“Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It)”
I’ve been using a number of these ideas for a while now, on Project X, without realizing it. Maybe the ones that are new to me will help too.
Archive of entries posted by Head Geek
“Use the Stock Theory of Decluttering to Clean Your House”
I’m a horrible packrat. I’m not holding onto things for their earlier value, like this article suggests, but because they might be useful someday — in my youth, I had one too many instances of throwing something away after a couple years of disuse, only to discover that I needed it the next week. Nevertheless, …
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A Rant About Computer Books
I really, really wish that computer book authors would pay more attention to their work. I know that I’ve mentioned the Montgomery reduction algorithm here before, and the sad state of nearly all of the few things that describe it. I finally got it to work properly a while back, thanks in part to the …
“Yes. Another Backup Lecture.”
This article is good. Read it. Do it. Now. Your life (or at least your data) depends on it. I can’t count the number of times that I’ve seen people lose vital data to a dead hard drive, and it’s just as painful for me to have to tell them that it’s gone for good …
“Wait, Computer Games That Look Like Office Productivity Apps?”
An interesting concept, at the very least. (I’m categorizing this under Productivity, but “anti-Productivity” might be a better description.)
“A Celebration of Duct Tape”
Ah, the infamous duct tape. How is duct tape like The Force from Star Wars? They both have a light side and a dark side, and they bind the universe together. A roll of duct tape and a can of WD-40 is all you really need for most household repairs. If it moves and it …
Time Change!
I hope everyone remembered to update their clocks just now. (What, you mean you didn’t stay up until 2am today just to do that? 😉 )
Catastrophe at Fake Electronics Plant!
GoddessJ and I recently visited an Ikea store to get some furniture for our new house. As always, my attention was drawn to the fake computers and TVs they have in their display rooms. You’ll be as sad as I to learn that one of the manufacturers of such props (I think it’s the one …
“Focus on 8-Minute Increments to Beat Back Chores”
Anything that helps deal with distasteful chores is welcome.
Windows 7
Last Friday, I discovered that I needed a 64-bit version of Windows for development purposes. I had a 64-bit version of Windows XP on a spare machine, but I haven’t set it up since the recent move, and until we get more stuff organized, I frankly don’t have the room. But it occurred to me …