Fitness Lessons I Learned from "You Can't Screw This Up" by Adam Bornstein Lessons from "You Can't Screw This Up" by Adam Bornstein, plus a general review of the book.
MMA Combat Sports and Body Positivity: Unexpected Allies Two unexpected allies: Combat sports (Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and so on) and body positivity. Doesn't matter what you look like. Do you train? Do you help others? Are you respectful? All that matters more.
Coding How I Made a WordPress Plugin with ChatGPT in 1 Day How I coded an entire WordPress plugin using ChatGPT — from scratch, with limited coding knowledge.
Life The Barbie Movie is my New Friend Filter [Spoilers] A review and analysis of the Barbie movie. If you're threatened by this, we're probably not going to be friends.
Life A Review of Watches: They're Dumb A review of watches. Why I got into them, why they're dumb, and how I grew the f*X& out of them.
Tech Massive Traffic Drop and Recovery After Migrating to a .COM Domain A case study in SEO impact of migrating a website domain — how I fell off the SERP, and how I recovered. Plus some case studies.
MMA Two Years of Jiu Jitsu — A Review Reflection on my first two years of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Boxing / Muay Thai / striking, and combat sports generally.
Career Breaking Free Challenges I faced — and that many of us face — in breaking free from the hallucination of a corporate career.
Cars Driving in Australia is a Scam A bit of a rant about how by forcing Australians to own cars and drive, the government is offloading onto the public the burden of building better transport.
Business My (Honest) Resume Dana Hooshmand's resume. I deleted my LinkedIn account so here it is, in all its honest glory.
Business The False Fantasy of Being your Own Boss Being your own boss is fine... but there are downsides. Some really big downsides.
Life Why and How to Optimise Your Life for Discomfort How to prioritise being uncomfortable to get more things done in life and to build more memories.
Blogging Analyse Traffic per Page on Blogs / Websites How to analyse traffic per page on blogs or websites using Google Sheets, and a GA4 plug-in to perform analytics queries.
Satire Italian is the Best Language. All the Others Can Get Stuffed Why I think Italian is the best language — a highly subjective (and satirical) piece from the heart.
Tech Photoshop Generative Fill Fixes George's Photo Retouching Problem from Seinfeld Photoshop's "Generative AI" beta solves the George Constanza photobomb from the episode where he gets the job at Kruger Industrial Smoothing.
Life The Joy of Being a Total F***ing Noob Why being a pro isn't always the best; it's also fun (maybe more fun) to be a complete f***ing noob.
Career Delete Your LinkedIn Profile — and Replace It with This Why delete your LinkedIn profile. It's not great for jobs, and it can be depressing. Plus, what you can replace it with.
Life Degrees Hooshmand: Proposal for a Universal Temperature Scale A proposal for a universal temperature scale that unites Celsius and Fahrenheit. Finally, we can all get along!
MMA Signs of a Good Combat Sports Gym and Coach Signs of a good combat sports (boxing, muay thai, jiu jitsu, MMA etc.) gym, from my experience of changing gyms every three months.
Life Life As a Series of Inflection Points How thinking about life as a series of inflection points helps me identify next moves.
Motorcycles — Buyers guides, Repairs, and Owners' Reviews Chain vs Belt vs Shaft: Maintenance Compared Chain vs Belt vs Shaft drives for motorcycles: Comparing maintenance requirements and lifespan.
Motorcycles — Buyers guides, Repairs, and Owners' Reviews The Lowest-Maintenance Motorcycles — A Discussion and Guide After reading thousands of motorcycle manuals and writing MaintenanceSchedule.com, here is how I think about the lowest-maintenance motorcycles.
Business Fake DMCA Copyright Infringement Scams All about fake DMCA Copyright Infringement scams from scammy SEOs looking for backlinks
Career No, Don't Get a Job (If You Don't Want) Why you shouldn't necessarily default towards the path of getting a job – It's not for everyone.