My partner and I do a site about sharing creativity, and we've just finished converting all the stuff we've written into a Wiki (using MediaWiki). We can't write about everything ourselves, so we're hoping that making it a Wiki will get us a bit of help from other people. If anyone's interested, it's here... http://pigpog.com/wiki/
So far, it's got a bit about playing guitar, a few articles on productivity and GTD, and a couple of reviews of things, but we'd love to see it grow to cover lots more things - writing, blogging, photography, drawing, painting, music, etc.
43Folders is an excellent blog, covering mainly Macs and Moleskines, but well worth subscribing for anyone interested in GTD or productivity. It's not been going long, but Merlin's already made a big impression.
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It *is* relevant, though. I've written some articles about GTD on my blog...
Nah, you saved yourself - you pointed out that you *would* get modded down for saying it, therefore guaranteeing that you'd get modded *up* just to be contrary.
They look fantastic - an impressive graphics job, and look like they work well to me. Sadly, I'm just a wannabe geek hanging around slashdot to look cool, so I don't actually follow a fraction of what they do.
This sounds to me as though it has some similarities to the way the old Acorn Archimedes used to work (What? Oh, it was quite big over here in the UK;)
An 'application' looked like a single file that started with a '!'. It ran as though it was one file, copied and moved as though it was one file. If you used a modifier to open it (Ctrl-click, or something similar), though, it actually opened up as a folder. The app was really made of a number of files - the icon that the application/folder would have, the actual programs, any config files, a script that was run when the program was launched, and another script that would be run as soon as the OS 'saw' the app.
Part of the config would tell the OS what file types the app could handle, so as long as the app had been 'seen' (ie, it's parent folder had been opened), the filetypes would be recognised until the next reboot.
My partner and I are trying to do something vaguely similar, in that we're giving away her first book as an ebook in the hope of getting some sort of following for it, then selling her second book - probably in a slightly more conventional way.
I guess this makes us the literary equivilent of sad copycat cam whores, then.
Here, if you're interested in having a look - fictional story of an 80s boy band. Damn, there goes the whoring again...
Hey, if we're doing a spot of shameless plugging here, i'll risk a few karma points;)
My partner has written a book, which after failing to get it off the ground by selling it, we decided to make into an e-book and give away for free. It's a bit different to almost any other books, in that it's laid out from articles and clippings from assorted fictional magazines, books, and newspapers, with lots of pictures. Nice and easy to read on a computer screen, though.
More info, and download as a PDF, at http://pigpog.com/mblm/. There's also the option to just read it online, but only part of it is up there so far - enough to decide if it's worth the download, though.
It's the story of a boy band from the 80s, based in the UK. They rise to reasonable fame, then fall back to obscurity. Except one of them can't take the obscurity, and hatches a plan to return...
Our vague plan for getting anything back from this is that she's working on the second book in the story, which will hopefully be sold in a slightly more conventional way.
If you RTFA, you don't get to post for at least a minute. Anything not posted in the first 45 seconds won't stand a chance of getting moderated, so it would be a waste of time.
Wankers claiming that anti-MS stuff always gets modded up... or conversely that pro-MS stuff get modded down. Do you actually read/.? I've noticed a slight trend here.
Stupid fuckers moaning about how they are about to get modded down. Learn to take a joke.
Why don't you just fucking kill yourself, and save the world the pain of suffering your presence any longer. If i had to live life as you apparantly do, with no humor, and without the guts to even speak as myself (AC) then i probably would. Pitiful.
How about another thing to expect on/.? Mindless humorless trolls overreacting, and spouting abuse at anyone who disagrees with them.
I'm so glad i'm not the only one that's done this!
I've sent tea bags, the bit of card from a plug with the wiring instructions on it (UK 13 amp) and the innards of a broken clock.
I'm actually tempted now to start sending printed slips advertising my web site - let them pay for me to advertise my own site to their staff on their time.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/15/xeni_on_npr_
Oh, and it just so happens that my own site has a bit about Beatallica, including an interview from just before this all happened...
http://pigpog.com/wiki/index.php/Beatallica
I don't have a screen door, but I guess it's better than having it climb your limbs.
Actually, I think he counts that as negative. Eating bugs is positive.
I hadn't noticed, until your post made me go back to look, that it was Dan's Data - the source of one of the best reviews I've ever read...
...of a kitten. Even compares it against a puppy, a baby, and a new video card - kitten wins, of course ;)
http://www.dansdata.com/kitten.htm
Self-promotion...
My partner and I do a site about sharing creativity, and we've just finished converting all the stuff we've written into a Wiki (using MediaWiki). We can't write about everything ourselves, so we're hoping that making it a Wiki will get us a bit of help from other people. If anyone's interested, it's here...
http://pigpog.com/wiki/
So far, it's got a bit about playing guitar, a few articles on productivity and GTD, and a couple of reviews of things, but we'd love to see it grow to cover lots more things - writing, blogging, photography, drawing, painting, music, etc.
No. Once you've seen it, you'll never forget tubgirl.
Speaking of which, someone cuted it up nicely on B3ta recently...
http://www.b3ta.com/board/4332139
If you've never seen it, this gives you a chance to get the idea without burning the full horror of it into your brain forever.
If you like Diesel Sweeties, give Questionable Content a go too...
http://www.questionablecontent.net/
He's even done a couple of cameos from DS - the sister of one of the QC girls had a fling with one of the DS girls.
Link for the lazy...
http://www.43folders.com/
43Folders is an excellent blog, covering mainly Macs and Moleskines, but well worth subscribing for anyone interested in GTD or productivity. It's not been going long, but Merlin's already made a big impression.
It *is* relevant, though. I've written some articles about GTD on my blog...
t y-gtd-getting-things-done.php
t y-gtd-methods-for.php
t y-gtd-pigpog-method.php
Introduction...
http://pigpog.com/michael/blog/2004/07/productivi
Methods...
http://pigpog.com/michael/blog/2004/08/productivi
The method I use...
http://pigpog.com/michael/blog/2004/08/productivi
Cutting it down *very* briefly, I don't keep a separate projects list, just have next actions with the project on the same line, sort of like...
Call Garage #Replace Tyres
It means you can only have one next action for a project, but saves a bit of overhead trying to match projects up to next actions.
Nah, you saved yourself - you pointed out that you *would* get modded down for saying it, therefore guaranteeing that you'd get modded *up* just to be contrary.
But I'll probably get modded down for saying it.
If you want to emulate the 48SX, 48GX, and 49G calcs on your Palm...
http://power48.mobilevoodoo.com
They look fantastic - an impressive graphics job, and look like they work well to me. Sadly, I'm just a wannabe geek hanging around slashdot to look cool, so I don't actually follow a fraction of what they do.
How sad is that?
I, er... didn't RTFA.
I mustn't be new around here.
some type of alien space drummer
Is there any other type of drummer?
This sounds to me as though it has some similarities to the way the old Acorn Archimedes used to work (What? Oh, it was quite big over here in the UK ;)
An 'application' looked like a single file that started with a '!'. It ran as though it was one file, copied and moved as though it was one file. If you used a modifier to open it (Ctrl-click, or something similar), though, it actually opened up as a folder. The app was really made of a number of files - the icon that the application/folder would have, the actual programs, any config files, a script that was run when the program was launched, and another script that would be run as soon as the OS 'saw' the app.
Part of the config would tell the OS what file types the app could handle, so as long as the app had been 'seen' (ie, it's parent folder had been opened), the filetypes would be recognised until the next reboot.
My partner and I are trying to do something vaguely similar, in that we're giving away her first book as an ebook in the hope of getting some sort of following for it, then selling her second book - probably in a slightly more conventional way.
I guess this makes us the literary equivilent of sad copycat cam whores, then.
Here, if you're interested in having a look - fictional story of an 80s boy band. Damn, there goes the whoring again...
Hey, if we're doing a spot of shameless plugging here, i'll risk a few karma points ;)
My partner has written a book, which after failing to get it off the ground by selling it, we decided to make into an e-book and give away for free. It's a bit different to almost any other books, in that it's laid out from articles and clippings from assorted fictional magazines, books, and newspapers, with lots of pictures. Nice and easy to read on a computer screen, though.
More info, and download as a PDF, at http://pigpog.com/mblm/. There's also the option to just read it online, but only part of it is up there so far - enough to decide if it's worth the download, though.
It's the story of a boy band from the 80s, based in the UK. They rise to reasonable fame, then fall back to obscurity. Except one of them can't take the obscurity, and hatches a plan to return...
Our vague plan for getting anything back from this is that she's working on the second book in the story, which will hopefully be sold in a slightly more conventional way.
His second book is now out, too - Eastern Standard Tribe.
The first was so successful, that he's releasing this one the same way - free to download, or buy the printed version.
Mmmmmmm... PalmME.../></homer>
Yes, kind of ruined the accuracy of it, didn't it?
It would have been more ironic if i hadn't removed the whine in my sig about getting modded down for being funny just a day or two ago.
It's certainly got some history - a copy with some added poetry in the middle dating back to '95...r /026867.html
a r%2C+Papa+Bell+would+humiliate+itself%22
http://www.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/1995-Decembe
There's a few copies out there, but none seem to say who wrote it...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22Year+after+ye
It's certainly rather splendid, though.
Yes, you must be new. Allow me to 'splain...
If you RTFA, you don't get to post for at least a minute. Anything not posted in the first 45 seconds won't stand a chance of getting moderated, so it would be a waste of time.
So i just wasted my time completely.
Damn.
But you're not logged in.
So you don't exist.
So there's nothing for me to reply to.
So this comment doesn't exist.
Now i'm confused.
Sounds like nuclear powered drinks server, for measuring out *really* cold vodka.
Wankers claiming that anti-MS stuff always gets modded up... or conversely that pro-MS stuff get modded down. /.? I've noticed a slight trend here.
/.? Mindless humorless trolls overreacting, and spouting abuse at anyone who disagrees with them.
Do you actually read
Stupid fuckers moaning about how they are about to get modded down.
Learn to take a joke.
Why don't you just fucking kill yourself, and save the world the pain of suffering your presence any longer.
If i had to live life as you apparantly do, with no humor, and without the guts to even speak as myself (AC) then i probably would. Pitiful.
How about another thing to expect on
There's two ways to avoid being modded down around here.
Either make sure the main point of your message is how great Linux is or that Micro$oft (MUST use the dollar sign) really suck...
...or mention somewhere in your post that 'I know i'm going to get modded down for this but...'
Still, i'll probably get modded down for saying it...
(and never, never, try to be funny)
I'm so glad i'm not the only one that's done this!
I've sent tea bags, the bit of card from a plug with the wiring instructions on it (UK 13 amp) and the innards of a broken clock.
I'm actually tempted now to start sending printed slips advertising my web site - let them pay for me to advertise my own site to their staff on their time.