A good hunter waits (or: why you shouldn’t chase ambulances but leave your note at the hospital)
A clever solution if you want to advertise your services, seen at a hospital parking lot.
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Month: May 2014
A Creative Solution Regarding Consent to Organ Donation
Organ donation is an important but very emotional topic. Whereas there are not enough organs available, there is a simple solution for the shortage.
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Book Recommendation: BITE: Recipes for Remarkable Research
A very good book (cover left) on possible strategies to improve one's research productivity ... and happiness.
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Recommendation Update: Ballet
I watched a rather experimental ballet performance (and ordered a book during the introduction -- cover left) -- some impressions and recommendations.
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Custom Moleskine Milk Photobooks
There's an interesting service offering to create Moleskine books with your own photos on the pages. You don't have to stick to their layout options, however. This posting shows how.
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Circus Ponies Notebook 4
Review of Circus Ponies Notebook, version 4. tl;dr: For me the best app to keep and sort information, esp. for writing. But there is more ...
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How About an Ice-Cold Drink in the Office, or the Library?
A cool tip for the summer: Using a thermos flask to have ice cubes available in the office (or the library, if this is the place you work). WARNING: Don't shake the contents too hard and for ... sake, take one with a metal interior!!!!
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Okay, size does matter — kinda.
Recently got an external 27" screen -- and there's something to be said for size, if combined with the right technique, that is.
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Jotting Down Ideas in the Workplace … With Some Style
Trying to jot down notes with more style by putting a post-it block in a Moleskine notebook. Cheap paper, sticks to walls, and it looks cool. Or could have looked cool.
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A short comment on computer games, violent and otherwise
A few comments on so-called "violent" video games, their effects on behavior, what is actually the issue -- and why I think "The Sims" is one of the most violent games I've ever played.
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