Peeking into my super secret and personal electronic inbox, as of 21 minutes ago, it looks like I have 62 unread emails, and have sent out 0 emails so far today. I've received a piddling 37 earnest missives since midnight. As of right now, the battle against email looks pretty hopeful. |
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What I'm doing on Sat at 8am
Breakfast 40% of the time
Traveling 20% of the time
Panel 20% of the time
Working 20% of the time
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This week's concerns
Money 31% of the time
Leisure 19% of the time
Religion 18% of the time
Health 14% of the time
Death 10% of the time
Relationships 3% of the time
Eating/drinking 2% of the time
Home 2% of the time
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How I'm feeling this week
Happy 53% of the time
Angry 19% of the time
Selfish 13% of the time
Anxious 10% of the time
Creative 5% of the time
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The paparazzi found me in these photos from 2 months ago


















































Pictures I took as recently as about 9 hours ago


















































Where I've been in the last 8 days or so
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Thu, May 17:
05:28pm: re:public
08:45pm
08:45pm
Wed, May 16:
05:22pm
06:23pm: Stumbling Monk
08:45pm
08:45pm
Tue, May 15:
12:43pm: Thai Curry Simple
08:01pm: Bitterroot BBQ
08:39pm
08:39pm
Mon, May 14:
12:33pm: Old Spaghetti Factory
05:38pm: Samurai Noodle
Sun, May 13:
05:35pm: Luxury on the Eastern Shore
05:53pm: Miller Playfield
06:07pm
06:07pm
08:43pm: Benson Bungalow
08:43pm
08:43pm
Sat, May 12:
09:41pm
09:41pm
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Kinds of places I've beenHome (private)
BBQ Joint
Gastropub
Ramen or Noodle House
Thai Restaurant
Bar
Italian Restaurant
Sport
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In the last 14 days, I've posted 23 posts and photos. Mostly to Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare |
Since I started writing online in October of 1999, about 12.62 years ago, I've posted 26,283 bits of nonsense. Yeah. And the problem is only getting worse. |
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About me
I live in Seattle. I am married to the amazing Kellianne and am the father of little Niko. I am building a new company around Health Month which helps people live healthier for fun. I have a few side projects, like Locavore (recently sold) and 750 Words. I used to be Buster McLeod, and before that I was Erik Benson. I previously co-founded the The Robot Co-op as well as the now sleeping McLeod Residence. I self-published a book called Man Versus Himself. I have otherwise been occupied on this planet for about 35.97 years.
Three of my favorite projects
8:36pmFor the last 1,457 days, at 8:36pm, I have taken a picture of what I'm doing. It's sort of a weird obsessive photo project that I plan to do for the rest of my life. You should do it too, it's fun. (here are some other people who are doing this) About about 9 hours ago, I said, "8:36pm Stealagraming because I was passed out in Niko's room for the first half of book club" |
Health MonthHealth Month is a simple game that lets you choose your own health-improvement challenge to play with friends for a month. |
750 Words750words.com is simple website that gives you a way to write 3-pages privately every day, and learn about yourself in the process. |
A few rules that I try to live by
1. You must not dilly-dally.
2. You must be your word.
3. You must have good intentions.
4. You must admit to being the maker of meaning.
5. You must not feel sorry for yourself.
6. You must have a vision that you are striving for.
7. You must tie creativity and experimentation with survival.
8. You must be the change you want to see.
9. You must rally others with your vision.
10. You must stake your reputation on your better self.
11. You must be comfortable with the consequences of being who you are.
12. You must share.
13. You must make your own advice and take it.
14. You must manage your stress, health, and clarity.
15. You must study your mistakes.
16. You must retry things you don't like every once in a while.
17. You must make time to enjoy things.
Sat May 19, 2012
60° Mostly Cloudy 1 postEmail from this day
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Great interview! RT @the99percent: Stillpower: The True Path to Flow, Clarity, and Responsiveness: http://t.co/MbcVhb2T
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Fri May 18, 2012
63° Mostly Cloudy 14 postsEmail from this day
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11:10pm from TwitterTweet at 11:10pm
8:36pm Stealagraming because I was passed out in Niko's room for the first half of book club http://t.co/iOB7bUOq
11:10pm from Flickr8:36pm Stealagraming because I was passed out in Niko's room for the first half of book club8:25pm from TwitterTweet at 8:25pm
Me: Niko, what's my name? Niko: Dan. [vid] — http://t.co/qgRPTCJf
8:06pm from Twitter FavoritesTweet at 8:06pm
Faved @ameliagreenhall's tweet: I am building my first rails app that is actually more than a static website. http://t.co/b9pYR6Vl
11:17am from TwitterTweet at 11:17am
Every failure is a special snowflake worthy of appreciation.
11:16am from Twitter FavoritesTweet at 11:16am
Faved @harryh's tweet: .@dhh You talk a lot of $FB trash for a bet welcher (Unless you've changed your mind and decided to pay up on 6/17 when our bet resolves).
9:00am from Twitter FavoritesTweet at 9:00am8:54am from TwitterTweet at 8:54am
@ANewBandADay @fascinated Maybe a little bit. If there were real economics behind Klout score, yes.
8:48am from TwitterTweet at 8:48am
Imagine if your life's work was flattened into a number determined by how many people thought they could profit from you.
8:43am from TwitterTweet at 8:43am
My secret ingredient for the Pushup Animal program is my 7:30am alarm (still works!) http://t.co/HkYcdyJ4
8:34am from TwitterTweet at 8:34am
Niko thinks I should change my name to Dan.
8:13am from TwitterTweet at 8:13am
@cdixon @harryh @bryce Seems like a case of finding a pattern that is designed to fit the data (and refining it until it is a perfect fit).
7:20am from Twitter FavoritesTweet at 7:20am
Faved @nickbilton's tweet: In an alternate universe, the Winklevii twinsies are ringing a NASDAQ bell right now.
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Email from this day
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11:10pm from Twitter FavoritesTweet at 11:10pm
Faved @noahkagan's tweet: Pain is the moment of your true test.
11:02pm from Twitter FavoritesTweet at 11:02pm
Faved @RickWebb's tweet: @busterbenson Ah! It's not the act of diagnosis, it's the accusatory, non-helpful act of informing.
11:01pm from TwitterTweet at 11:01pm
@RickWebb So then what are you going to do about your self-diagnosed attitude problem?
10:13pm from Twitter FavoritesTweet at 10:13pm
Faved @MarshallHaas's tweet: You're a minority if you're in tech and not becoming a millionaire or billionaire tomorrow.
8:45pm from TwitterTweet at 8:45pm
8:36pm Waiting for Kellianne to put Niko to sleep so we can watch the new New Girl http://t.co/8JJBzaPy
8:45pm from Flickr8:36pm Waiting for Kellianne to put Niko to sleep so we can watch the new New Girl5:04pm from Tumblrnevver: I feel fine/nothing I love this. I’d probably...![]() I love this. I’d probably buy them if they included a variety of promised symptom reliefs. |

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