Matt Birchler lists three of his unfair advantages... so I wanted to do the same. These may be mundane (and maybe completely inaccurate), but if I gave my list, they’d be:

1. Fast typer.
2. Patient/willing to work hard for a long time for a result.
3. I come from nothing, so even a small gain is something.

What are yours?

Assuming Rory’s actual best is in the mid-700 kilojoules, I’m still utterly blown away. My personal best is 242 kilojoules on a 20-minute ride, or a 545 kilojoule pace in 45 minutes (something I was proud of until I read this piece about Rory). So he’s still 37.6% better than I am. And that’s if I could somehow keep my pace up — I fell to the floor moaning for 10 minutes after I finished my PR ride.

Ain’t this the truth. Here I am, 10:15PM, having arrived at the office at 7:30AM, and only stopping for a 30 minute supper break and a 25 minute ride on the Peloton. I chose this profession, so you won’t catch me complaining about it. But I can sympathize with those who can’t find the guts to call it quits for the day.

I love this Twitter quote from an increasingly interesting Contrarian Saver Twitter account. It takes some serious mirror-looking, but finding your competitive advantages and harnessing them can be incredibly powerful. In my line of work, being a fast typer can increase efficiencies across a range of tasks and allow me to do more work than others in a shorter period of time. It’s tiny, but it’s important.

Interesting to see this without the Pro Display stand. I guess it works? Also, how do people use a thick mechanical keyboard without a wrist rest? My wrists are killing me after only 20 minutes of typing on a Keychron K3, and that’s an ultra-thin mechanical keyboard.

Beautiful imagery here. Travel photography feels like a thing of the past — a vintage practice only the lucky can partake in today.

This comes at a very, very opportune time for The Newsprint. I’ll have some news shortly. There’s something about “not giving a damn” that makes hitting the publish button so much easier.

Long story short, it’s cheaper over a 40–year career to pay your mortgage with the most tax-efficient earnings and contribute to your RRSP with the least tax-efficient earnings. I may have to discuss this on Toonie in the future.

I really like Marques’s work here. This is a long, long, long iPhone review, but it’s momentous in a number of ways. It’s in-depth. It’s thorough. And most importantly, it’s derived from experience rather than estimation. I’ve reviewed products for years now and it’s always a rush to get them out the door. If Marques has trailblazed something here, it’s the idea of reviewing based on experience instead of estimation. Great, great work by Marques.