My productivity has noticeably improved since making this my desktop wallpaper. As soon as Outlook gets minimized I see this… and it’s back to work! Via InterfaceLIFT, by Spargett.
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Floppy Disk Pen Holder
Quite a while ago, my wife left me alone at home for an evening with nothing to do. Arguably, I could have cleaned or something, but I was feeling crafty, and had happened upon a tutorial on Instructables for creating…
Keeping SSH connections open (in PuTTY)
Lifehacker posted an article this morning about keeping SSH connections open in Linux (which was just a re-posting of an article on FOSSwire). This is helpful for all of those Linux users out there, but for those of us who…
Clearing the Baffles
Kevin, a buddy of mine from grad school, recommends the zen-like experience of disclosing your drafts and then deleting them. I only have three at the moment, but nonetheless: Rebooting After Tough Crititcism (tags: management) Using Outlook to Get Things…
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Home Backup Project – Part 7: Four Months Later
About four months ago, I set out to fix a looming technology problem at home, having no solid backup strategy. After some arguably un-scientific research, I came up with a solution which has given me a decent amount of the…
Do you ever feel like this?
As the digg submitter said, “I’m betting on the camel”. This image got me thinking about how this is allegory for bringing new ideas to old organizations. In a thankfully distant past job, I found myself in exactly this situation,…
Testing Lightbox
I thought I’d play with lightbox a little, because it’s just that cool. First, a couple of independent images. Then, a series of three images. I did have to modify lightbox.js a tad to give it absolute url…
Using Subversion to safeguard my photos
During the backup project, I created a subversion repository for all of my installation media and installation files – anything I’d need to set up a new computer. The intention was to have a system that was a solid backup…
Also…
I will not let the Whiz Kid conduct research aboard my ship. If he’s got a theory that he’s itching to test, I will deposit him on an uninhabited planet in friendly space, and make sure that I’m out of…
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If I Am Ever a Starfleet Captain…
I will not ask “What does God need with a space ship?” and then order a torpedo strike. I will order the torpedo strike first, and ponder theology on the trip home. Viable Paradise
