Comments on: Conversation with Pete Cashmore of Mashable.com http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/05/09/conversation-with-pete-cashmore-of-mashablecom/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michale http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/05/09/conversation-with-pete-cashmore-of-mashablecom/comment-page-1/#comment-43342 Michale Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:41:13 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=348#comment-43342 Hi Tim, In regards to your dry ice video, this appears to be some form of the leidenfrost effect hXXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect - In short, it's similar to the way water beads up on a hot skillet by floating on vapors. In this case, the vibration seems to be occuring because of gas escaping by way of temperature exchange. The coin heats up the dry ice creating CO2 (gas). The gas expands and escapes from behind the coin pushing the opposite side of the coin against the other wall of the CO2(solid). Rinse and repeat until the coin has cooled. The leidenfrost effect has also been suggested as the way firewalkers walk on hot coals. I'm not a physicist, but my science teacher showed us a video in 8th grade illustrating this concept. Hope this lends a little clarity to the vibrating coin puzzle. Best Regards! -michale Hi Tim,

In regards to your dry ice video, this appears to be some form of the leidenfrost effect hXXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect –

In short, it’s similar to the way water beads up on a hot skillet by floating on vapors.

In this case, the vibration seems to be occuring because of gas escaping by way of temperature exchange. The coin heats up the dry ice creating CO2 (gas). The gas expands and escapes from behind the coin pushing the opposite side of the coin against the other wall of the CO2(solid). Rinse and repeat until the coin has cooled.

The leidenfrost effect has also been suggested as the way firewalkers walk on hot coals.

I’m not a physicist, but my science teacher showed us a video in 8th grade illustrating this concept. Hope this lends a little clarity to the vibrating coin puzzle.

Best Regards!
-michale

]]> By: Brad http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/05/09/conversation-with-pete-cashmore-of-mashablecom/comment-page-1/#comment-31035 Brad Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:40:13 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=348#comment-31035 The atrium! Brilliant! I'm an indoor plant nut too. I gotta get me one of those happening in the office. I'm sorry I missed your trip to Sydney all those months ago. The atrium! Brilliant! I’m an indoor plant nut too. I gotta get me one of those happening in the office.

I’m sorry I missed your trip to Sydney all those months ago.

]]> By: Establishing Email Rules « Organizing For Your Life http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/05/09/conversation-with-pete-cashmore-of-mashablecom/comment-page-1/#comment-22195 Establishing Email Rules « Organizing For Your Life Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:35:43 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=348#comment-22195 [...] heard Tim Ferriss say recently (on his blog) that we need to stop treating our email as if it were instant messaging. That comment really [...] [...] heard Tim Ferriss say recently (on his blog) that we need to stop treating our email as if it were instant messaging. That comment really [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/05/09/conversation-with-pete-cashmore-of-mashablecom/comment-page-1/#comment-21604 Mike Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:09:44 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=348#comment-21604 Found this website/story and thought I would pass it along. Sounds exactly like what you did: http://www.dbmarketing.com/articles/Art178.htm. Found this website/story and thought I would pass it along. Sounds exactly like what you did: http://www.dbmarketing.com/articles/Art178.htm.

]]> By: Darren Chandler http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/05/09/conversation-with-pete-cashmore-of-mashablecom/comment-page-1/#comment-21583 Darren Chandler Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:03:26 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=348#comment-21583 Hey mate, just wanted to thank you for the support your book gave in changing my lifestyle. Here's what I have managed to do in 8 months. Since reading your book I gave my IT career (which I hated) the flick, and have worked entirely from home. It's allowed me to focus on building my online art print business. Paying the bills in the meantime with some rather shitty work (telephone fundraising etc). But sure enough, I am about to clinch a couple of national distribution deals with my business. Very pleased about that. Once this happens I will employ someone to fill the orders, trade futures full time... and be 100% mobile. A couple of things that nag me though.. the idea of outsourcing everything overseas, is unworkable on a larger scale. I believe we should try and keep it local.. it is kinda imperialistic to go around being a bigshot while Your Man in India does your hard work. Also the bit in the book where cheated your way into 1st place in the kickboxing -- man, that was not a cool move. You lost a lot of readers by admitting that. Just had to balance praise with criticism dude! But I like what you're doing. Darren ### Hi Darren, Congrats on all! For the kickboxing, I know a lot of people have taken this as I did not mean to write it. I didn't break a single rule, rather I learned how to magnify my strengths within the rules, so I don't view this as cheating. The high jump as you see it now was once "cheating" -- i.e., the man who did the first back arch vs. hurdle-like form was labeled a cheater and now it's the norm. I think that optimizing your performance within rules is the key to better competing, but I understand that not everyone reads my story that way. Pura vida and good luck :) Tim Hey mate, just wanted to thank you for the support your book gave in changing my lifestyle. Here’s what I have managed to do in 8 months.

Since reading your book I gave my IT career (which I hated) the flick, and have worked entirely from home. It’s allowed me to focus on building my online art print business.

Paying the bills in the meantime with some rather shitty work (telephone fundraising etc). But sure enough, I am about to clinch a couple of national distribution deals with my business. Very pleased about that.

Once this happens I will employ someone to fill the orders, trade futures full time… and be 100% mobile.

A couple of things that nag me though.. the idea of outsourcing everything overseas, is unworkable on a larger scale. I believe we should try and keep it local.. it is kinda imperialistic to go around being a bigshot while Your Man in India does your hard work.

Also the bit in the book where cheated your way into 1st place in the kickboxing — man, that was not a cool move. You lost a lot of readers by admitting that.

Just had to balance praise with criticism dude! But I like what you’re doing.

Darren

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Hi Darren,

Congrats on all! For the kickboxing, I know a lot of people have taken this as I did not mean to write it. I didn’t break a single rule, rather I learned how to magnify my strengths within the rules, so I don’t view this as cheating. The high jump as you see it now was once “cheating” — i.e., the man who did the first back arch vs. hurdle-like form was labeled a cheater and now it’s the norm. I think that optimizing your performance within rules is the key to better competing, but I understand that not everyone reads my story that way.

Pura vida and good luck :)

Tim

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