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Dear Idiot Future Self,

Man, there are a lot of calendar apps out there--Rembember The Milk, 30Boxes, Google Calendar, Yahoo, Remind--but none of them can do very well the one thing for which my brain is totally useless and with which my GTD system struggles: reminding me of things exactly when I need to remember them.

The Ubiquitous Capture problem I have solved. I carry a hipster PDA (thanks, Merlin) and my trusty phone with Jott on the speed dial. At any time and place, my clever present self can delegate work to my idiot future self (IFS).

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This isn’t the kind of code quality you should launch with

You shouldn't have launched the site with HTML this bad. Among other things, a does not take an attribute called ref, comments are delimited by strictly defined and easy-to-get-right characters, you have tons of empty h2 class="title" elements, you don't have a print stylesheet (thanks for burning through our expensive coloured ink), you're styling inside elements, you've got so many classes on some divs it's clear somebody doesn't understand the cascade, and by God you're actually still using tables for layout.

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Kubuntu's Kicker: Quick access to addressbook info applet

Kubuntu's Kicker: Quick access to addressbook info applet

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TOPICS: GNU/Linux

Great TODO List - Motivation Lacking?

Great TODO List - Motivation Lacking?

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Weekly Meeting Schedule Generator, Anyone?

Weekly Meeting Schedule Generator, Anyone?

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Planning 20% Time For Personal Projects

Planning 20% Time For Personal Projects

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An Excellent 'Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing'

An Excellent "Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing"

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Merlin's song recommendation"

On a recent TWIT / MBW show Merlin ranted about "the best song ever". Of course I was driving so couldn't write it down, but want to check it out. Perhaps by the Smiths? Something about "a bomb"? Sorry to be so vague! Ring a bell with anyone?!

Thanks.

TOPICS: Grabass, Music

tagging files on pc, mac or linux

tagging files on pc, mac or linux

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RSS of Public Library Check-outs and Requests Available for SF

ELF adds the San Francisco Public Library to its system.

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