Day 26 (July 18): It finally feels like I’m wrapping things up here in Vegas. I spent yesterday working on the book (I’m working on a kind of onerous section that’s pretty crucial to the book as a whole, and it’s tough material to write). I also
Read more →I’m sure it’s better to post up-to-date progress on my Main Event “run” (really, that should be “slog” or “crawl”), so I’m going to update this a couple times this week. Day 19 (July 11): I took it easy today. We finished Day 1D of the Main
Read more →Day 12 (July 4): I did end up playing the Wynn re-buy yesterday, and min-cashed again. Here are my results for the trip so far: (+$231) Rio – $235 – 964 entrants – finished 79 – $466 (-$625) Wynn – $625 ($225 plus two $200 rebuys) –
Read more →Day 5 (June 27): Today was pretty simple. I did my usual couple of hours at Starbucks, then met a friend/co-author at the Rio (she was playing the $10k 6-max Championship so I caught up with her to touch base before she played). Then I went to
Read more →[I've decided to put these up once a week or so to save publishing effort and avoid annoying people on Facebook and Twitter. Give me feedback in the comments as to whether it would be better to do daily or if weekly is good. Anyway, the result
Read more →A lot of my friends are getting iPhones now, and they often ask me for app recommendations. When the iPhone 4 came out in 2010, I wrote up a list of my favorite apps and emailed it over to my friends who were new adopters. I’ve updated
Read more →Last January, a friend of mine asked if I would recommend buying Apple stock. This was after my piece at TUAW.com predicting big things for Apple in 2010 and beyond. In March (8th) I wrote this email recommending a “Buy” for AAPL. This was my first official
Read more →The Obama Administration is filing suit against Arizona for its new illegal immigration law. As far as I can tell from skimming the Arizona State Senate Bill, the purpose of the bill is to enforce the existing federal immigration laws. So, the “Arizona immigration law” is really
Read more →[Josh's note: This is Part 3 of a 3-part series. Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here.] Slow and Steady Keeps Me Sane Once I finished my mental list, I had to start thinking about what I would do with all my new free time.
Read more →[Josh's note: This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. Part 1 is here and Part 3 is here.] Work the Plan Since I started paying down the 0% card, I had also started considering what I would need to do if I lost my job. By
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