My new favorite website: mint.com. I’ve been a struggling student for too long and I’m carrying a little more credit card debt than I would like. I’ve tried Quicken, but it wasn’t really fun or easy to use. It never liked to talk to all my credit cards at once or my bank account and never made me happy to use it, so I abandoned it a long time ago. Mint however, has worked really well for me. Not only do I get to see all my credit cards in one place, but it makes it fun and slick and satisfying. They don’t support many of the smaller banks, so mine isn’t covered, but even without it talking to my bank account it has helped me keep the goal of defeating credit card debt in the forefront of my mind. Check it out!
It feels good to be on the money.
Joshua Green Describes The View From Denver
In this segment from Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Joshua Green talks about Bill Clinton’s speech Wednesday day. He makes the same observation I did and recycled the same Comeback Kid catch phrase, reiterating that Bill has really come out swinging hard for Obama.
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Group seeks Bush sewage ‘tribute’
Good thinking. Ideas for other Presidential Tributes:
- The William Taft Memorial Bath Tub
- The William H. Harrison Pneumonia Rehabilitation Center
- The Harry Truman Newspaper Accuracy Council
- Ulysses Simpson Grant Memorial Whiskey Tavern
- The Eisenhower Military-Industrial Condominium
Any other ideas?
Some fear debut of powerful atom-smasher — CNN.com
Let me take the minority view on this one. So… what if we do actually destroy the earth by building a machine of this power? Perhaps every intelligent species has had the technology to build such a thing without the corresponding ability to accurately model what it will do when they turn it on. Maybe we’re about there’s a cosmic corner that you just can’t peek around without taking a leap of ill-founded faith. There could be a point that all civilizations reach where they self-destruct because the laws of physics are bent too far by inexperienced hands, turning curious societies into a tragic stream of dead worlds. Maybe that’s why we’re “alone;” it’s because everyone else committed technocide.
I can’t wait for them to turn it on! I’ll throw a party!
David Seah — Design, Productivity, Inspiration, and Empowerment
I’m making a new addition to my blogroll. David Seah is a pretty smart guy, and I like the way he organizes things on paper and on screen. It makes me want to organize myself better, so I can accomplish more. I’ve been kind of down lately, and I feel the need to take some time working on myself and my habits. I don’t really want to grow up, but I really do need to grow. I know how to change.
I feel pretty bad inside right now, maybe some outward discipline will help.
It’s a tribute to Gary Gygax. I’ve never been a D&D player, but I still can’t help but celebrate everything geeky. They even throw in a Google reference. But really make sure to click the “Enlarge Image” link. The graphic really sells it.
As some of you may know my career has hit a green light recently, and I’m increasingly tapped into environmental awareness and ecological issues. Everyday in fact. So I stumbled on to this interesting video/animation on the lifecycle of the products we buy and thought I’d share.
