hirohurl (67)in #alive • 13 hours agoMy Hive Post IndexTime to get organized! I've been thinking about doing this for a while, but a recent post by @alex-rourke prompted me to get it done: I'm going for a much simpler approach…hirohurl (67)in #alive • yesterday"Embrace Your Weirdness!" Try for a 90 Second Deadhang!Robert Greene's "Daily Law" for 10th of January is, Embrace your weirdness The idea is encapsulated by the concluding thought: Always stick to what makes you weird, odd…hirohurl (67)in #alive • 5 days agoRobert Greene's "Daily Law" for Today: "Change is the Law"The sky was leaden with clouds today, Epiphany 2025, but as the rain held off I went out for a walk with the intention of doing a 90 second dead-hang in a park, but when I got…hirohurl (67)in Liketu • 7 days agoIroha Karuta 17b: "The bud may have a bitter taste..."The Japanese "hiragana" syllable that the 17th proverb of the Iroha Karuta playing card deck illustrates is "re," and my two karuta decks offer different kotowaza (proverbs). I…hirohurl (67)in The Chess Community • 9 days agoMy "East German Chess" Challenge for 2025 - Together with Bittersweet Memories of Times PastThis is how I saw in 2025: I was studying problems in the art of "Ablenkung" ("distraction") in a good old East German chessbook that was published in East Berlin back in…hirohurl (67)in The Chess Community • 10 days agoThe Art of "Ablenkung" in Chess: How Portisch Missed a Trick in MonacoWhat is Ablenkung ? It's a German word meaning "distraction" (or "deflection") - a crafty tactical maneuver where one piece lures the opponent into a fatal mistake, revealing…hirohurl (67)in #alive • 11 days agoMy Hive Layer 1 and Layer 2 Token Goals 2025Hello folks, David Hurley here on New Year's Eve 2024. In this video and blog post I'm going to break out my first beer of the day and have a look at where I am at the moment…hirohurl (67)in #alive • 12 days agoHere's My "How To Onboard With InLeo" Training Video!I just made this explainer video to point people to InLeo's fast onboarding via X or Google. Hope you like it - feel free to share it or use it in your own promotional efforts…hirohurl (67)in Liketu • 13 days agoFun Time At My Favourite "Kushiyaki" RestaurantLast night I went into town to hook up with my favourite former student, who's back in Hiroshima for the New Year holidays. I suggested that we go to the skewered meat…hirohurl (67)in #alive • 15 days ago2024: My Year In Retrospective - Not Too Bad At All!2024 has been an interesting year for me personally let alone current affairs, which I am going to almost completely ignore in this blog post. Today, I went through my "gratitude…hirohurl (67)in Liketu • 17 days agoI break my Advent fast with a thimble-sized glass of Chinese Guotai liquor...Merry Christmas everybody! One of my private English students gave me a bottle of premium 53% ABV Chinese liquor called Guotai for Christmas. When I opened the box I found two…hirohurl rebloggedcoldbeetrootsoup (68)in Threespeak • 21 days agoCBRS Channel Podcast #10 | A Special Episode with Starkerz▶️ Watch on 3Speak Unlocking the Potential of Hive: Insights from the CBRS Podcast In this week’s CBRS #Podcast, we deviated from our usual routine to host a very…hirohurl (67)in #alive • 22 days ago2nd Thoughts about SFI: Can their Eager Zebra Games Site Become A Mega-Marketing Funnel?In my previous blog post I shared a video about my decision to move on from the SFI affiliate program: At the time, I believed SFI was transitioning entirely into Wealthy…hirohurl (67)in #alive • 28 days agoGoodbye SFI! Why I'm Done After 17 Years With My First "Biz Op" Program! LOL!Today's walkie-talkie video is all about a big change that SFI announced at the beginning of the month! Although "SFI" is still going to be around, I'm not hanging around with…hirohurl (67)in #alive • 29 days agoMy Latest Language Teaching Venture: German Language Classes and Blog for the Japanese MarketA few weeks ago I blogged about how I was using ChatGPT to create an English language study blog for online teaching: Unfortunately, the student who I was teaching…hirohurl (67)in Liketu • last monthIroha Karuta 17a: "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter"In the picture that illustrates the proverb, the dude in the brown kimono has just given a gift with an apparent excess of courtesy. The receiver of the gift, however, is no fool…hirohurl (67)in Liketu • last monthWe Take A Break From English Class... To Have A Chess Party!My first year students are getting keen on chess, so today I told them that as soon as we complete a reading a comprehension exercise we could have a chess party! I brought two…hirohurl (67)in #alive • last monthFour Days At Home - Upgrading My Online Business While Ignoring The Goings On OutdoorsFor the last four days I have had no appointments or teaching commitments at all - nothing except dinner out with the Mrs last night. Apart from that one notable exception, I…hirohurl (67)in #alive • last monthThe Rainman, the Frog, and the ... Willow! 🐸Earlier this week I blogged about receiving a souvenir "frog-bun" ("kaeru manju") from a student who had just come back from a trip to Nagoya. In the blog post, which you can…hirohurl (67)in #alive • last monthTraffic Exchange Success Secrets 2025 Out Now!I'm enjoying a four day break right now. No teaching commitments or any other appointments for four lovely days! Just over the road from where I live, a new shopping mall has…