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52 Stress Reducers

Reading Time: < 1 minute52 Proven Stress Reducers from the American Lung Association. http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=40327 I immediately took the advice of tip 10: “Don’t put up with something that doesn’t work right. If your alarm clock wallet, shoe laces, windshield wipers-whatever-are a constant aggravation, get them fixed or get new ones.” I’ve literally had *enough* of my annoying, loud alarm…
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Converting RSS Reader XML to OPML

Reading Time: 2 minutesA little over a year ago I started using RSSReader to manage all of my RSS feeds. In that time, I’ve acculated a little over 100 different feeds. Since I recently switched over to a Mac I started searching for a comparable solution. One that immediately impressed me was Vienna for Mac OS X. I…
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Tools/tips for helping with organization

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere are some tools and suggestions to help organize projects, documentation, etc. I’ve tried a lot of things in the past, but here are some things that I’ve been doing recently: Project Management I’ve been using a program called GoalCentrix for the past 6 months. I’m pretty happy with it, but I still prefer using…
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Digital Enlightenment: Using the Internet for Research, Learning, and Education

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been using the Internet since 1993. But, it wasn’t until a few years ago that I truly started using the net for research purposes. One of my key interests is philosophy, and I’ve learned quickly that it’s helpful to have easy access to a wide variety and volume of information. I’ve been collecting a…
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Adding navigator filters to Eclipse 2.x

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the last year or so, I’ve been using Eclipse as my IDE. One limitation that I’ve noticed with Eclipse 2.1 is the inability to customize file extention filters. These filters are important because every time you checkout files from the CVS repository a new CVS subdirectory is created. And, each time you recompile, there…
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