You’re a good guy, mon frere…

August 14, 2009

I think I have a neighbor who loves Arrested Development as much as I do.

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Kicking cable to the curb

August 9, 2009

I’m going to kick Comcast TV out of my house next week. I don’t watch TV, and when I do it’s usually things that I don’t need to be watching. Digital cable is reasonably priced, ~$45/month, but I’m going to try and put that time I waste watching television to better use. Here’s my quick [...]

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Day 1 of OmniFocus

August 3, 2009

Today was my first day of using OmniFocus at work. Implementing a new system of organization and working is painful. While I had quite a few meetings today, I did have some time to work on projects. On a positive note, after leaving my meeting (where I took notes in my moleskine) I entered all [...]

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Christmas in the summer

August 2, 2009

For stationary addicts, nothing is better than back-to-school sales. The end of the summer is the time to stock up on paper, notebooks, folders, and all that stuff at extremely good prices. Every year it seems that the deals start earlier in August. This weekend’s Sunday circulars were packed with savings, and I recently took [...]

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Figuring out a process

July 31, 2009

So I tried to start diagramming a process chart of how I was going to handle everything I deal with, and it rapidly became unwieldy. So instead, I’m just going to list each “item” separately and then put down the details. Hopefully by standardizing my process and strictly following it, I will be more organized [...]

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Colbert’s MeTunes: Two things everyone loves

July 31, 2009

Enjoy Stephen’s “MeTunes” from July 30, 2009 so you can stay current on the summer’s popular hits. Click through for the video. Thanks to Stephen for calling out the Black Eyed Peas on their terrible lyrics/being sell-outs. Beautiful work by the Colbert Report’s graphic designers on the fake iTunes overlays. The Colbert Report Mon – [...]

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Moleskine accessory find at The Benton

July 31, 2009
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I spend way too much time over at The Benton‘s cafe (as evidenced by the fact they caught me in a promotional picture ). Their fine coffee is the main draw for me, but they also have a delightful selection of artsy and stationary things in the museum store. As anyone who knows me can [...]

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Getting Organized: Step 1

July 31, 2009

Getting organized For a long time now I have been overwhelmed with projects: personal, work, and academic. I’m fed up with the feeling of drowning in work. This is probably the 20th time that I’ve tried to get organized, and I’m serious about making the necessary changes to enact change. My plan is to slowly [...]

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The Kindle DX for higher education… or how Amazon failed me.

July 11, 2009

On May 6, 2009, Amazon announced the new Kindle DX, with a larger screen and support for PDF files. As a grad student who spends much of their time reading PDF-ed articles, I was ecstatic upon hearing the news. The big downside was of course the $489 price. Fortunately for Amazon I was able to [...]

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