I have come up with a plan I am going to try to overcome my current writers block. Instead of feeling like I have to come up with a lot to say about a particular thing, I am going to post what I am calling a “Quick Take” on it. This will leave me the option of coming back and saying more about a cool shiny new thing later without the pressure of feeling like I must. Therefore, look for a few of these over the coming days.
Author: Patrick Rhone
How to Clone Yourself! – lifehack.org
How to Clone Yourself! – lifehack.org
Lifehack.org has this enticing proposition, clone yourself by hiring a part time personal assistant. They posit that, if you use a little thinking and planning, it is not as expensive as one might think.
iwantsandy
New web app from values of n (Stikkit). Billed a a free e-mail assistant. It has my interest peaked.
Remainders 03.23.2007
The folks who brought you Stikkit have a new web app coming. This one is a personal assistant of some sort for e-mail called iwantsandy. Details are a little schetchy for now (not yet released) but it peaks my interest.
Richard Rutter and Mark Boulton want you to know that Web Typography Sucks and what you can do to change that. Yes, that’s right… You. Download the slides with notes and find out how. (via Kottke)
Lifehack.org has this enticing proposition, clone yourself by hiring a part time personal assistant. They posit that, if you use a little outside of the box thinking, it is not as expensive as one might think.
12 ways to pimp your office
There are some really cool product suggestions here but also good for out-of-the-box ideas to help you think beyond a simple desk and chair.
Doorway in the Alhambra: In Granada, Spain. This place was breath takingly beautiful.
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
Thomas Jefferson
Ronda over the gorge.: Taken in Ronda, Spain
How bad is US Airways?
Me: US Airways is so bad that they make Northwest Airlines look like Southwest Airlines.
Joann: That’s pretty bad.
rsync+hfsmode
“rsync+hfsmode is a patch for rsync to enable recognition of Mac OS X HFS+ resource forks and Finder metadata, and to copy them to a remote filesystem.” – I may also need this for the big backup project I have planed.