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Tim O'Hearn

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Are DryGuy Boot Gloves Worth It?

Tim February 21, 2023 Products & Reviews, Skiing No Comments
Are DryGuy Boot Gloves Worth It?

Many a ski day has been cut short by cold toes. A common frustration amongst all skiers is, surely, spending thousands of dollars on gear only to discover an acute source of discomfort and numbness whenever the temperature drops below

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Best Pull-Up Bar for Wide Doorways

Tim January 30, 2022 Athletics, Products & Reviews No Comments
Best Pull-Up Bar for Wide Doorways

During the pandemic, I’ve been spending a lot of time at home. Many gyms have temporarily closed, and the gym I visited for years in downtown Chicago disappeared without a trace. There’s been a rush to construct at-home gyms of

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Best At-Home Gym Equipment for Runners

Tim January 20, 2022 Athletics, Products & Reviews No Comments
Best At-Home Gym Equipment for Runners

We’re entering year two of the pandemic and I’m in the best shape of my life. As soon as I realized that this thing was for real, I started budgeting and building my home gym. The results have been great,

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Hands on with the RAKwireless Helium Developer Kit

Tim June 20, 2021 Crypto, Products & Reviews No Comments
Hands on with the RAKwireless Helium Developer Kit

I recently acquired a new product from RAKwireless: the Helium Developer Kit. While RAK is perhaps best known for being the first manufacturing partner of Helium hotspots, the company has been a pioneer in the IoT space, creating the popular

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How to Remove Small Hairs After a Haircut

Tim January 31, 2021 Products & Reviews No Comments
How to Remove Small Hairs After a Haircut

The haircut has always been a slightly awkward, stressful ritual that has rarely resulted in a satisfactory result. In early 2020, I received a hilariously bad $59 haircut from a salon in my neighborhood. From that point forward, I decided

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Rewardful Provides the Perfect Stripe Affiliate Integration

Tim January 20, 2021 Entrepreneurship, Products & Reviews No Comments
Rewardful Provides the Perfect Stripe Affiliate Integration

Over the years, I’ve been involved with a few SaaS products and other businesses that use Stripe for billing. These were never wildly successful enterprises, but that’s the truth for most of us trying to hustle online. We’re happy with

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The Ultimate High-End NYC Bar Crawl

Tim January 15, 2021 Products & Reviews No Comments
The Ultimate High-End NYC Bar Crawl

Introduction Back in the summer of 2018, I had quit my job and was waiting out an employer-mandated non-compete period. I did a lot of fun stuff, from picking up new hobbies to spending time with old friends to traveling

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My 3 Most Worthwhile Purchases of 2020

Tim January 6, 2021 Products & Reviews 1 Comment

I recently saw a blog post from my buddy Rhett Reisman which struck me as a great idea. Rhett wrote about his favorite purchases of 2020. I’ve spent a lot of money while online shopping, especially during the pandemic. Though

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I Wore Nothing Other Than Birddogs for 6 Months

Tim September 12, 2020 Products & Reviews No Comments
I Wore Nothing Other Than Birddogs for 6 Months

Editing note: It’s now been over a year with wearing the shorts every day. Except, not always for the full day. Through the winter, I did put on pants a few times, I skied almost 20 days, and I’ve started

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Adidas Ultraboost 19 shoes are overrated

Tim January 27, 2020 Products & Reviews, Running No Comments
Adidas Ultraboost 19 shoes are overrated

Edit: A lot of time has passed since I first wrote this review. Adidas dramatically improved the shoe in future iterations (see Ultraboost 21), fixing the majority of my specific complaints. While it still isn’t a perfect running shoe, it’s

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Recent Posts

  • Podcast placements as a nonfiction author April 24, 2025
  • Hiring a Copy Editor Was Worth It March 21, 2025
  • How to create an IngramSpark cover from a KDP cover March 16, 2025
  • “I Liked Your Book. Did You Use AI?” March 14, 2025
  • Ideal Pre-Order Length for Amazon Kindle Book March 10, 2025
  • Editorial Reviews for Amazon Books March 1, 2025
  • Do you need to pay for Premium to advertise on X? February 14, 2025
  • Framed: A Villain’s Perspective on Social Media February 12, 2025
  • Why This Blog Has Fallen Off; And, Perhaps, Goodbye January 1, 2024
  • My 2023 Track Season August 22, 2023

My Most Recent Books

Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
liked it
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
by William Poundstone
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler
really liked it
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler
by Antony C. Sutton
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
it was ok
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
by Emanuel Derman
Slaughterhouse-Five
it was amazing
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
liked it
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
by Benjamin Wallace
Pulphead
liked it
Pulphead
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
really liked it
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
by Taylor Larimore

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