Self-Improvement – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Downloading Coursera Materials

2021-01-31 | Reading time: 4 minutes

If you like to watch videos offline and don't want to download each course video manually, this process might work.
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Walking to/from work

2021-01-30 | Reading time: 1 minute

A case for walking to/from work — at least part of the way.
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Using an Alarm Chair … errr Table … for quicker morning routines

2021-01-30 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just something to make the morning a little bit less sucky.
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Getting yourself an Education

2021-01-30 | Reading time: 7 minutes

Looking at the schools today, this excerpt from «Have Space Suit will Travel» by Robert A. Heinlein is still very relevant. Not only due to Covid19-induced online «learning.»
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Since when is Sloth a Virtue?

2020-11-20 | Reading time: 4 minutes

Apparently we now live in a land in which sloth is a virtue, not a deadly sin. Time to break out and use that life ... better.
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Your Mileage Might Vary (YMMV)

2020-09-30 | Reading time: 1 minute

One thing you should always keep in mind when you are developing something — your view of the world might not be the view of (many) others.
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Tortured Souls

2020-09-30 | Reading time: 4 minutes

Where does the drive to create come from? The need to ... help other people? And how do you manage to ... not kill yourself?
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What is an hour of your life actually worth?

2020-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

A cold-blooded calculation of a continuing human life.
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Turning mp3s into Podcast Episodes for iOS/iPhone/Apple iTunes

2020-09-18 | Reading time: Less than a minute

Sometimes the solution is just so ... easy, you overlook it.
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Finding out what you really want

2020-09-18 | Reading time: Less than a minute

Interesting commentary on ... well, life is long, and you might not immediately find out what you want.
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