February 7, 2010
Geeks In Love: Episode 134
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Episode 134: The 1.5-Pound Elephant in the Room.
January 31, 2010
Président
Président is the latest opus by my son Nico, 16. He wrote the music and lyrics. I merely recorded the instrumental tracks, following his strict instructions, and mixed his vocals in.
You can listen to it on 1 mot, 1 chanson.
So why are you still reading this?
January 31, 2010
Geeks In Love: Episode 133
Check out Episode 133: iSawItFirst.
January 24, 2010
Geeks In Love: Episode 132
Check out Episode 132: Shit, Wrong Glasses.
January 17, 2010
Geeks In Love: Episode 131
Check out Episode 131: Radioactivity.
January 16, 2010
Remote Possibility | Dead & Buried
Remote Possibility re-returns!
Remote Possibility’s latest heavenly opus, Dead & Buried, is sure to haunt you till the end of time, or at the very least until some other catchy tune takes over your poor, defenseless brain.
Proceed with caution.
January 10, 2010
Geeks In Love: Episode 130
Check out Episode 130: Winter Wonderland.
January 8, 2010
Task Management with Mail.app
I have to juggle dozens of short-term to-do items at any given time, so I need a process that is fast and practical, so that things don’t fall through the cracks. I stopped relying on my memory a long time ago.
Fast and practical in this case means simple. I like simple.
So my process relies on a single application : Apple’s Mail.app.
It goes like this :
- I receive an email, say like this one, that contains an action item
- I highlight the relevant action item in the message body
- I right click and select New Todo (Leopard users, click on the ToDo button in the toolbar)
- I tweak the Todo header text (I prefix my todo’s with little codes, as in T: for Translation) and add an alarm if necessary (red circly-arrowy thingy)
Thats it. It takes a couple of seconds to create a todo.
Now, to make this even more practical required two extra (one-time) steps:
- I created smart mailbox in Mail that displays all of my incomplete Todos.
- I created a separate mail-viewer window (File > New Viewer Window). I selected my smart mailbox, then hid the sidebar (View > Hide Mailboxes) and hid the toolbar (View > Hide Toolbar). The result is a second Mail window that is always open and only shows my ToDos.
From this window:
- I can click on the yellow check boxes to mark an item as done.
- I can click on the little grey arrow to open the original email message, reply to the message and attach my deliverables to the reply.
Todo? Tada!
January 3, 2010
Geeks In Love: Episode 129
Check out Episode 129: Milestone #3.
The Geeks are 3 years old! Unbelievable!
December 27, 2009
Geeks In Love: Episode 128
Check out Episode 128: Merry Fucking Xmas.
December 20, 2009
Geeks In Love: Episode 127
Check out Episode 127: In Sickness and in Health.
December 19, 2009
Fear of the unknown.
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December 12, 2009
Image WTF du jour…
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December 6, 2009
Geeks In Love: Episode 126
Check out Episode 126: Fantasia.
November 29, 2009
Geeks In Love: Episode 125
Check out Episode 125: The Great Divide.
