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June 21, 2009

Write stuff down!

I love this!
Unclutterer: Daily tips on how to organize your home and office.

Failed by GTD

Overwhelmed by GTD’s buzzwords (contexts, ubiquitous capture, tickler files, 43-folders, buckets, etc), the simplicity of WSD is appealing:

* Find something to write on.
* Find something to write with.
* Finally, and most importantly, WRITE STUFF DOWN.



Posted by cmwillis at 3:04 PM | |


Netflix in Vista Media Center means no more movies in the mail necessary.

Netflix Watch Instantly comes to Vista Media Center, not Extenders

So, this is the final step in translating my entertainment needs to being completely online.  With on-demand access to a huge portion of the Netflix library, I could watch movies, TV shows, cartoons, and more for a mere $8.99/month.  We were on the $4.99 plan, but only got 2 hours of instant viewing for that price. The streaming quality is great though not HD-quality.  However, compared to analog channels on my HDTVs, it looks incredible.  Really makes me glad I pulled audio and video from my PC in the living room to the bedroom as well (and IR remote control via Jensen ir100a).

Posted by cmwillis at 3:03 PM | film , movies , tech |


June 12, 2009

Great American happenings this week

'She's With Me': Obama Writes Girl Absence Note - Political News - FOXNews.com

'She's With Me': Obama Writes Girl Absence Note
Ten-year-old Kennedy Corpus has a rock-solid excuse for missing the last day of school: a personal note to her teacher from President Barack Obama.
Stephen Colbert gets his head shaved for the troops - Celebrities - NJ.com
He got in the spirit by donning a camouflage suit and got his head shaved by Gen. Raymond Odierno, who is also a guest on one of the shows. The Montclair resident is a big supporter of the troops on and off camera. He tells the Times: "The best way I can show gratitude is to do my show the best I can and make them laugh.


Posted by cmwillis at 1:40 PM | funny |


The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future

Thank you Tom Brokaw for making it so easy to typify any generation..

'Dumbest Generation'? Professor blames technology - USATODAY.com

Teens and young adults are more likely in their free time to check their Facebook page than read a book.

And they are dumber for it.


Posted by cmwillis at 10:06 AM | Learning , tech |


May 28, 2009

Who brought back the electric car?

GM Builds the First Chevrolet Volt | Autopia | Wired.com

"We’ll see [it] in showrooms by the end of 2010."


Posted by cmwillis at 8:47 AM | tech |


May 27, 2009

Empirical evidence that supports videogames..

PTA Parent, Wednesday, May 27, 2009

C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier at the University of Rochester have shown that action video game playing increases the capacity of the visual attention system to stay focused, despite distractions. According to the researchers, "at difficulty levels where non-video game players have long depleted their attentional resources, video game players possess sufficient resources to perform the target task..."


Posted by cmwillis at 5:37 PM | Learning , Technology |


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