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• MacUpdate Promo [CocoaTech’s PathFinder] - For today only, get the simply sublime PathFinder for $19.95 (43% off the retail of $34.95). Great deal. [via: Joel Mueller]
• Albert Ellis (1913-2007) - “He was considered by many to be the grandfather of cognitive-behavioral therapies and…one of the most influential psychotherapists in history.” R.I.P., Dr. Ellis.
• GuitarLog - The Practice Tool For Guitarists - Guitar productivity. "GuitarLog is the place for you to organize your practice sessions and record your progress." [via: deli/lorinator]
• get-omnifocus.sh version 1.0 released - The Omni Group Forums - Wrap this bad boy up in a Platypus app, and you’ve got yourself a super easy (GUI-ified) way to stay updated on the OmniFocus alpha.
• Fox News Updates Cavuto Transcript - “The transcript still claims Apple had projected 'half a million' opening weekend sales (they didn’t), and still uses the adjective 'hotsy-totsy'.”
• A List Apart: Articles: Reviving Anorexic Web Writing - She's right. My team used to call it blah blah text, and I'll admit it's something that I, for one, have again gotten really lazy about. [via: Anarchaia]
• Monastic Musings: Inbox Zero, Day #6 - "Do I keep every letter I receive on my desk? Of course not! Some I toss without opening."
• Rabbit rabbit - “The most common modern version states that a person should say ‘rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit’ upon waking on the first day of each new month, and on doing so will receive good luck for the remainder of that month.” Happy August.

I have a friend who is a prof at a uni. She wants to use part of her budget to purchase a new laptop for work and prefers a Mac. The uni has a contract with IBM and would prefer her to buy a winbox. They told her she can "opt out" and purchase a Mac as long as she can justify the purchase. Can the 43f HiveMind give us some ideas on how she can justify the Macbook? She is a sociologist if that helps get your creative juices flowing.

I recently got into the GrandCentral (GC) beta as a means to consolidate phone numbers and use the convenience features. As I was updating my contact info in Mac's Address Book and on Plaxo I realized that I had trouble "letting go" of posting my other phone numbers.

One reason is people's understanding and their judgment of you and your phone number. If new (or existing) people with whom I maintain professional and personal relationships see I have one phone number, will they assume I work out of my basement or that I'm too cheap to buy a business line? Neither which is true.

I am looking for a method to tag portions of text in a MS word document.

I am a law student, and I do a copicious amount of research and note taking. While I have a format to most of my notes and outlines, it would be a boon if I could tag sections of notes within the document. Thus I could later search for not only a keyword but a topic. This would help ID aspects of the topic that are not best expressed in the the major point heading.

If an example helps please see my post at macworld forums: http://forums.macworld.com/thread/98042?tstart=0

Your new daughter is a real gorgeous bundle. Hope I'm not ruining it for everyone if i put your tweet here:

"A little while ago, my hour-old daughter laid on my chest for 30 minutes and sucked my pinky. I. Just. Wow. http://www.eleanormann.com/"

Things only get better from here. (You may want to repeat that as a mantra at 3am when you've had an hours sleep in the last 50 :D)