Danny Gregory is running a great series on his site called Advertising and its Discontents. This first story, by Trevor Romain about why he left advertising, packs a wallop. We all want to matter. Charity Larrison’s story probably reflects the experience of most of us: drifting along, still trying to figure it all out.
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"A common destination with room for all"
Scott’s friend Chrystal has a nicearticle on religious choices. My family is a perfect example of American religious diversity. Two parents had five daughters and, as of this writing, none share a common religion. We have a Catholic, a goddess-worshipping Wiccan, one three-quarters of the way to Buddhist nunhood (complete with shaved head!), one Mormon, …
Modest Change 3: Exercise
For the past decade or more, I’ve fumbled around for an exercise program I could stick with. Given my size (6’3″ and about 215 lbs, as of this writing), I’ll need to be strong and flexible as I get older. Otherwise, the nurses helping me out of my elderly bed will have to be pretty …
Modest Change 2: Keeping time
I was, for some reason, totally taken by Thomas Limoncelli’s book Time Management for System Administrators. (TM4SA, for short). I read the sample chapter he had online here, and bought the book to see what the rest was about. I’ve picked up and put down many a time management system over the years, starting with …
Modest Change 1: Early to Rise
Earlier this year, Merlin suggested that, instead of resolutions and big efforts, people implement fresh starts and modest changes. Here’s the first of three posts about some modest changes I’ve made that have yielded some good benefits. I’ve long known that about 70% of my problems would disappear if I just got up a little …
YouTube – Alan Moore Interview
A kindly someone has posted this BBC Two Alan Moore Interview that was broadcast March 9, 2006. The first few minutes look marvelous. If only YouTube would play the whole thing without dropping out …
Links: Business card cubes, more tech/less work
Ned Batchelder: How to make business card cubesMaking cubes out of business cards is easy, and will impress your friends! Wired News: Work More, Do Less With Tech“Most U.S. workers say they feel rushed on the job, but they are getting less accomplished than a decade ago, according to newly released research.”
Links: Clipmarks, screensaver, quantum computing, & personality tests
Clipmarks | What Is Clipmarks?“Manage the stuff you find on the webWith the Clipmarks toolbar you can clip, tag and save snippets of content from the web, without having to bookmark whole pages. Then sign in to clipmarks.com from any computer to organize your collection.”(the clips stay on the clipmarks server, so you don’t have …
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Wikipedia:Unusual articles
This page has been making the rounds of the blogosphere. I like the made-up Simpsons words and many of the other links. But one of my favorite entries not listed here is on Florence Foster Jenkins, which features a sound sample of the woman “who became famous for her complete lack of singing ability.” If …
Best Desktop Pictures Ever
In my humble opinion, of course. These are from Zeldman’s old site, courtesy the Wayback Machine. His new ones are great, too, and are certainly more uniform in size and polished in quality. But that demonic clown and the electric blue trapeze artists just send me. AddendumThe Beauteous Liz reminded me of another set of …
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