Retrophisch
“The most important factor in the successful organization of any piece of writing is knowing what you’re trying to say.”
Good post by Leslie on using some up-front thinking and organization to maximize your writing’s impact. This is mostly geared toward non-fiction, but fiction writers may find benefits as well.
Tags: gtd, organization, writing
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Stretch, breath, tea, tunes, and vitamins. Simple, practical advice.
Tags: career, health, job, stress, tips
“I am angry because as I read scripture I think that the church should have solved all of these issues by being the kingdom of God on earth. I am angry because there should be no need for socialism from our government because the church should be meeting the needs of the widow, the single mom, the down-and-out and the drug abusers. I am angry because the church should be seeking to “take care” of teen-age pregnancies by loving on young Moms and helping them financially rather than shunning them and calling the sinners and their children the product of sin. I am angry because the world has turned us into multiple-issue people and we lack the fortitude and the guts to stand up for life no matter the cost.
“So today I am taking back the issue of life and morals from the republicans and I am taking back environmentalism and social justice from the democrats. You do not own them and I will no longer be a a part of your political silliness at the expense of people. They do not belong to you. They belong to Jesus.”
Tags: abortion, bible, christianity, church, god, life, love, politics
If you’d like to always have Wikipedia at your fingertips, even when you can’t get lowly EDGE service, and you aren’t opposed to giving up 2 GB–yes, gigabytes–of your iPhone or iPod touch, then this is for you.
Tags: iphone, ipod, software, wikipedia
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“Welcome to Mac Pro Systems & Software, Everything Macintosh… Everything!”
Recommended by my friend Tom as a good resource for Mac parts you may not be able to get from Apple. (And perhaps for a better price than the ones you can.)
Tags: hardware, mac
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“Do conservatives have more fun? Should liberals start describing themselves as humor-challenged? Scientists try to find out.”
Tags: conservative, humor, politics, science
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“It really is as simple as the subject says. Yannick Daoudi will be bicycling around Uganda throughout December & January to raise money for Keyo Secondary School, an Invisible Children partner school. To raise the money, he’s asking supporters to finance this by donating $3 for every kilometer he reaches on his 1000/km trip.”
Tags: bicycle, cycling, child, children, charity, education, helping, donation, kids
“It’s not that we want to punish your success,” wrote RNC chairman Mike Duncan. “We just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you has a chance for success too. Our attitude is that if the election’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … when you spread the power around, it’s good for everybody.”
Brilliant.
Tags: gop, humor, obama, politics, sarcasm
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Nectar is all about delivering a online presence that doesn’t sell a product or service, but rather sells you. The team believes in helping people build their own personal brand.
Being friends with one of Nectar’s founders, I’ve gotten inside peeks of their development process. I can tell you, the team is passionate, their product is inspired, and if you need to consolidate your online presence, or create one from scratch, Nectar can deliver the goods.
Tags: blog, business, design, web design, personal, brand, branding, startup, nectar
“‘Always be prepared!’ That’s the Boy Scout motto. Here are 10 phone numbers we could not care less about until the moment we need them…”
Tags: emergency, preparedness, mobile, phone, tips
This is really a just-in-case sort of bookmark for my own future reference, but those of you using Fusion to run Windows on your Mac may find it useful as well.
Tags: fusion, vmware, mac, windows, interface
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Rich Mogull’s article from earlier this year is still wonderful advice.
Tags: iphone, security, tips
Brent Simmons, creator of my favorite RSS reader, with five things you may not know about NetNewsWire. The keyboard shortcuts are alone worth the entire read.
Tags: netnewswire, rss, tips
“Superficially, it shares many features common to most markers, but appearances can be deceptive. For starters, it’s made from the glass-reinforced plastic, Grivory […] and features walls that are 4 times thicker than similar markers. This means it’s built for impact and, in a self-defense emergency it can become an efficient Yawara stick for driving off an attacker. Plus, the screw-top cap will stay in place and won’t pop off like a regular marker’s cap would when you strike a percussion blow, or when obtaining joint locks or submission holds.” $6
Tags: self-defense, security, marker, tool, weapon, wishlist
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“Find and book cheap airline tickets, hotel rooms, vacations and rental cars with Kayak.com. Search hundreds of travel sites, compare results, and buy direct.”
Tags: consumer, finance, shopping, travel
“With the crack of the bat, the ball sails deep into the outfield. The center-fielder starts his run back and to the right, trying to keep his eyes on the ball through its flight path. His pace quickens initially, then slows down as the ball approaches.”
An interesting look at the perceptions and mental processes of fielders in baseball.
Tags: baseball, psychology, science
“Live a comfortable life, not a wasteful one. Do not spend to impress others. Do not live life trying to fool yourself into thinking …”
Lots of good common-sense stuff here that too many of us don’t use our common sense on.
Tags: consumer, finance, money
“Stuck on an aircraft? Back to back meetings? Taking vacation? Running errands? Playing with the kids? Keep your Twitter stream ticking over with new tweets even when you’re not in front of your computer. Or, use it as your personal reminder system. PLUS… Send automated thank you notes to new followers, and automatically follow new followers, if you choose to do so.”
I haven’t actually used TweetLater, but thought the concept intriguing.
Tags: twitter
Steve Hayman carved/built a Cylon pumpkin, complete with that terrifying red light…
Tags: pumpkin, jack o’lantern, halloween, cylon, battlestar galactica, bsg
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My friend Mike has an excellent post on what Christianity should look like. I routinely fail at this.
Tags: bible, christianity, church, god, love
“It seems that everyone is atwitter about Twitter. Even PC World. So here’s PC World’s list of ways Twitter works — and doesn’t.”
And no comments from the peanut gallery on “not getting Twitter”. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it. No one’s holding a gun to your head to participate.
Tags: twitter
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has written a book about how the Boy Scouts provided such a positive influence on him growing up. “I wrote the book for two main reasons: to espouse the virtues of a movement that has positively shaped the lives of millions of young men and to expose the virus of secularism that endangers institutions that teach traditional values.”
Tags: books, boy scouts, boy scouts of america, bsa, rick perry, scout, scouts, scouting, texas
First of a three-part interview with Christopher Nolan, writer, director and producer of arguably my favorite movie in the past five years. (The other two parts are already online and are linked at the end of this part.)
Tags: batman, the dark knight, movie, movies
“EditGrid is a free web-based online spreadsheet which allows you to create and share spreadsheets documents. You can collaborate with your team, publish your spreadsheets and even power them with external data.”
Looks interesting.
Tags: spreadsheets, web app
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Complete with audio of Obama himself talking about his socialist influences.
Tags: obama, politics, socialist, socialism
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