Tag: links

I'm guilty of six of the ten. (Maybe seven if you count the pun one, but I'm not that punny that often. I do enjoy puns, though.) Those who know me can probably figure out which six they are.

"Designed and run by vets, Vet Help Direct's interactive questions direct you to personalised first aid advice and clear guidelines about when to contact the vet. Easy and fun to use, Vet Help Direct is the online source of reliable advice for concerned pet-owners."

Think of it as something like WebMD for your dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, reptiles, and birds.

"Wooden Laptop Case with leather lining and magnetic closing device for Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro 15inch."

Beautiful work, but not something I would personally use/carry.

"The Founding Fathers, guarding against sectionalism and factions, among other things, sought to combine both direct representation of the people and representation of the states. The House of Representatives reflected the will of the People, while the Senate reflected the will of the states. This concept sprang out of the Great Compromise, which established the groundwork for a bicameral legislature."

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"The Constitution establishes these United States as a republican form of government. No matter how many times people toss around the word 'democracy,' this form of government will never be 'democratic' in its truest sense.
"Bearing that in mind, the same Founding Fathers who outlined this form of government in the Constitution expressed reservations about allowing the uneducated masses the privilege of directly electing their Chief Executive."

Brother Maynard shares a story of St. Ben's use of nothing but Bob Dylan songs for the liturgy at one of its services.

It's a rather sad state of affairs that a list like this has to even exist.

“Can you imagine the disparaging comments that would be made against George Bush’s intellect if he couldn’t make a simple six minute announcement without a TelePrompter….”

Quite.

A customizable bookmarklet, "Readability is a simple tool that makes reading in the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you're reading." Very nice.

I would add texting to #4. My wife and I stay in constant contact throughout the day not just by voice and e-mail, but by text messaging as well.

Amazon releases its free Kindle for iPhone (and iPod Touch) app. For Kindle books only; if you want all of the other Kindle features, obviously Jeff Bezos and Co. wants you to buy the hardware.

Major kudos to CEO Michael Hyatt and the Thomas Nelson team for leading the way with this. Buy the physical book, and you get the audio version and e-book free.

This web app is intended to keep one's focus on the writing, with negative consequences if one stops. You tell it how many words you want to get written, and you set the consequence level of the grace period. ("Strict" by default, the middle choice, with "Forgiving" and "Evil" on either side.) How evil is "Evil"? If you stop writing, after a certain amount of time, your work will begin unwriting itself!

There is no save function; you'll need to select all, copy, and paste into your own text editor to save any work. NaNoWriMo participants may want to bookmark this one for November.

"A group of liberal bloggers said it is teaming up with organized labor and MoveOn to form a political action committee that will seek to push the Democratic Party farther to the left.

"Soliciting donations from their readers, the bloggers said they are planning to recruit liberal candidates for challenges against more centrist Democrats currently in Congress."

"Freedom is an application that disables networking on an Apple computer for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal.

"Freedom enforces freedom; a reboot is the only circumvention of the Freedom time limit you specify. The hassle of rebooting means you're less likely to cheat, and you'll be more productive."

"Who do you talk to most often on Twitter?
Who are your closest friends?
What does your social network look like?"

"Humor helps preserve our sanity. It provides a medium for gentle reprimand. And it teaches us to take ourselves less seriously. But we must never forget that good humor never diminishes the reality of suffering."

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"In this world, tragedy temporarily has the upper hand. We cannot pretend that humor can solve our tragic position, but we can learn to laugh even within the pain, if we follow Christ’s example. Christ was joyful, not because He had nothing over which to sorrow, but rather because He knew that He would one day conquer the powers of darkness and make all things right."

"This script provides a fast way of adding new tasks to a Taskpaper document without leaving the current context and switching to the Taskpaper application.

"It works for both Quicksilver and Launchbar."

A bit of common sense (all writers are different and write in different ways), with some insight into how Miller views the post-writing publishing process.

Really for those willing to spend big bucks for more in-demand domains.

Where do I plunk down my money?