April 2012
2 posts
Organization: Fruux Synchronizes Your Contacts,... →
If you’re wedded to one platform, it’s a good bet you already have a tool that keeps your life synchronized and organized pretty well. For those of us who have to deal with multiple platforms, multiple computers and mobile devices with multiple operating systems, and work with people who use different ones than we do, there’s Fruux, a free service that keeps your to-dos,...
Organization: Use Springpad as Your New Personal... →
Few people actually love organizing their calendars and projects—there’s nothing terribly exciting or sexy about most productivity tools once you actually sit down and start using them.
March 2012
2 posts
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer...”
– Dr. Seuss
“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
February 2012
10 posts
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without...”
– George Sand
“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you...”
– Amy Tan
“Keep playing games. Make time to play games with your friends and family,...”
– Will Wheaton
“Success is really about being ready for the good opportunities that come before...”
– Eric Schmidt
Nothing quite so frustrating as just wanting to go home after work and relax, and being without power for hours. Sure, I could have used it as an excuse to go to sleep early, but I didn’t want to sleep. And I don’t own nearly enough candles to pull of anything so relaxing as a candlelit bath. I think I’m ready for next week now; this one’s not really an improvement.
This weekend I had to go through a closet of things…I found a stamp collection which no one seems to be quite sure about. A Sega Genesis 16/32 bit, and a box of games. An Atari and box of games. Some pictures of me as a kid. And my high school yearbooks and a photo album of someone I never want to see again. My mother is bound and determined that I may want it. Someday. No day, in this life,...
Tonight, went to Olive Garden, waited 40 minutes for a table. Next spent 5+ minutes watching my Sprite spread across the table from my cracked glass. It was definitely one of those weeks.
Tonight I… Locked myself out of the apartment and had to get my sliding door derailed. Ate way too much. Spilled coffee all over the coffee table, dousing a lot of absorbent bamboo accessories and a new book, among other things. Knocked over my water bottle about 10 times, but it’s largely spill proof. Played some awful hands of Yahtzee. Yep. Fitting end to the week.
“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
– W.H. Auden
“It’s always more powerful to be peaceful right now in the now…than...”
– Karen Salmansohn
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Jimmie Johnson is not the bad guy
I have to say, I am really, really glad to see Tony Stewart’s take on this. I haven’t been a huge fan of his in recent years, but maybe the new team and car have been helping his attitude. Because this is what I keep saying.Amplify’d from www.thenewsstar.com“The thing is now we have to talk about the potential of six,” 2002 and 2005 champion Tony Stewart told reporters....
January 2011
4 posts
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Licorize - Todos & Bookmarks in motion →
Now here’s one I could see replacing Delicious with…in addition to tags, you can give your bookmarks types, such as Read, Remind me Later, To-Do, Goal. It also integrates with many sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Gmail, EverNote and Skype.
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Jumpscan - All in one QR code →
Create your own QR code for your online identities, etc. Most intriguing….but we don’t all have these phones yet. Are buesiness cards going to be barcodes someday?
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BookFabrik – Capture your digital life →
Turn your blog into a book.
For some people, unless you could just date ranges, this would be one HUGE tome.
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Dscoverme →
Automagically share….hmmmm…. It’s like it wants to be FriendFeed but better.
December 2010
1 post
In my ongoing bookmarking search, today I decided to try out zootool. I imported all of my delicious things easily enough, but find the limit of 20 packs to be not enough for my librarian brain. It’s too limiting. If I’m going to group things, I want subgroups. And as many groups as I need. If Pearl Trees weren’t such a nightmare to navigate when you have 5K bookmarks, I’d...
September 2010
1 post
Hmm…must go home and alter the IE code on my website and -then- look at it in IE9 http://bit.ly/aM28FT
August 2010
6 posts
Wakoopa is definitely no longer accurately monitoring my usage - active or inactive. Amplify is still sitting at 11 active hours and 3 inactive. There’s just no way that’s right. http://bit.ly/bLtMoJ
Perfectly Fitting
DS: what's the model? does it have a name?
mi: hyundai accent, 2009. named blox, for babe the BLue OX
DS: cool. funny. is blox a boy or girl?
mi: boy. i know he doesn't look super masculine, hence the name
DS: lol.. so he's kind of a geek
mi: perfect!
I like these sexy new improvements. If only I could get paid to play with Amplify all day. http://bit.ly/bhKr0z
Oh hell yeah; I just got into Hulu Plus Preview http://bit.ly/cwBCXI
I’m certain my brain would hurt much less if all the tools at work didn’t seem to hate me. I’m telling you; software has a personality, and it’s not always friendly. http://bit.ly/cawFJY
Excuse me while I work for Roku for a few...
Get $20 off a Roku Player!
In all seriousness…I love the thing. If it had NASCAR, I wouldn’t need cable.See this Amp at http://bit.ly/b7eKre
July 2010
69 posts
Unintentionally channeling my inner Tweedle
From Just Me See this Amp at http://bit.ly/9lbCu9
Continuing movie catch-up weekend. Next up: Alice in Wonderland http://bit.ly/9UByLA
ok….finally getting around to watching Avatar http://bit.ly/chN0HN
Tweaking ClearType on Windows 7 makes me feel like I’m hallucinating http://bit.ly/c4sde8
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Top 5 all-time software so far
Since I’ve started using Wakoopa, this is what I’ve used. The scarier part is I’m not sure the FB number is accurate….I think it should actually be higher. And that’s not even counting the 389 Inactive (background) FB hours. It’s going to be dethroned though. If I was still tracking at work, Chrome would take it over in no time.
Amp is on the list at 11 hours...
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Blu - the Vista/Win7 Desktop Twitter client
I’ve not heard of this before, actually, but I know some people would like it for the unlimited tweets aloneAmplify’d from www.thirteen23.com
Say hello to blu
There have been a lot of attempts at a great Twitter desktop client, but most have
have resulted in glorified readers or overly complex applications—not a great experience.
Meet blu. Now you can experience social...
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Unshelved by Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes →
This is the only comic in this format I’ve read so far - I usually end up skipping the long ones. But they did A Book Apart’s HTML5 for Web Designers. Sooo awesome!
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Gmail Pillow
Want!Amplify’d from www.etsy.com
Gmail Pillow
See more at www.etsy.com See this Amp at http://bit.ly/cggb1n
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LunaScape - the All-in-One Browser
This is actually the first I’ve heard of this. And I don’t think anything would get me to break up with Chrome. But the testing implications are pretty slick.Amplify’d from www.lunascape.tv
LUNASCAPE is the world’s first and only triple engine browser. It has been downloaded over 15 million times and it’s available globally in 11 languages. Try it yourself the new kind...
I have to say, I really prefer FF4’s look and feel to FF3. If it works as good as it looks, maybe we can be sometimes friends again. http://bit.ly/bxJ2vQ
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BillFloat - Extend your Bills
This could possibly be my new best friend. I bank with ING so I already got rid of the overdraft fees issue, but for some people the trouble is merely timing/scheduling. Amplify’d from www.billfloat.comSee more at www.billfloat.com See this Amp at http://bit.ly/baDEOt
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tweetbeat firsthand
This looks….really cool.Amplify’d from www.kosmix.comThis simple yet powerful utility automatically brings you recent tweets from whoever (or whatever) is mentioned in the web pages you’re looking at.Just mouse-over the little blue icons inserted next to names to see firsthand updates.Read more at www.kosmix.com See this Amp at http://bit.ly/bAvwgK
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Trailmeme - where the news follows you
Seemed like the sort of thing that would be of interest to the Amp crowd.Amplify’d from trailmeme.com Trailmeme is a new kind of Web publishing that you can use to create a trail of content on a specific topic that’s interesting to you. You can also read other peoples’ trails and walk them to keep up with any updates they make.
The technology allows you to gather related content from the Web in...
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Trailmeme - where the news follows you
Seemed like the sort of thing that would be of interest to the Amp crowd.Amplify’d from trailmeme.com Trailmeme is a new kind of Web publishing that you can use to create a trail of content on a specific topic that’s interesting to you. You can also read other peoples’ trails and walk them to keep up with any updates they make.
The technology allows you to gather related content from the Web in...
Easily amused
One of the few things I like about Firefox is the personas. Totally frivolous, but when you have to look at it all day, it’s nice to have something to actually look at. This morning I changed mine up. This should keep me chuckling :)See this Amp at http://bit.ly/dlSK6m
Easily amused
One of the few things I like about Firefox is the personas. Totally frivolous, but when you have to look at it all day, it’s nice to have something to actually look at. This morning I changed mine up. This should keep me chuckling :)See this Amp at http://bit.ly/dlSK6m
Amplify Sad Tab (@egoldstein - any ideas?)
Amp seems to be mad at me. Not very friendly after all the time I just spent with it. I can’t load my own Amp page without getting the oh so adorable but annoying Aw, Snap! in Chrome. My arch nemesis (Firefox) is just fine with it though.See this Amp at http://bit.ly/a2meJC
Trying to hunt down some cool decorations for my cubicle. http://bit.ly/dfzAyu
ChromeOS is set to launch in Q4 - sweet! http://bit.ly/a0KBfn
#firefox…16%+ of my [2GB] RAM and 25-95% of my processor is just not cool. http://bit.ly/bJFSKH
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Ember - the less exclusive dribbble?
I’m not sure what I think of these types of sites. But I do know how popular dribbble is, so having an alternative, more open option is probably a good thing.Amplify’d from emberapp.comSay hello to emberEmber is the best way to share your design inspiration with the world - from webpages to screenshots, design to illustration, Ember is built for creatives looking to build an online design...
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Did you know you could recycle your packing...
I always hate throwing them away. It seems like such a waste. Who knew?Amplify’d from www.epspackaging.orgRecycle Your EPSThe EPS industry developed a nationwide collection infrastructure of more than 200 collection sites to support recycling efforts. The 2008 EPS Recycling Rate Report shows that over 69 million pounds of EPS were recycled in 2008, including 34.6 million pounds of post-consumer...