https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/skills/ Recent content in Skills on A Geek's Life Hugo en Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:41:12 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2014/06/23/days-22-23/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:41:12 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2014/06/23/days-22-23/ <p>Day 22 - <a href="http://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/">Improve your posture</a> and Day 23 - <a href="http://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/06/22/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-23-learn-a-manual-skill/">Learn a manual skill</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t need the prompt to tell me I had terrible posture. Managed to set up my chair at work as intended - to provide better support to my lower back and at the right height. Hopefully I begin to reap the dividends of improved posture, not least a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_obesity">less prominent keg</a>.</p> <p>On manual skills; I installed ceiling fans for fun in my undergraduate days and still know my way with a soldering iron, a legacy of my previous pastime - tinkering with the innards of dead radios. I happen to also be the go to guy when my buddy O needs to set up a new bed or move stuff around in his house&hellip; Could use a few more automobile related skills as I haven&rsquo;t changed a flat tire in nearly six years. Have to but that Z4 roadster first (and win the lottery before that or something).</p>