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Farmer’s carries

March 22, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Farmer’s carries, also called farmer’s walk is an excellent practice for climbers. It’s a full body workout that strengthens core, back, shoulders, arms, legs and grip. It’s also a cardiovascular exercise.

Intermediate can carry 20 – 50% of their body weight, half in each hand. Do 3 – 5 sets, each 30 – 60 seconds or 50 – 100 feet walk (15 – 30 meter).

Done with one hand it’s called a suitcase carry.

How Farmer Carries Every Day Will Completely Transform Your Body
Text: In this video, I’ll show you how doing farmer carries every day can transform your body and how to do the exercise correctly. This exercise works your entire body and can lead to increased strength, endurance, and a leaner physique. Say goodbye to your old workout routine and try incorporating farmer carries into your daily routine!

How Farmer Carries Every Day Will Completely Transform Your Body
Text: In this video,, we’re diving into one of the most underrated yet highly effective exercises that can completely transform your body – the Farmer’s Carry. The Farmer’s Carry, also known as the Farmer’s Walk, is a functional strength exercise that involves walking a certain distance while holding weights in each hand. It’s as simple as it sounds but incredibly effective.

Migadu email service

January 25, 2025 / / 0 Comments

I recently started to use Migadu who labels themselves as “The Missing Email Service For Domains”. It’s an easy way to manage mailboxes and multiple email aliases for a domain.

Consolidate all your email addresses and domains at a flat price. Take back your email liberty and give unlimited email addresses to all your projects, clients and family members.

No Advertising, No Tracking

Everyone in the tech business plays the advertising card at some point. We’ve played ours already. No ads here ever, not even our own.

They have an interesting post about “Email Freedom“.

Dust if you must

August 26, 2021 / / 0 Comments

Dust If You Must
by Rose Milligan

Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better
To paint a picture, or write a letter,
Bake a cake, or plant a seed;
Ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there’s not much time,
With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb;
Music to hear, and books to read;
Friends to cherish, and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world’s out there
With the sun in your eyes, and the wind in your hair;
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain,
This day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
Old age will come and it’s not kind.
And when you go (and go you must)
You, yourself, will make more dust.

Christmas and the Grinch

December 25, 2018 / / 0 Comments

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”
Dr. Seuss

Chocolate math

April 27, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Teacher: If you have 10 chocolate cakes and someone asks for 2, how many do you have left?
Student: 10
Teacher: Okay, well what if someone forcibly takes two of the cakes, how many would you have left then?
Student: 10 and a dead body

Minimalism

September 10, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Minimalism is about more than getting rid of stuff. It’s a mindset, a way of life. These two qoutes say it well.

At its core, being a minimalist means investing your time in the important things in life.

The first step in crafting a life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t. — Joshua Becker, Becoming Minimalist

The next quote comes from 7 Ways to Live a Simpler Life in a Modern World

Time and money are two of the most valuable resources people have. When life gets simpler, the amount of these two things that a person has available will rise. That is the benefit of a simpler life in today’s world.

Designing a simple life

Despite the how in the title, How to Design a Simple Life is as much about why. There’s good advice in that post (the quote below is just a small part of it).

Designing a simple life doesn’t just mean throwing out all the things. It’s not about a life of most, it’s not about a life of least, it’s about the life that’s right for you.

You don’t have to get rid of things just for the sake of getting rid of them. You remove what you don’t need (in your home, in your thoughts, in your schedule) to make room for the life you want to live.

Designing a simple life means having fewer distractions in your life, so you can focus on what matters. It’s about saying no to everything that gets in the way, but saying yes to what’s right for you.

It means having more of some things: more time, more energy, more space, more flex in your budget, more peace of mind. It means having less of others: less distractions, less frustration, less clutter, less drain on your resources.

Sites about minimalism

Two interesting sites about minimalism are No Sidebar – Design a simple life by Brian Gardiner (has a free weekly newsletter) and Becoming Minimalist by Joshua Becker.

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