1. A great light-hearted article from the NY Times about the Lessons of Love, By Way of Economics.
2. I like to-do lists because they help me organize. I do not like, however, that I rarely follow them. They tend to be long, and I’m not the kind of person who finds pleasure in crossing something off a list. So alas, they stay in my purse or on my notebook, sometimes neglected. I am, however, a fan of now do this, mainly because it has a clean design, and when I reach the end of my list, it says “all done!” I feel a great sense of accomplishment. It only works with sequential lists, because you might get stuck on an item.
3. Sometimes I want a piece of graph paper, but I don’t want to buy a pad of it at Staples. I’m also the kind of person that often has loose dvds and cds floating around, and as much as I hate it, I don’t keep those jeweled cases nearby and I’m always afraid I’m going to scratch my dvds/cds. I got super excited when I ran into this, which is a list of the “Top 10 Printable Paper Prodcutivity Tools.” So now I can print one piece of graph paper, and I can make fun colorful paper cd cases.
4. The company I work for does not have IT restrictions. But in case your company does, this is a pretty great guide to break out of IT jail and finally check your gmail.
5. I talked about pidgin once as an instant messenger tool, and now that I’ve implemented it and worked out all the kinks, I absolutely love it. Tabbed conversations, no blinking windows or sounds (instead a discreet icon that changes colors), and the fact I can connect my Sametime, aim, gchat, msn all in once place. Let me know if you need any help setting up the Sametime (it took a little bit of work to get that one running), but yes, I give Pidgin 2 thumbs up.
