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Posting Rate for January

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

So far my attempt at making one post per day on average, aided by my little PHP tool is going well. Here’s a plot made with the output and Google Spreadsheets showing how I’m doing as of today:

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Tags: Lifehacks · My Code · Tech · Tools of the Trade · Writing

Command Line Tricks - Using mdfind and mdls in Mac OS X

February 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Beginning with version 10.4 (”Tiger”), Mac OS X has had a powerful indexing and search engine built in. This can be used from the graphical interface, which is how most mac users interact with it. However, a command-line interface allows for some powerful searching and scripting.
This article by Andy Lester goes through the basic [...]

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Tags: Lifehacks · Mac OS X · Tech · Tools of the Trade

Updates to Google Notebook Make It Even Better As a Lab Notebook

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

In October of ‘07, I posted about my move to Google Notebook as my primary lab notebook. It has not only continued to serve me well since then, but now serves me even better with the addition of a few features:

Auto-dated notes: I’d be happier if I could opt for auto-timestamps as well, but Google [...]

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Tags: Lifehacks · Science · Tech · Tools of the Trade

My Wallet (Or Lack Thereof)

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve gotten a lot of strange looks over the last two or three years because of how I carry my cards and cash. I abandoned wallets of any kind because they either (a) more than double the volume of what I’m carrying or (b) they have too much stuff in them. That is, if [...]

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Tags: Lifehacks

Project Management, Priorities, and Office Hours

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Recently, a friend emailed me to ask about GTD. He was tasked with a presentation on project management, and had heard of GTD from my writings and from others. I had good and bad news for him.
The good news is that GTD is an excellent system for keeping your tasks organized. The bad news [...]

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Tags: GTD · Lifehacks