Haven’t looked back since cancelling my Amazon Prime subscription. Rather than relying on next day delivery, I just order in advance.
The trick, of course, is to choose the small tasks which Vilfredo Pareto - he of the 80/20 Rule - would designate as among the vital few; i.e. the ones which will produce the greatest beneficial results. If you don't set such priorities, then your time may be squandered by the successful completion of work which produces relatively little progress or which merely restores the status-quo.
— Small Tasks by Michael Wade
That one is going in my DailyMuse collection.
Self-Destruct Tweets
A very interesting idea.
Lazin-Ryder is one of a number of Twitter users who are using homegrown methods to make their tweets self-destruct. He says that having his tweets disappear automatically makes Twitter feel more conversational and casual, and less like a professional pressure-cooker.
— Meet the tweet-deleters: people who are making their Twitter histories self-destruct by Fusion
Cold in Ohio
I love Ohio but it is cold. It is Ivan-Denisovich cold. It’s Jack-Nicholson-at-the-end-of-The-Shining cold; indoor-cat-who-became-outdoor-cat-glaring-at-me-from-his-blanket-in-the-garage cold. Never-warm cold. Feet-cold cold. Permanently-hunched-sholders cold. Kurt-Russell-in-The-Thing cold. It is colder than Robert Frost stopping by the woods on a snowy evening - he would not have stopped in this cold.
— That Cold by Kurt Harden
Thankfully Paisley in Scotland doesn't even come close to being this cold. I don't envy my fellow North American bloggers in times like this. The cold weather can get very wearing.
Can’t decide if that was thunder or the wind I just heard. Bloody loud whatever it was.
Are Trolls Attracted To Videos?
No spot comes close to YouTube when it comes to the number of dumb and vicious remarks in its comments section. Even bland videos, ones without an ounce of controversy, are ripped.
— Mean Magnet by Michael Wade
I'm just wondering if video is easier to consume than actually spending the time to read something and let it sink in. I suspect many of the comments on YouTube are simple knee-jerk reactions to each video.
Always wary about pre-empting the need for a gem when using Rails. More inclined to leave using a gem until I absolutely need it.
Is OS X running on an iPad going to be a thing then? I would love to see it happen.
Spent most of the day looking at Wordpress as a CMS for a local school. Like what I’ve seen so far.
Saddleback Leather iPad Sleve
These iPad sleeves make me want to buy an iPad, just to warrant the purchase of the sleeve. Ridiculous idea but these are great looking sleeves.
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