November 2007
33 posts
Topless Board Meetings Bring Focus →
by Todd WilkensIn this age of wireless Internet and mobile email devices, having an effective meeting or working session is becoming more and more difficult. Laptops, Blackberries, Sidekicks, iphones, and the like keep people from being fully present. Aside from just being rude, partial attention generally leads to partial results.
Memorize Anything / Wired How To's →
Sunday School for Atheists - TIME →
On Sunday mornings, most parents who don’t believe in the Christian God, or any god at all, are probably making brunch or cheering at their kids’ soccer game, or running errands or, with luck, sleeping in. Without religion, there’s no need for church, right? Maybe. But some nonbelievers are beginning to think they might need something for their children. “When you...
Cowboy Junkies Paradox - Seth Godin
Twenty years ago, the Cowboy Junkies released close to a perfect breakthrough album. It sold a bazillion copies. Every since, they’ve been touring, making a living on the road as they’ve released almost twenty records, none of them monster hits in the US. The paradox occurs at their concerts… when they play one of the old hits, the crowd goes wild. The people most likely to come to their concerts...
WatchWhat if the TV show “24” came out in 1994? This will be funny for those that remember 1994 and communications then. (via 24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot - CollegeHumor video)
The Rugged Robot that Devours Rough Terrain →
RHex is a man-portable robot with extraordinary rough terrain mobility. RHex climbs over rock fields, mud, sand, vegetation, railroad tracks, telephone poles and up steep slopes and stairways. RHex has a sealed body, making it fully operational in wet weather, in muddy and swampy conditions, and it can swim on the surface or dive underwater. RHex’s remarkable terrain capabilities have been...
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...”
– Anthony
Linux: Everex $200 Linux gPC Hits Wal-Mart, Bowls... →
- Paul
TextMemo: Need a reminder for something? →
Need a reminder for something? No Problem! Just schedule a TextMemo, and TextMemos.com will send a free text message reminder to your phone to remind you.
-Paul
PocketMod: The Free Disposable Personal Organizer →
The PocketMod is a new way to keep yourself organized. Lets face it, PDAs are too expensive and cumbersome, and organizers are bulky and hard to carry around. Nothing beats a folded up piece of paper. That is until now. With the PocketMod, you can carry around the days notes, keep them organized in any way you wish, then easily transfer the notes to your PDA, spreadsheet, or planner.
The...
“…it’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better....”
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Magnatune: license music and MP3 download →
Listen to over 500 hand-picked complete albums. If you like what you hear, download an album for as little as $5 (you pick the price), or buy a real CD, or license our music for commercial use. You’ll get MP3s & WAVs, and no copy protection (DRM), ever.
Taskpaper →
For Mac users who want a simpler way to stay organized and get things done. TaskPaper is a simple to-do list that’s surprisingly adept. Unlike the competition, TaskPaper’s text based interface is focused on paper-like simplicity. Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later
SuperDuper! →
SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and SuperDuper’s built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically. And it runs beautifully on both Intel and Power PC Macs!
Growl →
Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.
TextExpander: Customizable Typing Shortcut Utility... →
TextExpander saves you countless keystrokes with customized abbreviations for your frequently-used text strings and images.
Flying Meat: Acorn →
Acorn is a new image editor built with one goal in mind - simplicity. Fast, easy, and fluid, Acorn provides the options you’ll need without any overhead. Acorn feels right, and won’t drain your bank account.
Pixelmator →
Pixelmator, the beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X has everything you need to create, edit and enhance your images.
Doodle →
Schedule an event…
… such as a board meeting, business lunch, conference call, family reunion, movie night, or any other group event. View example, create poll
Make a choice…
… among movies, menus, travel destinations, or among any other selection. View example, create poll
How does Doodle work?
Create a poll.
Forward the link to the poll to the participants.
Follow online what the...
