Why is it that at the end of the month I always have that well, there’s another good month shot to hell
feeling? It’s not that I’m not getting stuff done (well, most months), but the stuff I’m getting done isn’t necessarily what I’d hoped. I’d call it a midlife crisis, but I don’t think buying a Corvette and getting a 21-year old girlfriend would solve it. Then again…
- Over at Slashdot, there’s a thread asking How Do You Get Work Done? Some days the answer is,
I don’t.
But it’s a problem I struggle with on a regular basis. My solutions are lists (and after things have sat on the list forever and just aren’t getting done, I scratch ’em out and try and forget about them–if it’s imporant, it’ll get added to a list again soon enough) and breaking big tasks up into smaller chunks so I can time-slice more efficiently and actually get cracking on the bigger projects without worrying about how much work is in front of me. How’s it working? Let’s just say there are still some bugs to be ironed out. - Interested on one guy’s take on the Democratic candidates for president? Go check out ninedwarfs.com. [instapundit]
- Model-Rocket Bill Stirs Debate. Seems the Democrats (led by by good old Chuck Schumer in collusion with the Justice Department) have decided that model rockets and black powder are too dangerous for us masses to have on hand. The Republicans want to let us play rockets. Well, if you can’t get your hands on any black powder, get yourself some sulfur, a little charcoal, and some bat or bird guano. Nitrates are easy to extract with just plain ol’ water. Mix ’em up and you’ve got black powder.
- In Fanmail from flounderers, Den Beste looks further at why we had to attack Iraq, and why the anti-war movement had as little effect on the policy debate as they did:
Well, let’s try a little thought experiment. Let’s schedule a debate, and invite a lot of voters. The first speaker stands up and makes a case for one position, laying out his explanation of why the problem happened, and then saying what he thinks needs to be done to solve it, and explaining why he thinks it will help. Then he sits down.
His opponent, on the left side of the stage, stands up, grins at the audience, and pulls his pants down and moons the first speaker. He then returns his pants to their customary position and returns to his seat. End of debate.
If the audience was not partisan ahead of time, which advocate is more likely to have convinced them?
- There’s Diverging Estimates of the Costs of Spam, but people are saying billions per year, both for processing the spam, and also for time wasted trying to get legitimate mail past overzealous filters.
- Trade Practices Act Is Basis for Australian Complaint Against SCO
Open Source Victoria has filed a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against SCO. The tactic of using unsubstantiated claims and extortive legal threats to extract money from millions of Linux users may well be illegal in many countries, including Australia.
- Hey, at the rate they’re going, the RIAA will take 2191.78 years to sue everyone.
- RedPaper lets you sell writing on the web for anything from 2 cents up to whatever you think you can charge for it. There’s a wired article that explains it more, but it’s backed by Adobe and RedPaper gets 5 ¼ percent of the take, which means you get to keep a pretty decent percentage.