http://www.noprobo.com Be clever. Live better. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.noprobo.com/posts/the-metrics-of-fitness-what-makes-someone-athletic http://www.noprobo.com/posts/the-metrics-of-fitness-what-makes-someone-athletic#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:42:12 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2571 http://www.noprobo.com/posts/the-metrics-of-fitness-what-makes-someone-athletic/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/marcel-proust-lessons-from-an-oppressable-author http://www.noprobo.com/posts/marcel-proust-lessons-from-an-oppressable-author#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:14:36 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2553 À la recherche du temps perdu was called the "greatest fiction to date". Despite being an obvious target for persecution, he became of the most celebrated authors of the 20th century. How's he do it?]]> http://www.noprobo.com/posts/marcel-proust-lessons-from-an-oppressable-author/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/why-setting-goals-isnt-enough http://www.noprobo.com/posts/why-setting-goals-isnt-enough#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:04:45 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2462 http://www.noprobo.com/posts/why-setting-goals-isnt-enough/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/different-approaches-to-building-muscle-and-burning-fat http://www.noprobo.com/posts/different-approaches-to-building-muscle-and-burning-fat#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 10:42:28 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2423 10 lbs of muscle in 3 months. I managed to do it. Unfortunately, with those 10 lbs came another 8 lbs of fat. When I started burning the fat with aerobic exercise I found my muscle gains eroded too. "I'm taking 2 steps forward and 1 step back," I thought. This was a problem that needed mitigation so I did some research on the subject. Here's what I learned about winning the tug of war between fat and muscle.]]> http://www.noprobo.com/posts/different-approaches-to-building-muscle-and-burning-fat/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/fudge-factor-the-deception-of-seeming-fit http://www.noprobo.com/posts/fudge-factor-the-deception-of-seeming-fit#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 09:23:40 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2383 http://www.noprobo.com/posts/fudge-factor-the-deception-of-seeming-fit/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/how-to-hate-life-and-be-happy http://www.noprobo.com/posts/how-to-hate-life-and-be-happy#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 14:52:10 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2345 just a word. It is the interpretation of that word the makes all the difference. And that interpretation is different from person to person, second to second. The question of happiness is unclear, so the answer might as well be arbitrary. 42. So to balance out the wealth of cookie cutter advice (e.g. "get a dog"), let's clarify the happiness question by looking at one single aspect: satisfaction. Or more accurately, how to be dissatisfied with life, yet still feel authentic when you smile.]]> http://www.noprobo.com/posts/how-to-hate-life-and-be-happy/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/facial-fatness-visual-comparisons-of-chubby-cheeks-and-manorexia http://www.noprobo.com/posts/facial-fatness-visual-comparisons-of-chubby-cheeks-and-manorexia#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:02:13 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2276 http://www.noprobo.com/posts/facial-fatness-visual-comparisons-of-chubby-cheeks-and-manorexia/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/the-post-hoc-fallacy-of-motivation http://www.noprobo.com/posts/the-post-hoc-fallacy-of-motivation#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00:58 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2243 after another. For example, one might think winter itself creates flowers, because flowers grow after winter. A number of things are responsible for spring flowers, but winter is the least of them. Motivation suffers from a post hoc fallacy. Many people assume motivation is required to get things done. This is not true. Thinking like this leaves us functionally impotent.]]> http://www.noprobo.com/posts/the-post-hoc-fallacy-of-motivation/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/personal-observations-of-wealth-in-switzerland http://www.noprobo.com/posts/personal-observations-of-wealth-in-switzerland#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:08:51 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2190 http://www.noprobo.com/posts/personal-observations-of-wealth-in-switzerland/feed http://www.noprobo.com/posts/noprobo-update-5 http://www.noprobo.com/posts/noprobo-update-5#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:42:27 +0000 Noprobo http://www.noprobo.com/?p=2217 Challenges on YouTube. Look out 2006, here I come!]]> http://www.noprobo.com/posts/noprobo-update-5/feed