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Anybody going to SXSWi?

I'm going to the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin next month. Is anybody else going? It would be nice to meet up with some of you in person for a beer or two, so I can tell my wife that you people do exist. If anything, it will keep me out of the strip clubs all week.

TOPICS: Grabass, Travel

Support sheltering families via Modest Needs

Modest Needs has an initiative to help those folks who are helping others—even as their own finances may feel the strain.

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Beware of falling pixels

Non-RSS visitors may notice a few little changes to 43F's appearance and functionality this morning, including a slight change to the page layout, the addition of a print-friendly style sheet, plus a number of little widgets and finials sprinkled here and there.

Some of the changes are experimental and others are incompletely implemented, so if you are experiencing any visual blips or functional farts, please email “bugs” at this domain. Thanks in advance for your help and forbearance.

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TOPICS: Admin

New..

Hi. Im a new member at this site. I'm only 22 years old and looking forward to participating in the forum. I need help in the current trends today. Any info about the latest gadgets and all sorts of stuffs are greatly appreciated.

To-do lists with voice commands

To-do lists with voice commands

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Attention PHP ninjas

Attention PHP ninjas

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TOPICS: Grabass

Looking for a mobile wiki

Hi, i've been browsing the net for a hosted wiki-sevice that's usable with my cell-phone (Nokia E61). There are realy nice solutions that work in a Web-Browser on my PC (e.g. the zoho-wiki, www.wik.is etc.) but do not work (reading and editing pages) on my phone. The most promising solution seems to be backpack (www.backpackit.com), which has a mobile interface. But: in the mobile interface the ordering of page-items differs from the original page, you only can add page-items (not alter existing ones) and in the free version you may only create 5 pages.

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90% of kGTD users are happy!

90% of kGTD users are happy!

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

New here... introduction

Hi. I just discovered you folks and will post my first question in a minute. I'm a math professor and a knitter. I can see that you'll be providing me with the opportunity to procrastinate by reading about ways to avoid procrastination.

Looking forward to exploring.

Mathknitter

Wired Article on Feats of Memory

Wired Article on Feats of Memory

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TOPICS: Life Hacks
 
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