January 2008
AmIAnnoying.com - Look at Me, I’m Wearing a... →
AmIAnnoying.com - Look at Me, I’m Wearing a Ruffled Collar
Fucking Walter Raleigh. He thinks he’s so cool.
A new joke for my repetoire →
Carson Kressley gets to the bare facts - Los Angeles Times: “It helps that ‘Queer Eye’ was Kressley’s own personal makeover show. ‘It was cheaper than therapy,’ he said. ‘I was not comfortable with myself for a long time — and now I try to gay it forward.’”
December 2007
Damn →
A Death in the Family: Politics and Power: vanityfair.com And there was Mark’s widow, an agonizingly beautiful girl named Snejana (“Janet”) Hristova, the daughter of political refugees from Bulgaria. Her first name can mean “snowflake,” and this was his name for her in the letters of fierce tenderness that he sent her from Iraq. These, with your permission, I will not...
Fruit Salad Literally Grows On Tree →
A lemon tree that bears 11 different kinds of fruit is earning attention for a resident here who has had it growing in his garden for years. The tree, which is about 30 years old, is growing in the garden of 71-year-old Onga resident Manabu Fukushima. It is loaded with 11 kinds of fruit including dekopon, hassaku orange, iyoyan, amanatsu, and banpeiyu, a variety of pummelo. Fukushima started...
Vets Remove 11lbs Of Hair From Matted Dog →
Alfie the Afghan has had more than 11lb of matted hair removed in a 3 hour operation by four vets. Alfie’s coat had been neglected for so long that when he was found abandoned in Bradford he was barely able to walk.
RSPCA inspector Rachel Oprysk could not believe the level of neglect he had suffered. She said: “I was horrified at what state he came to us in. “He was...
Amazon.com: Why the Kindle Will Fail (Kindle... →
Amazon.com: Why the Kindle Will Fail (Kindle Edition), by Rick Munarriz Okay, that’s kinda funny. [via greghaspants]
Steve Rubel is a Googlin' fool, I tell you →
Micro Persuasion: Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader: “Like Gmail, Reader should be viewed as a database that you can build from scratch and continually hone.”
3mindme Reminder Service →
Fellow productivity enthusiast David Barrett would like input on a new email reminder service he created. Check it out and let him know what you think… I just built an email reminder service — a sort of email version of the “43 Folders” technique for organizing future tasks — and I’m curious what you think. Basically, email a reminder to yourself at...
Gene Lee says goodbye →
Photo Credit: Jasmined Anyone who spent time in Chicago’s Wicker Park over the last few years probably ran into Gene Lee “the dancing Asian guy.” Insert “weird” or “questionable fashion sense” at your discretion. Sadly, Gene recently passed away. Gene was important because he represented an increasingly elusive burst of color and character. As our cities homogenize, our street corners fill with...
The age of the editor →
12 Filtering Tips for Better Information in Half the Time | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss: “In a digital world, the race goes not to the person with the most information, but the person with the best combination of low-volume and high-relevancy information. The person with the least inputs necessary to maximize output.”
Cool idea! →
HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context � Blog Archive � The Book of Days DIY Project: “…this journal is designed to become an ongoing record of my personal development, with tags and pointers to other resources.”
But a little more doesn't hurt →
Free Money Finance: You Only Need $40,000 a Year to Be Happy: “She then goes on to detail how she and her husband (plus one child) lived in New York City (a few years ago) on less than $40,000 for more than a year. And if you can make it there on $40,000, you can make it anywhere on $40,000.”
Baby steps →
Web Worker Daily � Archive Tip of the Week: Try Searching Instead of Planning for Career Success �: “To use a search strategy to move forward in your career, take small steps towards what you think you might like to do (and what might reward you financially), stopping and checking often to see if you’re getting the results you want.”
Think again →
Think you own that hard drive in your MacBook? (Friday): “During a recent trip to Europe, Dave’s MacBook died, giving him nothing but a black screen when turned on. He took the notebook into the Apple Store in Emeryville when he got back where he was told the hard drive was faulty, and he would require a new 80 GB drive at a cost of US$160 (Amazon.com has 80 GB drives for an...
10 New Year’s Resolutions You Are Guaranteed to... →
If you find it difficult keeping the resolutions you make at the start of the year, perhaps you’re taking the wrong approach. I think you will find the following 10 resolutions virtually impossible to break.This year, I resolve t
It's so very cold in our house →
claspingwalnut posted a photo:
Seth's Blog: Exclusion →
Exclusion: “When I was in college, the Dean tried to put together an advisory group of students. Nobody he invited joined—it wasn’t worth the time. Then he named it, ‘The Group of 100’ and in just a few days, it was filled. The easiest way to have insiders is to have outsiders.”
This is kind of cool →
Unclutterer � Archive � Organize ticket stubs in a dedicated diary
Sods →
Monkeys behaving badly - Telegraph: “When a scientific colony of macaques was established on Cayo Santiago, an island off Puerto Rico, the idea was that the 500 monkeys, from seven Indian provinces, would sort themselves out. ‘Unfortunately, the monkeys had other plans, and these plans involved killing each other.’ Rhesus macaques, in short, are sods.”
The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto →
Pakistan’s opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, has been killed in a suicide attack. Current press accounts say at least 20 others died in the bombing. Technorati’s roundup of reactions is here. Balloon Juice may have the most apt response: There will be chaos in Pakistan because of this. F**king crazy. Holy shit.Post your own apocalyptic scenario in the comments.
Alfred Hitchcock presents →
The Cats
whom grows in teh trees in Canadia
picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: coley
It's called Occam's Razor, people (Google... →
The father of Jamie Lynn Spears baby is NOT boyfriend Casey Aldridge, according to shocking reports from the U.S. News that Britney’s sister was pregnant at 16 — under the legal age for sex in the U.S. — forced 18-year-old Casey into hiding. But now Star magazine insists that the teenager may not be the dad - and that Spears’ friends and family think it is an older man who would face...
Dammit, now I'm going to have to stop eating fish... →
Integral Options Cafe: PBS Nature: Animal Minds
Gmail users might want to check your filters ... →
Gmail users might want to check your filters to ensure your account hasn’t been hacked like this designer’s. Google has fixed the vulnerability, but if you were exposed before the fix the filter could still exist in your Gmail account.
PBS Nature: Animal Minds →
Long, but very cool video. via videosift.com Tags: PBS, Nature, Animal Minds, intelligence, thinking, animals, science
Comic for 26 Dec 2007 →
I love a good literary savaging →
globeandmail.com: Pamuk: prophet or poseur?: “Young women from this social class dye their hair purple and weep a lot. The older women complain of migraines. The young men are sent by their parents to psychiatrists who trained in the United States; they wear black trench coats, rarely shave and tell everyone who will listen that no one in Turkey understands them. ‘Time passes,’...
Awesome →
DOYLE BRUNSON (above, left) is a poker legend. Twice winner of the game’s most prestigious annual tournament, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), held in Las Vegas, the cowboy-hat-clad southerner affectionately known as Texas Dolly also wrote what many consider to be the bible of poker theory, “Super System: A Course in Power Poker”. His reputation among card-shufflers borders on the...
Get your time waste on →
Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas
To Dismay of Inspectors, Prowling Cats Keep... →
To Dismay of Inspectors, Prowling Cats Keep Rodents on the Run at City Delis - New York Times
My new hobby →
England Made Them: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com: “I am thinking of the Earl of Mar, who was found dead underneath his London balcony one morning in 1975. It didn’t seem likely that he had been pushed or probable that he had jumped. Investigators were at a loss. And then an enterprising reporter looked up the entry for the noble lord (Scotland’s senior earl) in Who’s Who. It...
My new rule →
England Made Them: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com: ““I must ask anyone entering the house never to contradict me or differ from me in any way, as it interferes with the functioning of the gastric juices and prevents my sleeping at night.””
Merry Christmas →
The Golden Suicides: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.comFranz Kafka: “When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are in me and what do I know of yours?”
Freaky Kitty →
A very freaky looking bald cat (if you can call it a cat). [via]
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The Odyssey (Penguin... →
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) The most helpful critical review 5 of 80 people found the following review helpful: ★☆☆☆☆ THIS BOOK WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WERE BURNED! THIS PATHIC BOOK MAKES NO SENSE ONCESOEVER!!! HOMER IS A HORRIBLE WRITER!! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS!!! NOT EVEN WORTH ONE STAR!!!!
depressed cat →
hates nature
It’s emo kitteh on a stroll…
picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Peanut
depressed cat →
hates nature
It’s emo kitteh on a stroll…
picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Peanut
The New Quicken Online: A New Direction for Money... →
The other day, I participated in a preview of the new Quicken Online product, scheduled to launch on January 8. This new product is intended to compete with some of the existing money management web tools currently existing, like Mint, reviewed by Sasha here, Geezeo, and Wesabe. Intuit has spotted a need for a more robust solution for managing cash flow, and the targeted audience, “young and...
The Old Mill - Groundbreaking Disney Cartoon →
I had never seen this. At the time (1937), it was a huge breakthrough in animation. This cartoon was groundbreaking as it was the first use of Disney’s multiplane camera. It featured realistic depiction of animals, complex color and lighting, 3D effects, and detailed weather effects. The techniques learned in the making of this short were used in subsequent Disney productions, especially...
Jim Cramer: Invest in Index Funds →
Sounds like Jim Cramer, best known for ranting and raving about individual stocks on TV, has come around to the consensus view about how individuals can best play the stock market:
Most people actually won’t get rich by buying individual stocks, Cramer says. Unless you do your homework, namely spending an hour a week researching for each stock you own, “You won’t beat the...
Sweating the Small Stuff →
Two readers sent me a New York Times story from M.P. Dunleavey that addresses a problem many of us face, especially this time of year. We do our best to set budgets, to track our spending, and to make smart financial decisions, but when we sit down to run the numbers, somehow we’ve spent too much. Dunleavey writes:
I [totaled] the extra and unexpected costs that had cropped up throughout the...
Nigel, thank Aunt Ethel for your new sweater. →
Nigel? Nigel Honey, look at me. The sweater looks great on you! Nigel? Oh Melissa M.! Someone’s gonna git kilt in their sleeeeeeeep! [singsong]
20,000 Thanks re My E-book on Time Management for... →
Photo by Arlindo71
Well it’s been a busy month so far on Wishful Thinking and Business of Design Online - my e-book about Time Management for Creative People has been downloaded nearly 20,000 times and has attracted some great reviews and feedback.
A big thank you to everyone who has downloaded, forwarded, linked, commented or e-mailed to say they have found it useful. It’s been fantastic to...
Nation In Frenzy About Little Wizard Boy And All... →
Fans wondered if the wizard would use the sword of destiny to defeat the evil Hufflestuff people.
For Sale: Drive Someone Crazy →
Those who are clever enough to seize the moment when opportunity knocks can profit while the rest of us spout tired adages. This is on eBay:
You are bidding on a rare chance to traumatize a treasured friend or relative with baffling, mind-numbing, mystery correspondence from abroad. Here is the arrangement: I will be spending the Christmas holiday in Poland in a tiny village that has one church...
How to Think →
Thanks to Ben Casnocha for pointing me to this great article by Ed Boyden of MIT on How To Think. It makes me feel smart, because I do many of these already. My favorite is number 9, which should explain to my boyfriend why I’m always taking notes. (He thinks I’m weird.) 9. Document everything obsessively. If you don’t record it, it may never have an impact on the world. Much of...
Oh Yes →
The Hobbit is coming.
It’s Happening! →
Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have mended their strained relationship. The two were bitterly and publicly fighting over profits from the Lord of the Rings franchise.
On Tuesday, it was announced that Jackson would produce The Hobbit and its sequel, both prequels to the Rings mythology.
Principal photography is expected to begin in 2009 - with films being staggered for a release in 2010 and...
Your GTD System Isn’t the Problem →
Since starting my current job about 7 months ago, I’ve garnered something of a reputation for being “the organized guy”. A couple of the higher-ranking people there had attempted to embrace GTD (with varying degrees of success) and were ecstatic to have somebody on-board who could attempt to convert the rank and file. I got a chance to talk one-on-one to a handful of them to see where they were...
Do delegated actions for teams really work? →
GTD Blogging buddy, Michael Dolan, recently blogged about his experience coaching team of people that are using Lotus Notes as a trusted system for GTD. Michael’s post is worth reading, because he talks about the importance of being the master of your own domain: knowing and controlling what crosses over the transom. Specifically, Michael addresses the issue of delegated tasks - not just in...