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Business card practices - These are really good. Most of these tips are a lot more interesting than the usual ones.

Watching grass grow - Is there anything more to say?

The Use of Color - This is a good post about choosing colors and how to use the color wheel to pick color schemes. I remember learning this a long time ago but then I forgot. My problem with choosing colors from the color wheel is that based on all of those relationships between colors, it seems like almost any colors go together. I think I need a real color wheel. But I need one with hex values.

The Guide to Avoiding Small Talk - Good tips for having decent conversations. I need to get better at this, but I'm just not that interested in it.

Shooting Fireworks with a Digital Camera - I haven't read this yet, but I need to before New Years or at least before the next July 4th. If you're reading this Alex, you'll probably like this link if you're still into photography by the time you find this post.

The Un-Funny Truth about Scientology. This is really sad. Apparently Scientology really does kill people.

Gliffy - This is online diagram software. It's like MS Visio, except entirely online. You can also share diagrams.

Etched in Time - Really elaborate Etch a Sketch art. It looks so good you'll think it's fake.

Against School - Did you know school is bad for you? It is.

isolatr - Social networking for people who hate social networking.

I think I'll do a monthly post of cool links I've recently found. Most of them will come from my recent bookmarks, but here I'll try to pick the best ones and tell you about them.

Keeping your Windows PC safe and running smoothly - I joined Squidoo and made a few pages on it. The concept is a little involved, but basically they say everyone is an expert on something, so they invite people to make pages (called lenses) about each of the topics. This is one of mine.

Last Angry Young Man - This guy is angry about stuff. He keeps a list of things that make him angry, and he also does social experiments and sends out complaint letters. He once ate only monkey chow for a week.

Animator vs Stick Figure - This is a really funny Flash animation where the stick figure fights back from within the Flash program.

Google's stance on Net Neutrality - I like Google and the innovations that they create. I hate Verizon and monopoly that they're allowed to have. Based on that alone, I support net neutrality.

Most Common Ways to Kill a PC - This was some scary stuff. Be careful with your PC.

Black People Love Us - I think this site is pretty funny, but it could probably come off as offensive to some people.

I thought I had a lot more links to share, but the rest ended up being boring.

Look, a Hello Kitty Psychological Test. It tells you your stress level. Here's mine:

You have a fair stress level.

One of the reasons for this is your conscious awareness to release your stress before letting it get worst.

However when you come across many troubles at the same time, you might unable to handle it. There comes the problem. For this type you better enjoy the green and wood.

As long as you are in the natural environment, you will be peaceful to resolve any problems.

This entire quote deserves a big fat [sic] because all of those errors are Hello Kitty's fault.

Cool stuff needs to stop happening on the Internet while I'm sleeping. I always get caught up in checking it out during the morning and I'll never get out the door on time for school. This cool stuff is super awesome. Remember the Milk added tagging, searching, and smart lists. My brain is going crazy while thinking up all the new possibilities that are... umm... possible.

(after classes and playing around with the new RTM features)

I just got done tagging all of my tasks and making new smart lists. It's great. I'm not sure how my organization system will work out, but who cares? I can just make new smart lists tomorrow based on whatever criteria I think I'll need. I'll never be able to get anything done with all these features to fiddle around with. It's wonderful. My whole life is on Remember the Milk now, and I usually don't put my whole life on any single thing, other than Gmail maybe. That reminds me, does anybody still need a Gmail invite, because I have a bunch? I guess by now everyone who wants Gmail already has it, but I guess if you want to finally jump on the bandwagon and need an invite, then leave me a comment here.

But back on topic, RTM. I now have loads of lists. I have Inbox, Calendar (for specific deadlines), Family (a shared list with my family), Next Actions, Projects, Someday/Maybe, Sent, Buy (things I'm thinking about getting, sorta a wish list), NA:GTD (next actions in my implementing GTD project, which seems funny that I created a project in my GTD system to help me implement GTD, and I still haven't finished the GTD book), NA:Web (next actions for my various web site projects), Someday:GTD, Someday:Web (for my maybes related to those projects), and UnTagged (to catch tasks that I forgot to tag). That was a long sentence that would probably work better in a list format (not ironic but sorta funny), but I don't feel like formatting the list because I add entries in pure HTML. I'm just a nerd like that. Oh yeah, the last six lists are smart lists, which means they're search criteria that were saved as a list, and they get updated in real time as tasks meet or don't meet the criteria. They're like iTunes smart playlists, which is probably where they borrowed the name from.

By the way, if you didn't know, GTD stands for Getting Things Done, and is a popular productivity system described in a book of the same name by David Allen. RTM is (especially now with the new features) really well suited for the GTD system, since GTD is a lot about making lists. So you should really read Getting Things Done, and then join Remember the Milk. You'll be more productive and less stressed. That's the goal of the book anyway. I think it works.

Gizoogle is pretty cool fo' rizeal. It translates web pages into a language that gives you way more street cred to increase tha peace. You could probably use this if you wanted ta be more popular wit tha K-to-tha-izzids, or if yoe tha kind of person who plays gangsta video games.

Gizoogle this whole page.