Oh, man, 6 AM never seemed this tired before…

My 2-year-old son was tragically awakened by the loud thunderstorms that we’re having in the area today.  He’s sitting in his hand-made bear chair, which my grandfather created, cut, assembled and stained by hand.  Cup of water and goldfish crackers nearby, he’s happily watching Growing Up With Winnie the Pooh - A Great Day of Discovery (when he wants to watch something, we let him choose from the DVD rack).

My head is killing me, I really need to get some coffee into me before I fall asleep again.  Maybe I’ll take a nap today when he goes down.  Here’s a few resources for those of you out there that are a bit averse to naps:

• Guide to Better Napping - 43Folders
• Naps: Endangered species in modern life? - 43Folders
• Napping: A guide to power napping - LifeHacker
• Reboot Your Brain with a Caffeine Nap - LifeHacker

If you have your trusty PMOG toolbar installed, you’ll notice the last link has a mission with related napping information.

Personally, I will probably be drinking some coffee and laying down for a good 20 minute Neuro Programmer 2 session. This has worked for me in the past, and we’ll see a good real-world application today.

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Not nearly as many things as I would like to have gotten done today, but I was able to cross a project off of my list, as well as taking care of a few things that came up during the course of the day. [Read more →]

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Another day of unemployment, and quite a few more things getting done.  Here’s a roundup of everything today. [Read more →]

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This is something I hope to do everyday, a ‘Daily Review’.  More for myself than anything, but it has several sections.  I hope to add a section later for articles and information that I found interesting for the day, but right now it’s a bit late. [Read more →]

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Hey, look at that, I actually got something accomplished today. [Read more →]

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Ok, so it’s been far too long since I’ve posted here, and really I have no excuse.  Here’s a few articles that have caught my attention recently.

• No, I Will Not Fix Your Computer - This is a good article for those non-technical people out there.  I get caught in the trap all the time to fix computers on the side from my day job, but usually I end up taking way too long and feeling guilty–which results in charging far less for my services than is actually feasible for me as a professional.
• GraphJam - Not an article per se, but it is a very funny blog for us mathematical types.  The readers submit graphs and charts with funny themes which tie-in with various pop culture references.
• Twitter - Yes, I’ve started using Twitter.  It’s really easy to keep in touch, especially if you’re running the TwitterFox Firefox Extension.
• Text 2 Mind Map - This is a tool that I’ve been using a lot lately.  It really helps flesh out ideas in a quick and easy fashion.  I can’t wait until you can save your map as a flash file!
• Cranial Constructs - Here we have a new site that I just recently launched.  I’ll do a full writeup about it soon.

So, that’s what’s been in the pipeline for me lately.  I enjoyed this little roundup, so I will probably do this again in the future.

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