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Louie Helm

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I'm doing 19 things
  

How I did it
How to visit all 50 states
It took me
28 years
It made me
Well traveled

How I did it: Took multiple long road trips through the US over the years *plus* one nice summer trip up to Alaska back in 2002.Been stuck on 49 states for 8 years but finally landed in Hawaii on a flight back from Australia to California.  Now I'm staying here for 5 days to explore the islands.What a great adventure!  Seeing the whole country really broadens your horizons.  Highly recommended!! Read how I did it…

Apr 30, 2010, 06:39PM PDT | 0 comments | 7 cheers


How to flip food in a pan
It took me
10 days
It made me
food

How I did it: The trick is not to jerk the pan up, but away from you and down so that the food slides into the curved rear of the pan and flips itself up.Once you get the hang of making the food go "up", you can naturally learn how to use less brute force while still getting the food to flip all the way over. Read how I did it…

Apr 20, 2010, 10:19PM PDT | 0 comments | 5 cheers


How to take the Mensa test.
It took me
10 days
It made me
Confident

How I did it: Signed up online and paid the testing fee a few weeks in advance of the local chapter's testing date.  Showed up and followed all directions.  Then I had to wait a month to get my notice that I had been accepted. :)The two tests I took were timed in several short segments.  It goes quick.  I barely finished... and had no time to double check answers.  I even had to randomly guess on at least 2 questions without re… Read how I did it…

Mar 25, 2010, 06:48AM PDT | 0 comments | 4 cheers


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Recent entries
Cause the Singularity (read all 21 entries…)
How to Build More Rationalists

Finished reading “The Craft and the Community” sequence on LessWrong.com
http://lesswrong.com/lw/cz/the_craft_and_the_community/

A bit meta but still lots of good info on how to do sanity checks that you’re not in an echo chamber or pursuing failed strategies.

May 16, 2010, 02:57AM PDT | 0 comments


Cause the Singularity (read all 21 entries…)
Seperating money from our feeling about money is not as easy as it seems like it should be

Read some (more!) of “The Craft and the Community” sequence on LessWrong.com
http://lesswrong.com/lw/cz/the_craft_and_the_community/

  1. Church vs. Taskforce
  2. Helpless Individuals
  3. Money: The Unit of Caring
  4. Purchase Fuzzies and Utilons Separately

Summarizes the frustration of raising money doing real good. Need to balance getting contributions without becoming cause snobs.

Read on the airplane ride over to San Francisco.

May 05, 2010, 11:34AM PDT | 0 comments


Cause the Singularity (read all 21 entries…)
Weak oganizations aren't much stronger than their strongest people

Read some of “The Craft and the Community” sequence on LessWrong.com
http://lesswrong.com/lw/cz/the_craft_and_the_community/

x # Raising the Sanity Waterline
x # A Sense That More Is Possible
x # Epistemic Viciousness
x # 3 Levels of Rationality Verification
x # Why Our Kind Can’t Cooperate
x # Tolerate Tolerance
x # You’re Calling Who A Cult Leader?
x # On Things That Are Awesome
x # Your Price For Joining
x # Can Humanism Match Religion’s Output?

Summarizes some of the coordination problems that have dogged rationalist communities in the past.

May 02, 2010, 11:16PM PDT | 0 comments


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look great indigostrings wants to run 10 miles Buy a motorcycle start a blog learn calligraphy become a magazine editor learn to walk in heels see the Daily Show live control my jealousy wear sunscreen MEET VALENTINO ROSSI find my dad become fit and healthy Discover secret coves of wholesome fun in Vancouver (and area). learn to draw Fall in love Read all the books in the Warriors Series by: Erin Hunter write a novel latenitewanderer wants to Learn to dance Argentine tango go to amsterdam visit all 50 states be hot learn to swing dance how to make a friendster layout using my picture? stop being such a packrat watch invader zim episodes Micky wants to Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100 Visit 50 of the world heritage sites
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