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Visiting an offshore oil rig (on land)

June 29, 2015 by Neville

I visited an offshore oil rig my dad helped design, it was pretty cool getting to actually go on one (normally it’s NOT a thing visitors get to do)!

These are huge billion+ dollar projects with thousands of parts from hundreds of different suppliers.  Cool too see projects of this scale come together:

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Something I found interesting:
To get this platform built and setup costs about 1 billion dollars.  It can pump roughly $5,000,000/day in oil.

Assuming there’s only 300 full-production days per year, that’s still $1.5billion/year for 10+ years.  This rig will probably scrounge up $10 – 20 BILLION in oil over the years.

Wow….oil ain’t a bad business!!

Brazil 2015

June 8, 2015 by Neville

For 9 days in May I went to Brazil.

Since my memory is pretty lame, I shall post random pictures of myself here in order to remember:

Places went:

  • Rio De Janeiro.
  • Bello Horizonte.
  • Ouro Preto (quaint little town, day trip at max).
  • Inhotem (to see largest outdoor art decor museum).
  • Stayed at Sheraton Rio Niemeyer (If I were to go back for a workcation, I’d probably stay here again).
  • Stayed at Miramar Hotel (If you wanna be in the hot spot of things this was awesome)!

El handstando:
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My new rock collection:
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Discovering Brazil…..or just posing like I did:
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Beach outside room:
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Levitating sand:
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Cheesy pose:
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Aprazivel restaurant in the treetops:
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Going up Sugarloaf Mt:
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Top of Sugarloaf:
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Fancy Fancy:
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Imhotep:
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I am a tree:
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Streets of Ouro Preto:
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Red art room at Imhotep:
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This picture looks like a space base on Mars:
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Balls:
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Met this dude named Jebus:
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Escadaria Selarón in Rio:
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Brazillian Coast Guard doing practice helicopter rescues right outside hotel balcony!IMG_0734

Rio is really pretty:
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Hardcore security at soccer game:
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Soccer game:
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View from Miramar Hotel on Copacabana Beach:
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Yoga dog!
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Big J overlooking the city:
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There was a comically large number of fire extinguishers everywhere we went in Brazil.  Especially in hotels:
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First class makes life better ;)
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You know it’s fancy when you have 3 forks and 3 knives:IMG_1059

Successful.  Passed out in United Lounge:IMG_1080

 

Random thoughts about Brazil:

  • Way cooler place than I expected.
  • Portuguese is a very pretty language.
  • People were all extremely friendly and nice.
  • Getting ripped off wasn’t a problem, everyone very honest.
  • I personally didn’t experience any of the high theft rates commonly heard of there.
  • Would totally go back!

 

June 2015 Goals

June 4, 2015 by Neville

My goals for June 2015:

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Very simple goals.

Business Goals: Grow KopywritingKourse list.

Personal Goal: Do an “Amish Hour” before bed each night where I use no screens.  Either read, practice guitar/piano, or write (on pen & paper).

Last month (May 2015) was successful.

Put out several in-depth posts that will all get slowly added to over time:

  • How to become a copywriter – My thoughts/methods on become a copywriter.
  • The Product Pricing Calculator – A simple pricing calculator that shows you how to make a certain sum of money.  It had a cool Google Spreadsheet too.
  • Headlines That Sell post – A collection of headlines and formulas I use for copywriting.

I also went to Brazil from May 22nd till May 31st.  Work was pre-planned so I could enjoy the trip even if I got zero work done.

So whilst absent, no one noticed too much :)

 

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