This morning Jen brought up the Temporary Office Space idea again. It’s something she’s brought up before. As a highly-mobile professional, the idea is very compelling. To have comfortable, secure place to send faxes grab a decent cup of coffee, and recharge off a good vibe for an hour or two, I think you can …
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Coffee Goes Stale in a Week
Sam over at Afongen.com reminded me of something extremely important – How Long to Store Coffee: “There is a marked decline in coffee’s flavor over the course of a week after roasting. If memory serves me correctly, something like 70% of the compounds responsible for coffee’s flavor are gone in that time, transformed into something …
First Crack 30. More Washboard, Less Cowbell
On the drive back from a Urban Hillbilly Quartet show, I interview Milo – the band’s washboard player, and his fiance (& my sister) Kari. You hear the history of his washboard playing, a washboard solo, what Kari does doing a show, and how to review a book in 5 words or less. Urban Hillbilly …
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post-humorus
I just received verification that my newest addition to PseudoDictionary has been accepted: post-humorus: Something that’s funny, only after the fact.
Better Email Tips
On MPR the other morning, they had consultant and author Marilyn Paul talking about ways to spend less time in your inbox. Her suggestion is to institute email subject line tags. You include these tags in your email subject line. Here are the one’s I remember: ty: thank you nrn: no reply necessary nbd: need …
The Principle of a Capitalist Society
“Distribute from each according to his choice, to each according to the perceived value by others of his contribution.” – Paul Heyne This from his last lecture entitled “The Moral Critics of Capitalism”. Thanks to the Idea Shop for today’s thought of the day.
Introducing the WP-iCal Plugin
The WP-iCal plugin turns WordPress into a multi-author, online calendar. The plugin takes any posts in a ‘Calendar’ category and writes them to an .ics file ready for subscription into Apple’s iCal or other vCal-friendly app. All information on WP-iCal, including the latest version, comments (even the ones that were here), and version history is …
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Hi all. A couple weeks back, Jen Bohmbach and I talked about weblogs for an episode of the First Crack Podcast. In that conversation, you’ll hear us talk about the strengths (“you have a very comprehensive view of that person”) and weaknesses (“you have a very comprehensive view of that person”) of having a single …
Under the Weather. No Coffee for a Bit.
Hi all. My apologies for the lack of updates. Some sort of virus put the smack down on me earlier this week (it’s going around). My head feels like a bowling ball and the thought of talking hurts. Worst of all – I haven’t had coffee since Tuesday. Tea. Lots of tea and lots of …
First Crack 29. Jon Shares His Geo
Jon Steinhorst is a designer and film maker I’ve known for years. In part 2 of our conversation he describes his new journaling system, public v. private writing, his impressions of Chicago, and his new do-it-yourself car-share venture. Listen to Jon Shares His Geo [18 min] Got questions about coffee or comments about the show? …