25 Mar 2011

The Proper Turkish Get-Up

I want to do this (as the guy, that is):

9 Mar 2011

Page of notes from "Enchantment" by Guy Kawasaki

My obsessive note-taking continues, this time with Guy Kawasaki's new book, Enchantment.  It's a fun read with stellar anecdotes.  


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6 Mar 2011

Randy "The Natural" Couture

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Post-dinner pic with one of the best ambassadors (GSP is another) MMA has ever known, Randy Couture.  Special thanks to Fairfax Hackley for being a wonderful host and chaperone at the Arnold Sports Festival.
12 Dec 2010

The Hard Sell

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROMOTION IS OVER AND SOLD OUT. YOU ROCK!

In the next 3 hours (until 12 midnight PST, 3am EST), buy 30 copies of The 4-Hour Body and you get:

- My Zeo sleep device ($300)
- Dragon Door Kettlebell ($110)
- Premium vibrator from Jimmyjane ($145)
- 2-Total Immersion swimming DVDs ($80)
- FatGripz ($50)
- StumbleUpon ad credit ($100)
- Online B.J.J. & grappling training with Marcelo Garcia ($75)
- 1-year of ‘Power Magazine’ by Mark Bell ($30)
- THE MUSE SUITE:
  – Ra Vision Gear sunglasses ($290)
  – Southern Thread jeans ($80)
  – WiseCovers Kindle case ($50)
 – Edible green tea leaves ($25)
 – Physicool ice pack ($20)
 – Antoine Amrani chocolates ($20)
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 – Steve’s Original PaleoKit ($7)
 – Salazon chocolate ($4)
 – Venus Dream lip balm ($4)
More:
- 1-hour group Q&A conference call with Tim
- 1-year of ‘Performance Menu Journal’ Magazine ($30)
- “Find Your First Profitable Idea” with Ramit Sethi ($100 for full course)
- Digital copy of ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’ ($20)
- Slow-Carb Cookbook ($20)

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4 Dec 2010

Dietary "Cheat Day" in NYC -- Hill Country Chicken Feast

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If you're in NYC, get fried chicken at 25th and Broadway.  Seriously.  The best fried chicken I've had on the east coast.  Bring your insulin pump.  

Thanks to Ramit for the recommendation!
26 Nov 2010

Answers to the question: how do I prevent a PDF from being shared?

For a project involving my publisher, I asked the following on Facebook and Twitter: "Question: any good way to DRM PDFs or otherwise make them less share-able if someone is selling them as e-books? Will share responses..."

At the end of the day, DRM doesn't work.  Devoted hackers -- hell, even a motivated 10-year old -- can break it, take screenshots, or whatever.  In some cases (as Paulo Coelho, among others, believes), giving away "pirated" copies sells more books for authors.  But, when it comes to the publisher, the question is: how do we prevent sharing?

There are generally two approaches: technical and social.  If you're going to try and minimize sharing, I prefer the latter, as it doesn't punish or inconvenience paying customers/users/readers.

Here are some of the solutions proposed (separated by ###):

Adobe Acrobat Pro or

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I do sell ebooks through ejunkie.com and I have them set up so it automatically prints the name and email address of the person buying it on every page. Doesn't keep 'em from being shared but many make people think twice about doing it

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falaris 
@tferriss Nifty and cheap plugin that stamps PDF with cust. info if they use Wordpress to sell the ebooks:http://tinyurl.com/2a5qjs9

Also:

www.memberwing.com (plug-in for WP)

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sampullara 

@tferriss i like the burn their name into the PDF when you generate it. social controls beat technical controls as they dont hurt the honest

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When I give a client a PDF which I don't want them to distribute I use the recipients own name as the PDF password. This doesn't stop them distributing the file but psychologically they think twice.

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mr_crash 

@tferriss ghostscript and print to pdf functions will obviate most attempts. Adobe Digital Editions?

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@vuzit (a company)

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crspence 

@tferriss http://bit.ly/guHSdt best out there

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fireflydesignuk 
@tferriss As iTunes accounts are authorised on computers, can't you specify users on a PDF? Get one, view properties & check "security" tab.

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I use a program called PDF2EXE...makes the PDF an executable file that can't print or be copy/pasted.

Works pretty well, but not MAC compatible.

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Here is a video about how to secure your documents in the latest version of Acrobat - Acrobat X:http://acrobatusers.com/au

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t_x/protecting-pdfs.php

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MarkMitchell 
@tferriss I think LocklLizard is the trick for PDF DRM. http://bit.ly/fl2Av0
13 Nov 2010

Claim Jumper dessert - "The Motherlode"

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Another reason it's easy to get fat in the Midwest. 

6 Nov 2010

Vegan nail polish

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I've told those vegans to stop eating nail polish...

7 Sep 2010

Lasers with Linkin Park: A Thousand Suns

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Just finished a killer listening party for Linkin Park's new album "A Thousand Suns."  One hour of lasers and jamming music.  Linkin Park is one of the few bands that can reinvent and still keep their oldest fans cheering.  50,000,000+ albums... amazing.

Thanks to Mike Shinoda for the kind invite!

7 Sep 2010

Amazon Related Forum for 4-Hour Workweek: Male Circumcision

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