Link Roundup for 14 August 2011

Five things make a post.

• Johanna Rothman talks about her experience training the brain, twenty minutes a day.
• Richard Poplak profiles cyclist Ryder Hesjedal and taps into the psychology of the sport.
• Steve Jobs speaks at Stanford’s commencement in 2005.
• Do you need glasses?
• Roy Peter Clark offers the quick list version of his book Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer.

Update

Fitness: Hauling yard waste around for ninety minutes
Sun, Moon, and Stars: 585 words, 285 seven-day average, 263 average, 36084 total, 84 past the goal for the week; 4-day streak

Comments

[Jason Pitre]

If you haven't heard it already, the free podcast version of Roy Peter Clarks book is quite good.