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Best GT500 Mustang Ever

Best GT500 Mustang Ever - Eleanor, from Gone in 60 Seconds.

A better Alt Tab Task Switch

A better Alt Tab Task Switch - Upgrade your alt-tab experience with screenshots of what you are alt-tabbing into. Potentially great for those who do a lot of IM’ing.

Pocket book reader

Pocket book reader - This uses eInk, which can be read under sunlight very easily and doesn’t use any battery power unless the screen’s display is changed. Perfect for book reader, and the resolution is really really really high. These are the future.

Flushing Policies and Common Courtesy

The Cretin bathroom has four toilets: 2 urinals and 2 stalls. In the years past, people doing urinal-type activities in the stalls was not a problem: people flushed. This year, however, has been different. I noticed an unusual change: somebody was following the “if it’s yellow, let it mellow” policy. While this can “reduce your total household water usage by 20 - 25% if moderately applied” (source: 7th Generation), I sincerely doubt that the mystery mellower came from some water-starved desert area. Regardless, today I found out who was perpetrating this moderately smelly and unpleasant act.

It’s the kid who lives next to me!

I had long suspected, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt for over a month. That is, until yesterday, when I was shaving. My neighbor went in a stall that I know had clear toilet water, and came out. No sound of flushing. No floosh of hygenic satisfaction. I investigated. THE TOILET WATER WAS NO LONGER CLEAR. Fotunately, though, I did discover that he follows the second part of the old adage. That is, later in the day I was in the bathroom cleaning a dish, and he left a closed stall with a book in hand. I investigated. It was brown, and he had flushed it down.

Do I put up a sign staying “Please flush all types” or something?

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FileZilla FTP

FileZilla FTP - The FTP client I should have been using this whole time (ie 5 years with an outdated copy of WS_FTP).

Scheduling

I found out what my scheduling slash time management problem is.

1.) I need to organize my to-do lists into discrete blocks of time. This will allow me to actually get everything done.
2.) In order to help with part one: I need to reduce perfectionism. My problem has been thinking “I can’t do this to the N’th degree of perfection, so I’ll do something lower on the priority list” … this leads to a rough cycle of anger at myself for not completing tasks, and further reduction in productivity.

Self analysis is difficult yet necessary.

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White hat

White hat - A hacker who hacks for good and not evil. Interesting write up.

Hunter shoots big cat in Australia

Hunter shoots big cat in Australia - Here’s the catch: big cats aren’t even supposed to exist in Australia.

8-Bit video game art

8-Bit video game art - Some very very interesting and eclectic art with one them: 8-bit video games.

Quick hacker interview

Quick hacker interview - The FBI sure seems worthless when it comes to computer related crimes - I hope they can get up to speed or at least outsource some experts.

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