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Matthieu Ricard symposium at UCSF tomorrow

UCSF - Calendar of Events [Symposium on Happiness with Matthieu Ricard]

I’m looking forward to attending this symposium with the Mrs. tomorrow night on the campus of UCSF. Open to the public and maybe worth checking out if you share my interest in mindfulness and exploring Dharma practice.

Join us for a revolutionary look at happiness from one of the world’s most compelling voices on the subject. As a trained scientist and Buddhist monk, Matthieu Ricard, PhD is uniquely positioned in the dialogue between East and West. Drawing from works of fiction and poetry, contemporary western philosophy, Buddhist thought, current psychological and scientific research and personal experience, Ricard weaves an inspirational and forward looking account of how we can begin to rethink our realities in a fast-moving modern world.

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pens that won't write?

pens that won't write?

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TOPICS: Hacer

Hipster PDA for sales

I remember coming across a year or two ago some Hipster PDA templates specifically for sales people. One template categorized the types of contacts that you did that day with a point system that you could add up. The points/categories had a nice color coding scheme in squares containing the point value. Other than that, I don't remember much about them other than their design was really nice and simple.

I can't seem to find the templates or bookmarks to them. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Know where I could find them?

Throw yourself upon the gears...of your assy company

A spectre is haunting your office...the spectre of passionate users.

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TOPICS: Lofi, Work

Text to Speech to MP3 in OS X, Listen to my text books

I have recently fallen in love with the concept of audiobooks, i've "read" more books in the last 8 weeks than i have in the last 3 years.

I would like to merge this concept to the academic slice of my life. All of my text books came with digital equivalents, and I would like to turn these into mp3's that I can listen to on my iPod.

Does anyone have a good work flow or just a simple program that can accomplish this?

Thanks, Wanna Be GTD College Kid

TOPICS: Ask 43f

iTunes' built-in podcasting; revisiting public radio podcasts and RSS feeds

Podcasting baked into iTunes now, plus a reminder about our public radio podcast meta-index.

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TOPICS: Podcasts, Tips

Change of life : what is the best fresh start ever ?

Hi guys, I'm about to quit my job (today is my last day at the office), to finish my degree in Computer Science. I'd like to take that opportunity to make a fresh start in my GTD system, my working habits, and my life in general. Here's my question : what is the single new habit you took that dramatically changed your way of doing things, in work and in life ? I'm not looking for a silver bullet here, just someting easy that gets me on the right track for that new route in life I'm taking. Thanks in advance,

Rollabind @ Staples/Target?

Rollabind @ Staples/Target?

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TOPICS: Lofi
 
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