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Fresh fish on counter at the Maine Avenue Fish Market in SW Washington, DC.
Blogged:
www.slashfood.com/2010/09/10/the-dirty-dozen-fish/
www.princeofpetworth.com/2010/09/dear-pop-where-are-the-b...
lifehacker.com/#!5774357/simple-rules-for-buying-fish-res...
www.princeofpetworth.com/2011/09/dear-popville-anyone-kno...
dcist.com/2012/06/maine_avenue_fish_market_will_soon.php
www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/04/06/d-c-closes...
After creating the original mind.Depositor with clips and used it for a while, I found a small problem but it bugs me on regular basis. To insert and pull out the cards, it requires force, no matter how small it is, it creates stress. That's why superior Japanese stationery designs often put into considerations how to reduce user efforts. They call the practice "Universal Design".
So I set out to do a simpler version by using two pieces of leather only. I also have a practice to carry a small notepad or Field Notes to capture to-do inputs temporarily before transferring them to GTD index cards. So I'm adding a slit for the notepad and a slit to store extra blank index cards.
On the left hand side of the cover, I can put a notepad by inserting it to a slit, put blank GTD index cards in the pocket and insert a Field Notes.
On the right hand side I can put two categories of index cards (Personal and Work) into different pockets.
There is also a flap used as a bookmark or enclosure.
The whole thing becomes more compact and functional. It requires less effort to use, it is a simpler design with pleasant leather as the only material, I'm so happy with it. I especially like the color contrast of the outer white and inner brown. So check out the sections below and learn how to create your own.
Original mind.Depositor
Download mind.Depositor Index Card Templates
How to create the original mind.Depositor
How to create mind.Depositor 2
Previous cover of mind.Depositor: Lifehacker.com (followup, and Japanese version of it), GTDTimes, Moleskinerie, Koloist, David Allen Co., Lifehacking.jp, Geeks Guide To Productivity
More on Scription blog: moleskine.vox.com/library/post/minddepositor-2---leather-...
Just noticed that one of my favorite websites, www.lifehacker.com/, has a few Flickr groups. So that was the inspiration for Picture #299 for Project 365
I made a HDTV antenna for my new TV using coat hangers, screws, old coat hangers, and a OHM transformer. Cost about $15 and I don't have to give my money to Comcast! I'm already getting 720p and 1080i and most stations
My cool and simple desktop @ work. I like the idea of having a clean desktop with some 128px sized icons. That's it.
This is my current Desktop it is on windows vista sp2. Im using Rocketdock as the dock. Than a 10 foot hud skin in the bottom left hand corner. Than I am using CD art display at the bottom. I had to try to keep it very simple because I hate clutter.
:Downloads:
Wallpaper: interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/1796/the_black_p...
CD Art Display: fileforum.betanews.com/download/CD-Art-Display/1109367710/1
CD Art Display theme: www.cdartdisplay.com/plugins/p13_download_manager/getfile...
Rainmeter: rainmeter.googlecode.com/files/Rainmeter-0.14.1-r103-32bi...
Rainmeter Skin: www.espiox.net/uploads/10-Foot_HUD.zip
Open Sesame! Notice the cord management for all of the electronics is virtually hidden. All that is visible is the cord running up from the sub which I have encased in a sheath. All the other cords sit up above the sheath on a basket that is mounted to the wall behind that cross section of the desk.
This has 7 FREE desktop apps running:
1. Rainmeter
2. CD Art Display
3. Rainlendar 2
4. Obectdock
5. Fences
6. Yod'm 3D
7. Not really a desktop app, but an awesome add-on for iTunes called iConcertCal.
Major additions to what I have had in the past include the inclusion of Fences, I tried it a while ago and thought it was a waste of time, having the ability of hiding icons when it's just as easy to streamline everything with objectdock, I didn't understand it's use at all. But I realized there were somethings that I would navigate through a few times to get to that were easier to have on the desktop and hidden with Fences. I utilize Fences to hide my TV shows, icons for CNN, Hulu, Justin TV, and South Park and hide them all with Fences. It works out well.
One of my favorite new things is iConcertCal, a plugin for iTunes that gives you concert info for bands that are in your library and in your area, it's awesome. I procrastinate when it comes to getting out and watching shows, but the reminders that bands are playing in my area are great.
PLUS (I am a Rainlendar fan and can not figure out why people want to use the Rainmeter calendar with such limited capabilities) you can export the calendar to other calendars, so it integrates with Rainlendar quite nicely.
And Rainlendar and Dropbox are great together. I have Dropbox sync my calendars from home and work, so i can place work schedules, sports, concerts, TV, it's awesome. Lifehacker posted this as a tip a while back and it works so incredibly well, it's completely automatic so long as you have things run at start up.
Yod'm 3D- Honestly this is more for flash than anything, it has no real functional value for me. Since I use two monitors most of the time, I don't need virtual monitors as it seems like a lunky waste of time switching between screens as it does.
MacBook: 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, 500GB
Westinghouse 24'' LCD
Externals: Seagate 2.5'' 500GB, 3.5'' 1.5TB (under desk)
Apple Bluetooth KB&M set, and Nostromo
White iPhone 3G (Jailbroken)
Just got some Flurry icons and and replaced the 32px icons i used before. Also made a new "To File" folder for the obvious.
Thanks to random lifehacker posts, I managed to use a spare board from my desk with some random 3/4 PVC couplings to raise it up an inch and a half. Paired with a Acer x223w 22" monitor, a random garage sale HP OEM keyboard, walmart-style Altec Lansing speakers with a sub sitting in the corner and a Razer salmosa (courtesy of a woot! off. $13.37) I manage to get my schoolwork done (online schooled so i spend hours sitting here)
Not to mention the v2 Zune dock and the Wacom Bamboo tablet I barely use.
My current desktop. I've been playing with GeekTool a lot, awesome program!
GeekTool: Weather, Time & Date
Bowtie Theme: Simple
Adium Theme: Black & Blue
Dock: 3DBorder (Auto-hides)
Programs (L to R): Finder, Stickies, Adium, TweetDeck, Vienna, Safari, iTunes, Word, Photoshop CS4, Preview, Google Earth, Transmisson, Calculator, System Preferences, Terminal, Trash.
Background: e30 m3 by ~lithium3r (modified to fit my screen)
ObjectDock
Icons:\Reflections Dock by styrizo
Rainmeter
Enigma v 2.6
by Kaelri
10-Foot HUD:
Created by Stephen R Gibson
ToxxWeather MOD Glow sketchy v1.0
ToxxWeather created by albinozz
Sketchy Icons created by AzureSol
Font created by ~pixie-dixie-rulz
MODification by Ghost999
Wallpaper
Dark Wood
by ~zygat3r
Rainlender
Lucid 2 smoked for Rainlendar 2 by ~Meekch
Before: 3 days, 5 friends, a lot of stuff.
Read how we did the $1,200 "Quilty As Charged" Garage Makeover on the Atwater Village Newbie blog.
Last month in Lifehacker they shared an awesome productivity tip from Seinfeld. The jist of it is, get a calendar that lists out all the days for a year and then for each day that you meet your goal, mark an x. More than one x and you've got yourself a visible chain. The whole trick is to not break the chain. How do you not break your chain? You do your goal.
Nerdy as it is, this totally speaks to me. And I gotta tell you, it's been a real motivation tool. AND it has kept me in line. A couple of times, I must say, I was very very tempted to not do what I said I as going to do. But I thought about this chain and how I really really wanted to keep it going.
Tomorrow will be my four week mark. Yea!
Weigh down the battery assembly to get it to stick to the inside of the solar panel.
(Tutorial from Lifehacker. See their "Create Your Own Sun Jar" tutorial.)
I installed a chin-up/pull-up bar in the bathroom door.
Blogged:
www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/04/from-the-tips-box-lost-lugg...
This is my new setup. The desk is a old kitchen table (thanks lifehacker for the idea). Two Acer 20" Monitors, Microsoft Arc keyboard and Mouse, USB turntable, iPad 2 verizion 3g 32GB, iPhone 16GB 3gs, and an Acer A150 Triple Boot (Win7, Ubuntu 10.04 and Mac OSX 10.6.4) netbook Desktop is a old AMD 3200+ running Vista which will be replaced soon.
This photo has been featured on a Lifehacker post!
lifehacker.com/400035/how-far-will-you-go-to-save-a-buck
Thanks, Lifehacker!
Here's my new wallpaper for late april (bored of the old one).
The geektool scripts are the same as in previous set ups, although there has been some small modifications to the vertical calender and to do list, and the wallpaper was linked by someone earlier in the lifehacker desktop show-and-tell pool. Fonts are a mixture of Helvetica Neue UltraLight and Light, Icons are a mix of Smoothicons (Ghost folders) and Black System Icons
My current desktop, which is a combination of styles I've seen in the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell group.
The setup is as follows:
Icon set - Blossom (as used by ryanst24);
Application launcher - Launchy;
Visual Style - Concave VS.
Completely straightforward but it gives me everything I need at my fingertips. More importantly, it's easy on the eyes at 1am.
Gently pry off the solar panel with a flat headed screw driver. Then scrape the painted covering off the three skrews so they become visible, and unscrew them.
(Tutorial from Lifehacker. See their "Create Your Own Sun Jar" tutorial.)
Second monitor mounted - after reading a lifehacker post, I thought I'd try out the "standing at your desk" idea, plus it makes use of the spare monitor.
This is my living room reading area. Thanks to lifehacker all of my network attached storage along with routers and other network gear sit under the table hidden by the table skirt. One of my favorite design methods is to make simple furniture and use fabric as the signature to the piece. The table and table skirt all told cost around $ 200.00 but are long lasting and look great.
This is a solar lamp from Lowes. It's called "Portfolio Solar Black Pathlight" and is listed as item #190519. I ended up ordering online and then picking them up at the store in Manassas, just to get it right.
(Tutorial from Lifehacker. See their "Create Your Own Sun Jar" tutorial.)
I bought this at Edward's Luggage: a pocket leather notepad and business card holder, with pen. It is more efficient and portable than any PDA. It costs less than $20 and Edward's Luggage even sells replacement notepads.
After: 3 days, 5 friends, a lot of stuff.
A quilter's paradise.
Read how we did the $1,200 "Quilty As Charged" Garage Makeover on the Atwater Village Newbie blog.
This here's my Windows XP desktop that I use to write Lifehacker when I'm at home at the desk as opposed to at the coffee shop with the Powerbook.
Generally I'm a minimalist, but I do like the new widgets, and keeping an eye on traffic - while obsessive - needs to be dead simple.
Shot of basic desktop.
Nothing fancy here like a lot of tinkerers that like to use Geek Tools and the like to add clocks, calendars, etc. to their desktop.
My desktop is covered most of the time with either a browser or photoshop. Plus, I don't see the need when I have istat and everything else in the menu bar.
Wallpaper is "Lit Blue" by Alan C. Davis from Deviant Art
I located my taskbar on the left hand bottom and don't keep any programs in it. (The following image shows application view) I made the dock clear just by going to the actual folder for the dock and deleting the graphics associated with it, including indicators (since if an icon is there, then the program is open) The reason I keep them here are b/c it lets me make the browser window taller (definitely don't need it wider) and gives me more room in photoshop without a dock popping up because I go too low with the mouse when working.
The icons themselves are "Transparent Buttons" download (from Interfacelift.com) that I started with, but I created 99% of them myself combining other icons with a clear transparent button I made as a master.
I use Adium as my main chat program (names are blurred to protect the innocent) and it pops up right above my task icons. I keep the contact window totally transparent so only the names show.
My desktop with Rainmeter configs from Deviantart and wallpaper by me. I tried to keep it simple and productive.
All transparency is controlled with Powermenu. Wallpaper is from Desktopography
As usual, thanks to Kaelri for Enigma 2.0 and for inspiration on my Firefox browser.