Monthly Archives: October 2006

Going Google

So, in the pursuit of being a tad GTD in my life, I wanted to reduce the inboxes/buckets. I’ve really enjoyed using TodoTXT and Remind, and lately I’ve been using NextAction. But one of the things I haven’t liked it trying to move the main file between computers (my eMac at home and the Dell [...]

It’s Dell, but a bit funny

It’s worth the 4 minute watch: Dell promising to lead the way to non-propriety software land.

So long, and thanks for the fish

.Mac didn’t give up on me

Originally uploaded by vergil66.

So, here’s my last letter from the folk at .Mac and though I am going to miss my @mac.com address, I think I’m okay with the gmail account. Besides not figuring a way to do my backups [...]

Video Gamers are what employers want

From Public Education Network:
SCIENTISTS SAY VIDEO GAMES CAN RESHAPE EDUCATION
Scientists call it the next great discovery, a way to captivate students so much they will spend hours learning on their own. It’s the new vision of video games, reports Ben Feller. The Federation of American Scientists, which typically weighs in on matters of nuclear weaponry [...]

Peace from Columbus and the Fields

So, I got to run with Lori for 26.2 miles Sunday. Well, more like 26.6…
I had the parking lot picked out from last year and as we were pulling in, the friendly parking folks were charging $5 to leave out van there. Guess who had $5 cash on hand? Not Lori, not Chris.
(Insert [...]

What makes a high school great: ask Newsweek

I know that this is an older report, but I found two things interesting about this article:
1. No Indiana school made it in the top 100 high schools in the USA (according to Newsweek).
2. The way they initially figured the inclusion into The List:
With our Best High Schools list, NEWSWEEK recognizes schools that do the [...]

So long, .Mac: I’ve enjoyed my name@mac.com since the beginning

I was supposed to do a long run (2 hours) this morning, but about 3 miles into it (listening to a really good “Wait, wait…don’t tell me“) my mind said: “Hey, we’re tired and it’s dark and we voted and we wish we all stayed in bed this morning”).
So, no long-long run, but everything (physically) [...]