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Time Management: The Best of GTD and DIT
Whakate.com has a great article comparing David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) and Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow (DIT), probably the two most popular time management systems around today. Buy Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow book. Buy David Allen’s Getting Things Done book. The author describes the core features of each methodology, compares the two [...]
Googling Security, by Greg Conti
This sounds like a good book: Googling Security, by Greg Conti. “When you use Google’s “free” services, you pay, big time–with personal information about yourself. Google is making a fortune on what it knows about you… and you may be shocked by just how much Google does know. Googling Security is the first book to [...]
Amazon.co.uk now has FREE delivery on orders over 5 pounds
I got an email this week from Amazon.co.uk with details of their new Super Saver Delivery option: “We are excited to announce that we are significantly reducing the minimum purchase for Super Saver Delivery, our FREE delivery programme. Starting today, you only need to add £5 worth of eligible items to your basket to get [...]
Pastafarian Families needed for Wife Swap
“Wife Swap, ABC’s hit primetime reality show, is looking for Pastafarian families for an upcoming episode”, according to a post at the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. So if you are a family of two parents and at least one child between 7 and 17, living in the US and have been touched by [...]
500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for 50 quid
Amazon have a great deal on a Western Digital Elements 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive – yours for £50!
How To Kill Your Husband
My wife’s reading a book called How To Kill Your Husband – should I be worried???
Want a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 for Christmas?
Amazon.co.uk today announced the launch of ‘Amazon Customers Vote’ at www.amazon.co.uk/customersvote on Monday December 10. Thousands of must-have Christmas gifts – including the Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 and Toshiba HD-EP30 HD-DVD player – will be offered at discounts of up to 75% off throughout the week.
Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device
Amazon is looking to bring reading to the next level, with the Kindle. It’s a “wireless reading device”, capable of downloading fresh content from the web using EVDO push technology. You don’t need a computer, there’s no syncing up data, and the battery is replaceable. It’s black and white, but then so are most books [...]
David Bowie – Life On Mars – Lyrics
David Bowie – Life On Mars – Lyrics Buy at Amazon.co.uk It’s a God awful small affairTo the girl with the mousy hairBut her mummy is yelling, “No!”And her daddy has told her to goBut her friend is nowhere to be seenNow she walks through her sunken dreamTo the seats with the clearest viewAnd she’s [...]
A funny thing happened on the way to the cockpit
I’m currently reading Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones and highly recommend it. The missus picked it up after watching Hotel Babylon on DVD (though you can also read the book). Rather than have me waffle on, read this excellent review from The Guardian and see if it’s something you’d like too.