Primarily to check out Kris and Dave‘s presentations – and secondarily for inspiration. Sounds like Eric Rice needs the same.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
“Where the Sheep Shit Grass”
AmigoFish is getting really smart.
Despite my continual declarations that I’m not interested in fiction, science or otherwise, The Fish sent over Rick Kleffel’s fantastic conversation with Cory Doctorow on our post-scarcity society [MP3].
It’s the most recent addition to the Garrick’s Podcast Picks list.
PopSci Delivers Geek Triumverate
PopSci Podcast #14: Jonathan Coulton asks Bruce Schneier about the risks of snakes on a plane.
Stay Hungry
When I drew this up earlier this today, all I had was a sentiment. Nothing in the way of an explanation – though, I suspect you know which side of the cartoon I fall on. Since then, this tasty bit rolled through the attention stream: “I don’t think totally free is good for anyone. It …
Completely Unlike a Snake on a Plane
I had a very strange conversation earlier this week. On the other side of the table was someone trying to figure out how to use local weblogs and podcasts to build pre-release buzz for a movie no one’s seen yet. If we assume this site and other bloggy publications are extensions of our everyday word-o-mouth, …
First Crack 84. Rich Huelskamp on Making an Energy Efficient Home
Rich Huelskamp built a 100% off-grid, renewable-energy home down in Red Wing, MN. He and I talk about how he got his home down from the average 25kWh/day to 6. Along the way, he goes through the steps to making a urban/suburban home more efficient. If you’re looking to replace your home’s appliances, Rich recommends …
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Are You the Croncast’s 300th Newest Listener?
If so, there’s a 30GB video iPod waiting for you. Croncast 300 by 300th iPod contest
Sunday Morning Dot Connection
“Airport security is the last line of defense, and not a very good one at that. Sure, it’ll catch the sloppy and the stupid — and that’s a good enough reason not to do away with it entirely — but it won’t catch a well-planned plot. We can’t keep weapons out of prisons 1; we …
Moved Servers
This means the heavy lifting of moving garrickvanburen.com to a new server, and the firstcrackpodcast to it’s own domain is complete (finally). If anythings not working as expected, please drop me a line. Thanks. Two things I’ve noticed already: The forums haven’t migrated yet, I thought I’d take this opportunity to try and solve the …
How I’m Getting Things Done
After years of using Apple’s Stickies as my standard To Do list organizer, I’m a month into an entirely new productivity system. It’s working out pretty well. With David Allen’s Getting Things Done as a foundation, here are the modifications I’ve made: Next Actions:This is a stack of index cards. One thing per card – …