Octopodial Chrome

Now that the sun is staying up late enough for me to have light on my homeward trip, I’ve started cycling to work again; my first go was yesterday. I am so out of shape—I though I was going to die that first ride to work. But the ride home was better, and my ride into work this morning was better still. I’m getting back into shape, and soon I should be at myprevious level.

Western Union has stopped sending telegrams. It’s the end of an era.

A recent study has found that self-discipline is more strongly correlated with achievement than is IQ. This isn’t really a surprise: my brother Tom has an IQ roughly the same as mine (I think it’s a few points lower, and he thinks it’s a few points higher), but he has applied himself far better than I ever have—and the results are pretty telling.