Shutdown Day : Can you survive for 24 hours without your computer?
spouse: do it once a week 
Archive for February, 2007
Shutdown Day is on 24 March 2007
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007the will to act
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007thinkprogress.org: VIDEO: Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth Wins Best Documentary : ..My fellow Americans, people all over the world — we need to solve the climate crisis. It’s not a political issue. It’s a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started with the possible exception of the will to act. That’s a renewable resource. Let’s renew it..
(via Green Options Blog: 2007 Academy Awards Recap! How Green Was The Red Carpet?)
Lynne Garton and Evo Diet
Monday, February 26th, 2007
image source: BBC: How to be healthy
Lynne Garton is Director of Alimenta
BBC: Going Ape : ..What if humans cast aside processed foods and saturated fats in favour of the sort of diet our ape-like ancestors once ate? Nine volunteers gave it a go… and were glad they did so..
Bloglines vs Google Reader
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007Am not switching from Bloglines to Google Reader yet!
Reasons:
1) In the Settings > Subscriptions screen, there is a “Filter by name, tag, or URL” option. There doesnot seem to be a way to realise “show all feeds with no tags!”. This is very important to organise feeds !
2) Also there is no hierarchical display of subscriptions by tags!
There are many who have switched from Bloglines to Google Reader like Geek to Live: From Bloglines to Google Reader
nozbe and priority
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007nozbe is well designed and useful (via Web Worker Daily: Open Thread: How Do You Decide What To Do from Your To Do List?)
Merlin Mann asks what does priority really mean as in “what really should be done next” !
Reminds of Gandhi who wrote towards the end of his life : I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much for you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man whom you have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny?
Coming back to what priority means to me..
perform the action that will increase the harmonic wealth the most ! (HarmonicHealthWeekend)
Worldchanging
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century is a groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future.
The importance of effort
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Po Bronson: How Not to Talk to Your Kids : ..With no more than a glance, Thomas was dividing the world into two—things he was naturally good at and things he wasn’t.. (via Crawdaddy Cove: The Cost of Praising Intelligence)
Isaac Asimov: What Is Intelligence, Anyway? : ..Because you’re so goddamned educated, doc, I knew you couldn’t be very smart.. (via Graham Glass: What is intelligence?)
7.7.7
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Live Earth is on 7.7.7
Career
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007answers.com: career : ..Doing what one does as a permanent occupation or lifework..
David Maister’s Perspective on Careers was very timely The followup post Ayn Rand is good too : ..The key message is that the willingness to take responsibility for what happens to you, and to make things happen, is the beginning not only of healthy thinking and exciting productive careers, but also of a life of integrity, standards and relationships. These things, I believe, are connected..For those who need an introduction, Ayn Rand was an author who wrote “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged,” two novels that communicate her philosophy of “enlightened self-interest.”..
btw: How to Quit should be known too just-in-case !
careerone.com.au: Smart way to say: I quit
Every company should have an exam similar to ARSE
