Muskblog: Homesteading the Internet since 1995

This post becomes popular right around CFA exam results day. I did not enjoy writing the CFA exam, I enjoyed my MBA program less. Some people just refuse to believe I’m telling the truth. Here is photographic proof, or at least I hope it is, that I passed the exam: At first I wasn’t even [...]

I’ve actually already written more than one thousand blog postings, but some have been removed and some were posted elsewhere. There isn’t a prize for spending this much time online, but there is probably a badge for it over on Foursquare. As I noticed this somewhat dubious milestone approaching I figured I should mark the [...]

I’ve been unemployed for too long. As a result of this, I’ve written more cover letters than I ever wanted to have had to write. Now-a-days I rarely write a completely new cover letter, generally I look through the directory of cover letters I’ve written recently and I modify and personalize one which seems similar [...]

I’m currently reading “Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. I haven’t quite finished the book but the following excerpt seemed relevant to my posts of late and my current predicament: Hire great writers If you are trying to decide among a few people to fill a position, hire the [...]

I’ve gotten over 10,000 spam messages recently.  I don’t know in exactly how many days, but few.  The vast, vast, vast majority are the same basic messages sent 1000′s of times with simple subjects like “Hey” or “Hello” and they are from “Pharmacy Express” or “Healthcare Online” or some made up person.  They don’t fool [...]