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My New Nerdy Tee from Threadless: Star Power

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Threadless is always a reliable source of awesome tees that I just have to have.  I mean, you have to love an apparel company that has a whole section for "robots." This is my latest tee from them that just arrived, called "Star Power."  I think it is sold out (for now.) But there are…

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First Time Visitors: Welcome to Rikomatic.com

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Welcome to Rikomatic.com, the personal website of Rik Panganiban, digital learning and informal science education specialist, lindy hop and street dancer, foodie and coffee snob.  For more about me, check out my professional blog RangerRik.com, About.me page, LinkedIn Profile , Twitter Stream, work bio or professional portfolio. Thanks for visiting! 

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What is Rik’s Secret Art Tech Project? Find out Monday

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

What is this?  What is it for?  Isuppose it's not that hard to guess. Feel free to conjecture in the comments anyway. UPDATE May 2: It's THIS.

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The Chef’n Dual Pepperball: Elegant Practicality

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

I've been working out of my sister's pad in Mission Bay, SF for the past week.  The thing you have to understand about my sister is that she has a particular aesthetic sense, sort of Swedish practicality plus Japanese asceticism, and a dash of hedonism.  So her apartment reflects that: lots of clean lines, uncluttered…

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When I’m Gone, Just Let Me Go: the Will to Not Live

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

So my family has been struggling with a series of health issues, most recently a very sick relative who is hanging on by a very thin thread and whose spouse is having difficulty deciding on what to do about it.  Essentially all of his body functions have failed him and he is completely non-responsive to…

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Work as Love: the Joyful Workweek

Posted on March 22, 2011June 21, 2020 by

In a previous blog post, I described a lot of what I liked about the book The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss, particularly his emphasis on not deferring on your dreams and thinking creatively about how to structure your work / life balance. One of my major problems with The 4-Hour Workweek is that Ferriss…

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“The Four-hour Work Week”: Revisiting the Work-Happiness Equation, Becoming “New Rich”

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

I just finished reading Timothy Ferriss's best-selling self-help book The Four-hour Workweek, first published in 2007.  I found it to be a breezy, thought-provoking, entertaining and at times inspiring read.  Ferriss's central thesis is that — surprise — you can have it all now, as long as you are willing to get creative about how…

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Rik’s Absolutely Brooklyn-Biased “Best of New York” List

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

As the final days in New York City for me wind down, I'm thinking about all of my favorite things that I've enjoyed in my 15 years here. I think I've learned a few things about how to live life to its fullest in gotham city. So here's my very subjective "Best of New York"…

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Inbox is empty, heart is full…

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

It's my last day at Global Kids. I don't even know what else to say.

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Update on my Cali Move: January 28 Departure Date

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

The details are coming together about my big move to California in eary 2011.  First off, I have a final castoff date: Friday January 28, 2011.  That's when Mole Negro and I fly with the last of my stuff from NYC to the Bay Area.* Other news: Yes, there will be at least one send-off…

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