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Our Most Popular PostsMatthew Crawford on "Shop Class as Soulcraft"Merlin Mann | Sep 11 2006The New Atlantis - Shop Class as Soulcraft - Matthew B. Crawford Fans of my Richard Scarry Book of the Future podcast would do well to hear a contrasting viewpoint put forth in this long essay by Matthew Crawford. As someone who can scarcely construct a ham sandwich without requiring a trip to the ER, I enjoyed learning the perspective of a smart person whose cognitive and physical skills seem equally well-developed. I found parts to be a bit over the top in their first-world zest for manual labor -- a good friend of mine was fond of saying "You can't choose to join the proletariat" -- but you have to like Crawford's well-articulated enthusiasm for seeing mind and hand equally engaged: read more »1 Comment
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Screwdriver Narrowness Considered HarmfulMerlin Also | Oct 26 2005POSTED IN:
organize files by date put in foldercapo | Aug 31 2007organize files by date put in folder read more »POSTED IN:
Tips to prune crufty writingMerlin Mann | Jul 14 2005Useful set of tips on improving the carpentry of your writing by avoiding cliches and colorless (or too colorful) language. read more »POSTED IN:
Life Clever's iPhone bookmarklet linksMerlin Mann | Jul 18 2007Powerful bookmarklets for your iPhone Chanpory points out that, in addition to the iPhone applications that are out there, you can also use bookmarklets inside of Safari to do your functional bidding when you're on the go. He's pulled together a few favorites, and here's a sampling:
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Mail.App: Single keypress move to folder?Lon Seidman | Oct 25 2007As I anxiously await the Google Gods to bless me with IMAP support I've been thinking about how I will go about reorganizing mail.app. I can't wait to be able to have 'one stop shopping' for my email organizational needs. Given that I am a keyboard shortcut ninja with Gmail's web interface (and mail.app for that matter) I was curious if there's a way to reproduce some of the common gmail shortcuts. i.e. hitting 'y' to archive a message, etc. Is this something that can be accomplished in Applescript or perhaps automator after I get Leopard installed tomorrow? -Lon POSTED IN:
freeware Windows GTDCarla Hufstedler | Oct 5 2006freeware Windows GTD read more »POSTED IN:
FuzzyClock gets Universal Binary updateMerlin Mann | Apr 30 2007
My friend, Matt, first showed me FuzzyClock a few years ago, and I'll admit that, at first, it seemed sort of silly and counter-intuitive. But even after a few days' use, it became one of my favorite little Mac apps. Unlike the typical digital clock that tells you the precise time, FuzzyClock gives you -- well -- a fuzzy version of the time. So, instead of your menubar displaying "4:58:23 PM," you'll see "nearly five." Plus, you can enter in your own custom fuzz -- for example, changing the period from "5:25pm through 5:35pm" to "beer thirty." Many thanks to Guido for the fast update to universal binary; he heard my whining the other day, and pushed out a new DMG lickety-split. Now, I think the last three PowerPC holdouts on my personal UB wish list are SplashShopper, AutoPairs, and HumaneText. On that last one -- a useful OS X Service for turning Markdown text into HTML and back -- I suppose its author, Jack, can be forgiven. He's been kinda busy lately. POSTED IN:
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