Evadot
I launched a new site: Evadot.com yesterday. Check it out, let me know what you think and tell your friends.
I should know better than to leave home without paper and a pencil
I've been doing a lot of writing lately. I gave myself a deadline of today to finish an article I've been thinking of for a week and spent the whole day having writers block.
As soon as I walked out the door to pick up our Chinese takeout for the evening, 100 ideas came swarming into my head. In my Jeep was a pen, but I cleaned it over the weekend and there was not a scrap paper in sight.
The moral of the story is twofold:
- If you have writers block, a simple change of scenery can unblock you
- Never leave home without some 3x5 notecards in your car
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-06
- At an RV show today #
- "CBS Beams ‘Star Trek’ Episodes to iPhones": http://bit.ly/11Hk04 (via @motionblur) in reply to motionblur #
- There goes my sunday: http://www.2600online.com/ #
- RT @whitelabelspace: China to Launch Space Station in 2010: http://tr.im/gU0q #
- restless #
- RT @tferriss: "Freedom" disables networking on a Mac for up to 8 hours. Get some real work done: http://ping.fm/uxJjE #
- "Freedom" disables networking on a Mac for up to 8 hours. Get some real work done: http://ping.fm/uxJjE #
- This thing is sweet: http://ping.fm/peek #
- oh ping.fm how I love thee #
- RT @tferriss From 21K followers - Best for selling downloadable anything, in descending order: http://www.e-junkie.com, http://www.clickbank.com,lulu.com #
- RT @whitelabelspace: Brinley's Rocket Manual for Amateurs: Captain Bertrand R. Brinley1960 book, Rocket Manu.. http://tr.im/gVK0 #
- Brinley's Rocket Manual for Amateurs: Captain Bertrand R. Brinley's 1960 book, Rocket Manu.. http://tr.im/gVK0 #
- Plea to #apple, please allow me to trial paid iPhone apps for 24 hours. I'm tired of paying you for crap that doesn't do what I want. #
- Plea to #apple, please allow me to trial paid iPhone apps for 24 hours. I'm tired of paying you for crap that doesn't do what I want. #
- RT @nealcampbell: Please vote for Cali http://islandreefjob.com/cali - She really wants this. You can vote once a day. THANKS! #
- RT @CaliLewis: If you would like to see what would happen if GeekBrief.TV was shot on an island for 6 months: http://bit.ly/islandreef #
- What is Linux, you ask? http://is.gd/bROq (via @linuxjournal) in reply to linuxjournal #
- Building a time machine... Anyone know where I left my Delorean? #
- RT @chrisod: Happy Square Root Day http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/03/02/wtf/doc49ac9848212a9432970656.txt #
- RT @tedtalks: New from TED2009, Willie Smits shares a 20-year tale of hope: How we re-grew a rainforest http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/475 #
- RT @jasonfried: Last quarter AIG lost $465,421 a minute. #
- RT @ambermacarthur: 13-year-old boy playing Call of Duty without violating Geneva Conventions - great story - http://tinyurl.com/cu35sk #
- RT @whitelabelspace: Michio Kaku: Is Time Travel Possible?: Is time travel possible? Physics of the Impossible http://tr.im/gXYs #
- RT @linuxjournal: Playing Restricted Media When Using Ubuntu http://tinyurl.com/aufc4r #
- New Imapenguin blog post: OSS Database in iPhone view http://ping.fm/7q2G6 #
- Upgrading the firmware on my Blackberry, let's hope it doesn't turn into a brick. #
- I may be dead. And in heaven: http://ping.fm/IZxvZ #
- RT @whitelabelspace: NASA to launch Apollo 11 40th anniversary website soon: Neil Armstrong outside the LM Eag.. http://tr.im/h08m #
- Ahh, new workstation installed with #debian and #xfce, hacker bliss.... #
- RT @timlaytonsr: Linux Foundation takes on Linux.com http://tinyurl.com/c5t4vh #
- I just discovered how useful the USB startup disk creator is in #ubuntu. Kudos to whoever wrote that. #
- Trying to launch a new website this week, but having issues. Rather not push it to next week but it's looking like I'll have to. Bleh. #
- RT @jasonfried: Sweet, now the FDIC needs a bailout: http://tinyurl.com/dgrftu #
- RT @linuxjournal: Linux Journal Announces Contest with Prizes to Begin March 9 http://tinyurl.com/bwuucf #
- Just added it up and I passed 20 miles in the pool for 2009 this morning. 100 miles in 2009 might even be doable. #
- These 1/3 screen ads on #arstechnica and #wired are driving me nuts #
- RT @whitelabelspace: Popular Mechanics: International Space Dominance: 7 Nations Launching the Next Space Race http://tr.im/h3fC #
- No Mr Advertiser, I don't want to be a fantasy fisherman. I want to be a real fisherman. Sheesh. #
- Did I just read in more than one place that GM thinks it's survival is in doubt? I've been doubting it's survival for years... #
- The floor of the stock market is around here somewhere. Crap, where did I put it? Stupid messy house. Don't worry everyone, I'll find it. #
- RT @spacecom: China to choose new taikonauts, India aims for sun, Mars; Russia pursues space weapons - http://www.parabolicarc.com/ #
- RT @whitelabelspace: Researchers develop flying WiFi robots for disaster relief: http://tr.im/h3Lb #
- We’re Ready to Fly!: Kepler Mission is ready to go! That’s the word from NASA http://tr.im/h4bL (via @whitelabelspace) in reply to whitelabelspace #
- Twitter search for everyone tonight http://tr.im/h4iI #
- Make sure to follow @NASAKepler as it launches tonight. #
- RT @mashable: Firefox Has Got a 100% Market Share…In Antarctica http://tinyurl.com/acw3y8 #
- Illinois plutocrats are frakkin’ goofy http://ping.fm/kjJP8 #
A little perspective
Here's a quote I overheard this week about the economy in the US:
"You have to close your laptop because you can't stand to look at your retirement fund any more."
Let's think about this for a second. This one sentence is very indicative of many of the situations I hear people in. This sentence indicates a few things:
1. You have power in your house (ie, it's warm)
2. You have internet connectivity
3. You have a portable supercomputer ON YOUR LAP that is connected to a global network of computers that allows unlimited communication with almost anyone in the world
4. We assume that if you have the 3 above, you have some sort of food.
For you, it's not THAT bad. You're smart. Really you are. DO SOMETHING. Invent something new. Start that novel you keep saying you're going to write. Solve the world's energy problems. Pick something and DO IT.
And while you're at it. help your neighbor out, I know you know someone who has lost their job and might not eat tonight but would never tell anyone. That is a real problem.
Your retirement will bounce back. And if it doesn't, you're not starving, so keep that in mind.













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