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Used and love macs, but never owned. Should I?

Used and love macs, but never owned. Should I?

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Suggestions: hpda users

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Doin' it on paper

Doin' it on paper

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Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Apple's "Showtime" event

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MacBreak Weekly 6: It's Showtime

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Chris Breen, Alex Lindsay, and Brett Larson

Complete coverage and analysis of Apple's "It's Showtime" announcements...

As usual, the perspicaciousness of my insight reveals itself in quips like "This is pretty" and "People should buy this" and "Apple seems smart." Is it any wonder the Windows People hate us? No, friends. No, it isn't any wonder at all.

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Organising emails with Gmail and an email client. Synchronisation possible?

Organising emails with Gmail and an email client. Synchronisation possible?

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My PHP-based task tracker

My PHP-based task tracker

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A REAL address book

A REAL address book

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Zimbra lovers unite to stop Microsoft buyout of Yahoo!

Hi to all,

There is a piece of the puzzle in regards to the potential buyout of Yahoo! by Microsoft that no one seems to be talking about beside me. So, I am here to rally the troops to spread the word high and low and possibly even report to the DOJ Antitrust division. What am I talking about? Well...

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Contexts and repetetive tasks

Hello,

I have just recently started with GTD and I am starting to get a hang of it. However, I have some questions regarding repetitive tasks (like rehearsing a piano) and doing regular homework.

Right know, my contexts are

@School (the actual, physical place) @phone @reading @Mac @morning (tasks that need to be done at the morning, like remembering things and stuff) @cellar @writing @errands @on hold

I don't know if I should make more contexts, but I wonder if assigning homework to courses contexts would be a good idea?

Then, a project would be this:

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Tracking the Nokia E61

Tracking the Nokia E61

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