Mind & Body

The Absolute Moron’s Guide to the Euro Crisis

Came across this yesterday, and thought that it was way too awesome not to share! Presenting: The Absolute Moron’s Guide to the Euro Crisis Part I and Part II   (Hat tip Barry Ritholtz) Totally awesome for those of you who’ve been trying to wrap your heads around this Euro crisis thing, so you have something smart […]

Business & Career

Coursera: Free Online Classes from Top Universities

This is probably a little late, but I just stumbled onto Coursera – a website that offers free, high quality, online courses from Top Universities like Princeton, Stanford, Michigan, and my beloved alma mater, Penn. <3 Some examples of courses offered: A History of the World Since 1300, Algorithms, Model Thinking, Social Network Analysis and dozens

Money & Travel

Don’t Walk Under Ladders

You know that superstition that says it’s bad luck to walk under a ladder? So we totally know that it’s based on myth and has no scientific basis whatsoever (If you’re curious, wisegeek gives a possible explanation on why this superstition exists), but we adhere to it anyway. Why take a chance, right? There’s this study

Soul & Connection

Freshly Pressed Ping

So last night, in my sleep-deprived, mentally frustrated state, I dashed off a post – Revenge of the Ping – about how the Ping totally ruined my plans for yesterday. I totally didn’t expect it to get featured on the Freshly Pressed section of WordPress.com, generating more than 5,000 hits, 74 comments and 79 followers (and counting!) in a

AI & Productivity

Revenge of the Ping

I’ll make this quick – today, I planned for a totally productive night of getting shit done. I was gonna review my budget, research some investments, blog a little bit, and organize my articles. Yeah, I can tell that you’re totally jealous of my ridiculously awesome life of sex, drugs and alcohol. But it all

Soul & Connection

Dot-Commed

In case you haven’t noticed, cheerfulegg now has its own domain at http://cheerfulegg.com! If you like what you’ve been reading on this blog, please take a minute to share it with your friends. I’d really appreciate it 🙂

AI & Productivity

The Great Sit-Up Challenge

I like to do many things on a whim. So when I saw this picture on my Facebook newsfeed, I decided to re-post it on my wall, with the text: “I’ll do 5x worth of sit-ups on however many likes I get in 24 hours. Deadline is Tuesday 8:43am. Bring it on, bitches ;)” Essentially,

Business & Career

Build Your Skills, Not Your Resume

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook (insert snide comment about IPO here), shares some good career advice in her address to this year’s graduating class of HBS. What I liked: “Build your skills, not your resume. Evaluate what you can do, not the title they’re going to give you. Do real work. Take a sales quota,

Money & Travel

Why Whole-Life Insurance Is Like Picking Your Nose

There are some things that I would never pay someone to do for me. Like brushing my teeth. Or reading. Or organizing my iTunes library. Or picking my nose. Even if there was someone offering  these services on Craigslist, I wouldn’t pay him a dime because 1) he’s probably expensive as hell and 2) he would

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