{"id":8096,"date":"2011-09-22T16:26:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=8096"},"modified":"2023-01-06T12:11:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T11:11:37","slug":"new-mindhacker-book-released-and-i-contributed-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/new-mindhacker-book-released-and-i-contributed-to-it\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mindhacker book released (and I contributed to it)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/new-mindhacker-book-released-and-i-contributed-to-it\/mindhacker\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?fit=575%2C802&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"575,802\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mindhacker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?fit=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?fit=575%2C802&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-45071\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?resize=422%2C589&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?resize=500%2C697&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?resize=150%2C209&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?resize=400%2C558&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mindhacker.png?resize=200%2C279&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Completely forgot to announce that the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mindhacker-Tips-Tricks-Games-Level\/dp\/1118007522\/ref=limbicnutriti-21\">Mindhacker book<\/a> was released on 6th September 2011, featuring a <em>very<\/em> long (over 4000 words) hack by authored by me (&#8220;Hack 73: Take a Semantic Pause&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The book is actually a delight to read, especially for techie hacker types.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the authors <a href=\"http:\/\/ludism.org\/tinfoil\">Ron and Marty Hale-Evans.<\/a> They represent an ideal of the polymathic autodidact omnologist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mindhacker-Tips-Tricks-Games-Level\/dp\/1118007522\/ref=limbicnutriti-21\"><strong>Mindhacker: 60 Tips, Tricks, and Games to Take Your Mind to the Next Level<\/strong><\/a> is\u00a0 available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mindhacker-Tips-Tricks-Games-Level\/dp\/1118007522\/ref=limbicnutriti-21\">Amazon <\/a>and bookstores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Completely forgot to announce that the new Mindhacker book was released on 6th September 2011, featuring a very long (over 4000 words) hack by authored by me (&#8220;Hack 73: Take a Semantic Pause&#8221;). The book is actually a delight to read, especially for techie hacker types. Congratulations to the authors Ron and Marty Hale-Evans. They &#8230; <a title=\"New Mindhacker book released (and I contributed to it)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/new-mindhacker-book-released-and-i-contributed-to-it\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Mindhacker book released (and I contributed to it)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,33,4,38,7,14,42,17,22],"tags":[300,296],"class_list":["post-8096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-computing","category-health-fitness","category-health-medicine","category-language-writing","category-philosophy","category-psychology","category-science","category-tech-internet","tag-processed","tag-published"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prY0k-26A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15905,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-tree-of-contemplative-practices\/","url_meta":{"origin":8096,"position":0},"title":"The Tree of Contemplative Practices","author":"Limbic","date":"April 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"From http:\/\/www.contemplativemind.org\/practices\/tree","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health, Fitness &amp; Medicine&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health, Fitness &amp; Medicine","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/category\/science\/health-medicine\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20964,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/power-really-does-corrupt\/","url_meta":{"origin":8096,"position":1},"title":"Power really does corrupt","author":"Limbic","date":"September 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I learned last week that becoming powerful has measurable neurological effects on your ability to empathize. 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