve issues. Most NGOs do so.
  • To help people enjoy themselves. Doing volunteering work can do wonders for your state of mind. On the other hand, being able to laugh and enjoy yourself must have some good value.

A while ago, I thought that one should mostly focus on helping people. Having fun can’t be that bad.

Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy (Official Music Video) – YouTube.

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You’re welcome!

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Christian Kortum - Welcome Winter

There are some persons who, in my opinion, talk too much: for those persons, sometimes, I tend, presently, not to say “You’re welcome” all that much. I let a person that likes talking a lot having the final word.

On the other hand, on most occasions, I tend to say “You’re welcome!” and I’m often the one with the last word.

Might want to work on this. :)

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Decision-making in a project

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Decisions

If you’re part of a project, I suggest the following: make sure that there is a person making the decision.

So, if there are 3 persons who must deliver something, there must be a person who should make the final decision.

Sure, consult others, talk, debate.

But there should be a single responsible person.

I’m not that much in favor of self-governing countries, without any Government.

Belgium breaks own record for longest period without government.

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Domain name and Hosting expiry – An important factor to consider when thinking about owning a website

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Harald Felgner - Zotter Chocolate, Riegersburg, Austria

I know people losing domain names for not extending the registration on time.

I also know people losing the hosting of their websites.

Some tips:

  • Don’t buy a lot of domain names. Focus on having one or two per entity (person, company). If needed, create subfolders (site.com/subfolder) and install in there a separate WordPress.
  • When registering a domain and later, when extending the registration, don’t buy it for one year or two, buy it for a lot of years at once. The same criteria for hosting, although in general, it’s less important, if you have a backup.
  • Put a memo for when the domain name/hosting expires.
  • Use for registration data for a domain name/hosting an email address you’re sure you’ll check 4 years later, or whenever the hosting/domain name registration expires.
  • Have a periodical backup of a WordPress database automatically saved via a plugin.
  • Manually backup website files from time to time. Alternatively, choose a hosting provider that offers backup of the files.

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Cool person

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On "Watchmen" (2009)

I heard this some time ago while taking theater classes: If I’m a cool person, I will not check left and right. I’ll focus on what really matters.

Think of models walking on the catwalk, they focus on what they need to do.

Or: Escaping the Drug Factory | The Bourne Legacy | All Action – YouTube:

“We belong here”.

I liked that thought – focus to the extreme, ignore everything else, just focus on the main aim.

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Listening to radios online

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Robert Müller - music

Two radios:

You can link them with a browser extension with: Last.fm.

Example: O_Breda’s Music Profile | Last.fm.

Last.fm will give you all kinds of statistics about what music you like.

You can connect Last.fm with programs like VLC, WinAmp, with services like Spotify, you can add browser addons to monitor websites like YouTube.

Details on this: Track My Music | Last.fm.

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