Time is the resource, but attention is the problem.

It’s also hard — at least in Linda Stone’s experience and mine — to give full attention to one task when you feel that your task list is out of control and running your life. Task List Zero? Part of the reason all this strikes a nerve …
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Digital Sliderule Makes Copyright Law Dead Simple [Copyright]

When it comes to copyright law, not knowing the rules can get you in a lot of hot water, but figuring out the rules can be just as frustrating. Luckily, the American Library Association has created a simple tool that tells you whether or not you need to hunt down a rights owner to […]

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McCain Needs to Do His Homework About Offshore Drilling and …

McCain claims that oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico “have survived, very successfully, the impacts of hurricanes.” He’s wrong.
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Scoop Clip Keeps Coffee Fresh, Measures [Stuff We Like]

The Scoop Clip from Pampered Chef is a simple but useful multi-tool that works as both a freshness clip and tablespoon and teaspoon measuring tool. It may seem a little silly, but if $5 means you don’t have to fumble bleary-eyed through your drawers for your tablespoon and your coffee’s going to be that much […]

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Things to Do While Waiting for the Future to Happen: Building …

What is the current thinking about cyberinfrastructure for the liberal arts, what models for transinstitutional collaboration and institution building are emerging, and what steps can campuses take to move this agenda forward? …
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Make a Memory Playlist on Your Birthday [Music]

Chris “because I’m a teenage girl” Hardwick has a neat way to remember the music that defines certain times in his life: he makes a playlist (entitled his current age) of his favorite songs …
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Re: Re: Top 5 Things To Do When Twitter is down?

Re: Re: Top 5 Things To Do When Twitter is down?
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What to Do with an “OK” GPA?

Will: Hi Katie. Katie: Hi Will. Will: If I had had a 2.5 GPA would you have let me in? Gimme the real dirt. Katie: The MBA program at Tulane is relatively …
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Make Your Own Light Drawings [How To]

Web site Light Doodles teaches you how to draw in a photograph using light. What the heck’s a light doodle? See an example in the included image, and hit the site for a video of how that was drawn.
Light doodling or light drawing can be described as the simple act of capturing the trace […]

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That's the way to do it!

That’s the way to do it! We went out for a walk today down to Nork Park (which is just down the road from us). I had entirely forgotten that Music in the Park was happening, so it was a nice surprise. They happened to have a Punch and …
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