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Applying Unix Philosophy to Personal Productivity [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on January 27, 2008
Reprogramming your personal work flow with a productivity system is a lot like programming computer software: given a stream of incoming information and tasks, you set up holding spaces and logical rules for turning it all into action. Like software that automates activities, good productivity systems take the thinking out of what to do with incoming data, and make it a no-brainer to turn...
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AquaScript paints words onto water
via Engadget by Joshua Topolsky on February 02, 2008
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsApparently, water is all the rage these days if you want to get a message seen. In Tokyo Bay Monster-fashion (sans holographic video monster), a designer named Julius Popp has created a system of displaying moving text and images using falling drops of water, thus creating a kind of virtual billboard that appears to be hovering in mid-air. The system -- called AquaScript...
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Continuous Parallel Attention: My New Reality
via RB | Popular by (author unknown) on May 22, 2008
Shared by totalpardo there will be commenting on this.louisgray via louisgray.com shared by 12 peopleWhen you really want to concentrate, do you need a quiet room with no distractions, or does playing loud music help you focus? Can you hold a conversation while typing? Can you read blogs and write e-mail while watching TV? I do. And I must. For with all the information available these days,...
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HALP!
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on June 03, 2008
Record your own or Listen to other Audio Clips!HALP! bein uploaded to ICHC!and next i will addz da capshun.picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: peregrin » Recaption This
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Family Planning Fail — Advice WIN
via FAIL Blog - Fail Pictures at Failblog.ORG by ichcadam on June 08, 2008
Thx to Tommy:
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Alice Kahn
via Quotes of the Day by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three."
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Smart and funny use of Google Adwords
via Royal Pingdom by royal on May 22, 2008
Text ads can be smart, funny, and sometimes unintentionally hilarious when they show up in the wrong context.David, our web designer and marketing maestro here at Pingdom was surfing the web last night and put together a list of really funny and original text ads from Google Adwords. We liked them so much that we made this blog entry for your perusal. Let yourself be inspired, or if you’re not...
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Hot Dog Rotisserie cooks up braised tube steaks the right way
via DVICE by CharlieWhite on May 29, 2008
Since a lot of our dietary choices consist of foods you’d find at a baseball stadium, you can understand why we’re excited about this Hot Dog Rotisserie by junk cookery purveyor Giles and Posner. It doesn’t have the multi-dog efficiency of the 4-in-1 Hot Dog Maker, the toaster-like look or goofy name of the Hot Diggety Dogger, nor does it sport the dog-eatin’ implications or obnoxious...
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LunaBlocks: Making furniture out of giant Lego bricks
via DVICE by Peter Pachal on June 03, 2008
Lego as furniture? Dude, you'd need, like, a million bricks for that… unless the bricks were gigantic, of course. That's the whole idea behind LunaBlocks — created by Thierry Nahon and Philippe Landecker of Lunatic Construction, the biggie bricks come in multiple colors and materials that are easily stacked together. Add a pane of glass or a pillow, and you've got fully functional...
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Earl Mac Rauch
via Quotes of the Day by (author unknown) on June 16, 2008
"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
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