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Avoid The “Just One More Thing” Impulse
Say “no” to your internal Lt. Columbo.
Jimmy Dean on luck
A great reminder to stay a little bit awake as I move through the day. “You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” — Jimmy Dean
Outage breaks posting streak! (The March 27 post)
My daily posting streak is broken by a bum DSL line.
Jacques Barzun on True Work
I cannot remember where I got this quote, but it impressed itself on me so much that I had it posted in my office cubicles for years, on my old Google blog site, and on my old Tumblr site. I love it so much I want to post it again. “True Work is that which …
AI’s intelligence and stupidity in one photo stitch fail | Engadget
Plus another way to abuse Google Photos’ auto-stitching feature.
Shook | Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon on the Austin bombings and who to listen to in an emergency.
What Exactly Does a Librarian Do? Everything. | Literary Hub
I have a soft spot in my heart for librarians.
The Portlandia Effect: How Did the Show Change Portland?
Buzz kills.
Hold On to the Badge
This is a rather silly little hack I use at work, but it solves lots of little problems and illustrates what I think about when improving a system.
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