Archive for the Work Category

How to pick up and carry your iMac G5

Posted in Work on January 24, 2007 by kaylow

From Apple’s official support documentation: How to pick up and carry your iMac G5.

“Don’t know how to pick up and carry your iMac G5? It’s easy.

Before moving your computer, make sure all cables and cords are disconnected.

Pick up the iMac G5 by grasping both sides of the computer. Carry it to wherever you wish.”

I’d really like to meet the person who needs this.

Clearing out the clutter

Posted in Work on January 23, 2007 by kaylow

As part of my effort to improve my writing, I bought On Writing Well by William Zinsser this afternoon. William addressed “clutter” right away, and I decided to de-clutter my most recent post at The Parenting Post. What follows is the opening paragraph as posted at The Parenting Post

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Actiontastic v0.9 available

Posted in Work on January 15, 2007 by kaylow

actiontasiccal

The big change this time around is iCal support.

Actiontastic is an electronic implementation of GTD that’s been gathering attention and momentum. With this release, you can sync your context-based next actions with iCal, and if you’ve got a smartphone that can sync to iCal, you can easily take your stuff with you. Check it out. Actiontastic requires Mac OS X and is free.

DIY gas mask

Posted in Work on January 15, 2007 by kaylow

Haven’t you always wanted to build your own Gas Mask from computer parts? Now you can.

Drag and drop an iCal event into Stikkit

Posted in Work on January 15, 2007 by kaylow

I’m a real fan of Stikkit, the Web 2.0 version of Sticky Notes. Basically, it lets you quickly and easily store and retreive info on calendar events, contact information, simple to-do’s and action tracking. Here’s a cool tip from the Values of n Blog: easily Drag and drop an iCal event into a Stikkit note. Very cool.

On maintaining multiple blogs

Posted in Work on January 10, 2007 by kaylow

The other day friend of mine wrote to me to ask about how I keep up with blogging for Daddy Daze and The Parenting Post, as he’s about to begin a similar arrangement himself. I sent him my answer earlier this evening, and thought I’d share the jist with all of you. It’s not anything that’s going to change the world, but it has been working for me.

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A few more thoughts on the iPhone

Posted in Work on January 10, 2007 by kaylow

First, does anyone else think that the hand in the following photo looks a little too perfect? Am I the only one who thinks it’s a CGI hand?

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Lust

Posted in Work on January 10, 2007 by kaylow

Iphone

I want it. Badly.

Spirited Away makes your Mac less distracting

Posted in Work on January 7, 2007 by kaylow

Computers are great tools for getting things done and generally being productive. They’re also used for fun, like photos, music, movies and more. It can be tempting to abandon that article you’re writing so that you can play with that website that’s behind your word processor. Next thing you know, you’ve blown twenty minutes. You need Spirited Away.

[Found at 43Folders]

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