I’ve been using the technique I described in Procrastination Buster for most of this week now, and I’m finding it a very efficient way of processing stuff. Although it may appear to be very different from the techniques described in Do It Tomorrow, it is actually based on very much the same principles. It is essentially …
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Stuff We Like: The Power Strip Space Saver
At one point or another, we’ve all experienced the heartbreak (yes, heartbreak) caused by fat AC adapters taking up more than their fair share of space on an outlet or power strip. The Power Strip Space Saver from ThinkGeek not only remedies this problem, but provides you with an extra plug-in to boot. And at …
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Can you judge a book by its cover?
I read Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide, by Gerard Prunier, and was quite impressed. I thought “what a smart and unbiased introduction to such a difficult topic." But why was I impressed? I don’t know nearly enough about the topic to judge the material. I was impressed because the author sounded so reasonable and so intelligent. …
Will Ross comments on Dieting and Health
The most thought provoking advice I read recently (from a well known stage hypnotist and NLP populist) was that you should pay attention to what you actually want to eat most, and eat that. Try it: it’s surprising how often I find myself with a chocolate bar when, if I’m honest, the taste of chocolate …
Beethoven
From a book review of a recent biography of Beethoven by Doctor Mai: Diagnosing Genius: The Life and Death of Beethoven. “The cause of Beethoven’s death was liver failure due to alcohol abuse. The autopsy was performed by Dr. Johann Wagner, who was assisted by Dr. Karl von Rokitansky. Rokitansky was a resident in pathology, …
Love And Marriage
Ralph Waldo Emerson in a journal entry during January 1850 writes: “Love is temporary and ends with marriage. Marriage is the perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought. Marriage is a good known only to the parties, — a relation of perfect understanding, aid, contentment, possession of themselves and of the world, …
Featured Windows Download: Bowl over corrupt installations with Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
Windows only: Freeware utility Windows Installer CleanUp Utility can remove Windows Installer configuration information from applications that refuse to install. Microsoft created the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility as a last ditch way of installing (or removing) an application that encounters errors during the setup (or removal) process. It’s definitely not an everyday app, but it …
I’ll Run It Off
Many of WW’s former co-workers, male and female, are runners. She often ate in the cafeteria with them and learned what they liked. It was CARBS CARBS and CARBS. One woman had pasta, bread rolls, and mashed potatoes on her tray for lunch. She was a doctor to top it off. When the conversation got …
Infinite canvas
“The infinite canvas is the idea that the size of a digital comics page is theoretically infinite, and that online comics are therefore not limited by conventional page sizes. An artist could conceivably display a complete comics story of indefinite length on a single ‘page’. Scott McCloud introduced the concept in his book Reinventing Comics. …
Credit Card Survival Tool
I have two friends who’ve been carrying these slim, multi-tools for a few years now and swear by them. I’ve only used the mini-screwdriver and bottle opener, but those functions alone seem worth it. It’s stainless steel and will add some weight to your load, but no more than the average metal beverage pop-top. Why …
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