Eric Blue's Blog

Weekly Lifestream for March 18th

ericblue76 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:21:53 +0000

	Published Weekly Lifestream for March 11th.
	Boingo Wireless - 10 Travel/Technology Obsessions http://tinyurl.com/yzqgmt3 - with a small contribution from yours truly [ericblue]
	Shared DOK Chart - Powered by Google Docs.
	Depth of Knowledge Levels (interesting diagram) http://tinyurl.com/ycbvgby [ericblue]
	RT @ErinMatlock: Unleash Your Inner Brainiac! 25 Top Blogs to Train Your Brain http://bit.ly/dvQbfH [ericblue]
	Shared 15 Desktop & Online Wireframing Tools \| UX Booth.
	RT @GeorgeDvorsky: Illegal ’smart drugs’ bought online by teenagers b4 exams could have catastrophic effect on health http://bit.ly/azZgOW [ericblue]
	Shared 5 things I “knew” (or should have known) before starting a company, but didn’t fully understand until now « WePay.com.
	Shared Boulder Integral » INTEGRAL INCUBATOR: YOUR DREAM, ENACTED! Featuring Jeff Salzman and Ken Wilber.
	Shared YQL Geo Library - get all your geo needs in JavaScript - geolocation, reverse geocoding, content analysis.
	100 Popular Mindmaps from BiggerPlate http://bit.ly/asbhOI \| mine made #32 ‘Goals Mindmap’ http://eric-blue.com/?p=308 #mindmap #goals #gtd [ericblue]
	Shared humble software development - Finance Financial Graphs.
	Shared The Ultimate Excel Cheatsheet.
	Paris 26 Gigapixels is a stitching of 2346 single photos showing a very high-resolution panoramic view of Paris, France http://bit.ly/bwlKUq [ericblue]
	RT @chuckfrey: COOL: Seven Alternatives to the Apple iPad - http://bit.ly/d7weBE [ericblue]
	Daylight Savings Time… why save daylight or time? What about sleep!? [ericblue]
	OK "Through the magic of Leprechauns, Papa Smurf, Michael J. Fox, & all other things small…" http://www.iamastuffedanimal.com/ [ericblue]
	Hmmmm, In an ironic twist, the new broadband.gov sight appears to be running slow… maybe due to bandwidth problems http://broadband.gov/ [ericblue]
	ummm… replace sight with site…. need more coffee [ericblue]
	Shared 5 Top jQuery Chart Libraries for Interactive Charts \| Graphic and Web Design Blog -Resources And Tutorials.
	Shared GUI Design Gallery - Banking Web Application Design - Caretta Software.
	Shared HTML5 Demos and Examples.
	Shared The cult of busy « Scott Berkun.
	Wow, meetings straight from 8:30 until just now… ready to tip…. over [ericblue]
	RT @philoquotes: No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. ~ Aristotle [ericblue]
	I feel dirty… just logged into my Myspace account (which i never really used). Last login was over 2 years ago. [ericblue]
	Need to take a shower now [ericblue]
	Shared There’s a rootkit in the closet! \| Into.the.Void..
	RT @Spaceweaver: Is this the meaning of life? \| John Stewart \| Science \| guardian.co.uk http://ff.im/hrntf [ericblue]
	Food and the "three points of the compass" - sugar, fat, and salt - http://bit.ly/acKMWK [ericblue]
	RT @RichardWiseman atheists if you were forced to adopt a faith which one would you go with?\|\| Pastafarianism? http://www.venganza.org/ [ericblue]
	Shared writing \| ben fry » On needing approval for what we create, and losing control over how it’s distributed.
	Shared 45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools - Smashing Magazine.
	RT @Treenz: RT @elearningPosts: Personal Knowledge Management http://dlvr.it/C3gc [ericblue]
	Shared Internet Time Wiki / interface.
	Shared Keurig K-Cup Coffee.
	Shared Wireless Digital Picture Frame Dashboard Project \| Bingo Card Creator.
	Shared Homemade Potato Chips Recipe \| Savory Sweet Life - Easy Recipes from an Everyday Home Cook.
	Shared 10.5: Spoof MAC address on some machines - Mac OS X Hints.
	Shared iClarified - Mac OS X - How to Spoof Your Airport MAC Address in Snow Leopard.
	I’m out on the road testing Wi-Fi locations… feels like wardriving back in the "old days" 2001-2002 [ericblue]
	Shared Free WiFi hotspots wi-fi cafes coffee shops hotels wireless airports.
	Shared Visual Guide to NoSQL Systems - Nathan Hurst’s Blog.
	Shared Map / Reduce – A visual explanation.
	Shared 10 Search Engines to Explore the Deep End of the Invisible Web.
	Shared New Startup Ideas - Google Docs.
	Shared How to Install and Use tcpflow.
	Listening to some different and pretty good music on Last.fm. Combo of psychill, downtempo, and (I think) ambient dub [ericblue]
	oh… and can’t forget the triphop [ericblue]
	Shared 9 Killer Tips for Location-Based Marketing.
	Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers http://bit.ly/bMz8qS [ericblue]
	OMG funny dilbert http://bit.ly/c2pfBb [ericblue]
	RT @West_LA: Even if you never "go to the library" you can request books online & pick them up @ your local branch for free @SaveTheLibrary [ericblue]
	Shared geewax.org \| Agile git Workflow.
	Shared 100 Essential Web Development Tools - Noupe.
	go away 12 hour days [ericblue]
	A Computer Geek’s Smart Productivity Guide [PDF] http://bit.ly/17XMnP [ericblue]
	RT @roygrubb: New blog post: MasterMind Matrix out in new version: 2.0 http://bit.ly/9MiDbj [ericblue]
	Here’s a direct link to the PDF (good stuff for geeks and non-geeks alike) http://bit.ly/17XMnP [ericblue]
	Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence,intelligent planning & focused effort Paul J. Meyer [ericblue]
	RT @pickover: Five Ways to Become Happier Today. http://bigthink.com/ideas/16660 [ericblue]
	Five Ways to Become Happier Today [VIDEO] http://bit.ly/6kDQ62 [ericblue]
	Last link via @pickover [ericblue]
	Shared Best of the Past: Trainer Tells All – What I Have Learned About Health and Fitness – Fitness Spotlight : Fitness Spotlight.
	Beware Smart Cows - The truck driver told police they weren’t dealing with "normal cows" http://tinyurl.com/yje79m3 [ericblue]
	Shared If I Launched a Startup \| The Startup Lawyer.
	Can’t drink green beer ever again… had such a wild time about 10 years ago that I tasted the green dye for 2 days [ericblue]
	After 2 glasses of wine, 4 words have arrived [ericblue]
	quite chasing, start doing [ericblue]

Weekly Lifestream for March 11th

ericblue76 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:21:32 +0000

	Published Weekly Lifestream for March 4th.
	Shared » The Folk Theory of Enlightenment: An Interview with Jody Radzik Open Enlightenment.
	RT @NietzscheSays: the priest himself is seen as he actually is as the most dangerous form of parasite, as the venomous spider of creation. [ericblue]
	Oh that rascally Nietzsche [ericblue]
	That reminds me, I still need to buy my ‘Nietzsche is my co-pilot’ Tshirt http://amorphia-apparel.com/design/copilot/ [ericblue]
	Trying to fight a creative block is like trying to fight your way out of quicksand [ericblue]
	I think I really would like to write a book some day on the creative process, time management, and the psychology of procrastination…. [ericblue]
	However, I need to figure out how to find the time and stop putting it off… oh the cosmic irony [ericblue]
	I’m going to let my ideas incubate for a bit and see if they’re ready to bake this weekend [ericblue]
	If not, maybe some of my half-baked ideas could find a home at halfbakery.com [ericblue]
	Shared Are you a procrastinator or an incubator? - CNN.com.
	… something will eventually happen [ericblue]
	Shared Envisioning the Post-LMS Era: The Open Learning Network (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) \| EDUCAUSE.
	How to Get Things Done by Robert Benchley (1949) http://bit.ly/6vpXx [ericblue]
	And it apparently boils down to this folks….. [ericblue]
	"… anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment." [ericblue]
	RT @HarryHistorian: The Egyptian pyramids are the only survivors of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.: http://bit.ly/aUPtoO [ericblue]
	Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by ‘paranormal’ eccentric http://bit.ly/WH32y [ericblue]
	Your high IQ will kill your startup http://bit.ly/ao6gdK [ericblue]
	Shared Free Audio Books - Philosophy - Download mp3 and iPod format today!.
	RT @tonyrobbins: Microsoft’s I Pad killer. Looks interesting but I’m a raving Apple fan. Not sure Microsoft can make anything great? htt … [ericblue]
	Conan - You know you’re famous when you can make somebody else somewhat famous just by following them on Twitter http://bit.ly/aTizJ3 [ericblue]
	Trying some bananna bread beer & following up with some Thai food. We’ll see how that goes…. [ericblue]
	Shared Top 100 Project Management Blogs \| Construction Management Degree.
	Checking out Dead Snow on Netflix… I suppose that only thing scarier than zombies are Nazi zombies… in the snow ….. with subtitles [ericblue]
	Shared The Secret of What Really Motivates You \| Mindfulness and Psychotherapy.
	Interesting day so far… Now getting ready for a massage [ericblue]
	RT @heidiko44: Looks Gr8 RT 10 Alien-Looking Places on Earth (oddee.com) http://bit.ly/g87NO #Travel #Geography via @Flipbooks [ericblue]
	Shared Hacker News \| Ask HN: Fastest way to make $300-400 a month online?.
	OK… I have 2 History channels to choose from. #1 werewolfs and #2 giant monster squids Why didn’t they teach this history in school? [ericblue]
	Fun to watch, but maybe one step closer to making Idiocracy a reality? [ericblue]
	Shared How to Give a Presentation Part I: It’s Not About You \| Psychology Today.
	Shared Three weeks of iPhone development - Leah Culver’s Blog.
	New 8GB drive… oh the possibilities. Any recommendation for cool portable apps? [ericblue]
	5 Creepy Ways Video Games Are Trying to Get You Addicted http://bit.ly/bmI2ZD [ericblue]
	Shared Bart’s Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD.
	RT @bkm411a: My favorite suite (for now) is Lupo Pensuite: www.lupopensuite.com Also read the Lifehacker review http://ow.ly/1fRJV [ericblue]
	Shared Five Best Portable Apps Suites - Portable Apps - Lifehacker.
	Watching the Examined Life on Netflix #philosophy #documentary [ericblue]
	Shared Panic Blog » The Panic Status Board.
	RT @roygrubb: Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked [WARNING] (Mashable) http://bit.ly/cUuyL2 [ericblue]
	RT @lucianop: How to Learn (Almost) Anything http://bit.ly/VgEKT (by @ViperChill, 1yr ago) [ericblue]
	Shared Free Portable Software USB Flash Drive Applications \| Pendriveapps.
	Shared How to Increase Conversions on any Website in 45 Minutes.
	… I’ll take a brief metaphysical detour… regardless of beliefs, I felt pretty humbled the 1st time I read Blavatsky… deep stuff [ericblue]
	Wikipedia - Unusual Articles http://bit.ly/39NFg5 [ericblue]
	Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number 666 - eak! [ericblue]
	OMG Time Cube FTW http://bit.ly/VlaI8 [ericblue]
	Robert Shields - You think you are hooked on recording every detail of your life..? http://bit.ly/8oNeq9 [ericblue]
	Chess boxing - A sport that alternates rounds of speed chess and boxing. http://bit.ly/icIQ [ericblue]
	Ding Hai effect - A sudden drop in the stock market whenever Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng stars in a new TV show. http://bit.ly/bqjSPC [ericblue]
	Axinomancy - Foretelling the future by looking at an axe or hatchet. http://bit.ly/bI1DdM [ericblue]
	Flying Pigs - "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine". http://bit.ly/abffP9 [ericblue]
	ok, I can’t stop… either going to gain or lose followers [ericblue]
	List of animals with fraudulent diplomas - Your pet may be smarter than you. http://bit.ly/6L4qZY [ericblue]
	Centralia, Pennsylvania - A town that’s been on fire since 1962. http://bit.ly/16TQib [ericblue]
	Bloop - Does a mystery sound from the bottom of the sea indicate that Cthulhu may awake…? http://bit.ly/3jZoO [ericblue]
	Phantom time hypothesis - A theory that the Early Middle Ages (614–911) never occurred. Welcome to 1713. http://bit.ly/1g3JNL [ericblue]
	Flatulist - professional farters of medieval Ireland were called braigetori http://bit.ly/aYflXH [ericblue]
	And finally IP over Avian Carriers http://bit.ly/18ZRwP [ericblue]
	RT @duffmcduffee: Hulk Hogan’s Hulkamania Workout Set http://bit.ly/a2rZhB \| Whatcha Gonna Do When The Hulkster Runs Wild on You!? [ericblue]
	Shared 43 Essential Controls for Web Applications \| UX Booth.
	Shared Telerik RadScheduler for Silverlight - First Look.
	Shared The 22 minute meeting « Scott Berkun.
	The 22 minute meeting http://bit.ly/cHVMBV [ericblue]
	RT @jackiegerstein: New Book The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong = http://b … [ericblue]
	Crazy busy day… must make (not find) time to meditate [ericblue]
	Also going to try to run for the 1st time in 2 months… hoping my back holds up [ericblue]
	Shared leftright_US_1416.gif (GIF Image, 1415×1022 pixels).
	Shared Code Bubbles Project: Rethinking the User Interface Paradigm of Integrated Development Environments.
	A day in the life of a Programmer 1.0 http://i.imgur.com/pdpIk.png [ericblue]
	Shared Personal Brain Revitalizer: Take Advantage of Your Brain Cycles.
	Thinking about "Ultradian" rhythms & how physical cycles influence creativity (BRAC-Basic Rest Activity Cycle) http://tinyurl.com/yassq5h [ericblue]

Weekly Lifestream for March 4th

ericblue76 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:21:24 +0000

	RT @novaspivack: The Evolutionary Manifesto — human evolution goes intentional - Interesting read http://bit.ly/4GDmJ [ericblue]
	Published Weekly Lifestream for February 25th.
	Shared CreativePro Office.
	RT @integralrising: Integral Rising resource page (integral introductions, graphics, charts, diagrams, glossaries, etc.) http://bit.ly/K7S86 [ericblue]
	Listening to Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland [ericblue]
	Research OSS+Commercial solutions for enterprise project portfolio management [ericblue]
	Interested in zAgile since it seems to integrate well with Jira + Confluence and is full of semantic-goodiness [ericblue]
	Shared Ultimate guide to table UI patterns.
	Shared MONOCHRON - Monochome display clock kit.
	Any good recommendation for create web interface mockups/wireframes/somewhat functional UIs? [ericblue]
	I’ve seen MockingBird, EasyPrototype, MockupScreens…. what else? (more links) http://bit.ly/cl6wGJ [ericblue]
	Why the Internet will Fail - from 1995 http://bit.ly/ag7VsY quite funny [ericblue]
	Snake Oil? Scientific Evidence for Popular Health Supplements http://bit.ly/9dontb [ericblue]
	Shared How to get better at UI design.
	Actually, here is a much cooler interactive version of the "Snake Oil" infographic I posted (orig. from delicious) http://bit.ly/aGoeom [ericblue]
	RT @ShekhinahShaman: "The more one knows, the more one comprehends, the more one realizes that everything turns in a circle." Goethe [ericblue]
	Shared gscan2pdf-0.9.30.
	Shared inPreso Screens: design software mockups and website wireframes, test interface prototypes, collect feedback and collaborate with developers, stakeholders and designers..
	Shared Cult Education Forum :: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements" :: James Arthur Ray - 2 die at Arizona retreat’s sweat lodge.
	Shared Free Wireframe Desktop Editor (w/ Offline Sync) for MockFlow.
	Have there been any "smart" sci-fi/geeky movies since the Matrix? [ericblue]
	That are as good or better [ericblue]
	Shared Wireframes. Mockups. Prototypes — FlairBuilder.
	RT @ericschiller: Street artist is replacing or supplementing urban signage http://ow.ly/16Gfdx [ericblue]
	Shared Mockups To Go - A user-contributed collection of ready-to-use UI components and design patterns built using Balsamiq Mockups..
	Shared Gui Prototyping Tools.
	Shared ScreenSketcher - create enlightened user interface mock-ups.
	Shared 21 Prototyping, Mockup, and Wireframing Tools for iPhone App Development \| iPhoneized.
	Shared ProtoShare Furthers the Website & Web Application Prototyping Process \|Interactive Ideas.
	Shared Prototype Composer, Free Prototyping Tool - Serena Software.
	Suspended old computer in VMWARE… migrated VM to Parallels under Mac… and it just woke up and works. Now that’s seamless. [ericblue]
	Shared Manage Project, Project Status in SharePoint Anyone?…Dashboard? - The Bamboo Team Blog - Bamboo Nation.
	Shared Bamboo Solutions SharePoint Project Portfolio Dashboard.
	Shared Effective management through measurement.
	After researching 50+ apps for software mockups/prototypes the simple,clean app MockupScreens wins my vote http://www.mockupscreens.com/ [ericblue]
	Just finished almost a full day of work…. does this mean I can stay home tomorrow (wish)? [ericblue]
	In the creative zone listening to some uberfast BPM electronic music… but alas time to go and chill out for the rest of the night [ericblue]
	Shared Project-management Software - Open Source \| OStatic.
	Shared How I Made $6K With My eBook - macournoyer’s blog.
	Shared Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory \| Video on TED.com.
	TED video on how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. http://bit.ly/dkKnqT [ericblue]
	Very interesting talk! The riddle of experience vs. memory [ericblue]
	Too much to do, plenty of time, not enough simple choices [ericblue]
	Don’t know if I’ll ever recognize that I can’t do it all [ericblue]
	RT @c4chaos: BG 161: Happiness - There’s an App for That - http://bit.ly/aXxzFv /via @BuddhistGeeks [ericblue]
	Shared Ajax Availability Calendar - See the working demo.
	Shared Mental Workout \| Mindfulness Meditation by Stephan Bodian \| iPhone/iPod touch app.
	Apparently I’m a world famous hero http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1267549371529RA59 [ericblue]
	Shared Converting SWF to any video format? [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums.
	Shared The Complete iPhone Development Toolbox \| iPhone.AppStorm.
	Shared Open Source iPhone App Store Apps \| iPhone and iPad SDK Development Tutorials and Programming Tips.
	Published Apparently I’m a World Famous Hero.
	Shared LastPass - Password Manager, Form Filler, Password Management.
	HOWTO: Read more books http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/morebooks [ericblue]
	Good tips.. well maybe except for #3 "Alienate everyone close to you." [ericblue]
	Checking out SleepCycle app for iPhone… track and graph your sleep cycle http://bit.ly/4DJ4ZI #lifelogging [ericblue]
	This should hold me over until my FitBit arrives http://bit.ly/GmCs #lifelogging [ericblue]
	RT @ddrrnt: Download Ken Wilber’s Integral OS into your Head http://su.pr/7kufVz [ericblue]
	Shared How to Setup Your Own Web Proxy Server For Free with Google App Engine [Video Tutorial].
	Shared 15 Quality Web-Based Applications to Create Mock-Ups and Wireframes \| Spyre Studios.
	Watching Faces of America…. fascinating http://to.pbs.org/6uCEvG [ericblue]
	And it’s interesting that 23andme.com was featured… stil a little steep ($500) for full genetic testing [ericblue]
	Amazing showing the genetic linkage of 12 famous people [ericblue]
	Shared Ceptah Bridge - JIRA & MS Project Integration Plugin.

Apparently I’m a World Famous Hero

ericblue76 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:28:47 +0000

Weekly Lifestream for February 25th

ericblue76 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:21:41 +0000

	Published Weekly Lifestream for February 18th.
	Thinking that Self Help is sorely in need of Self Help [ericblue]
	Shared Does Rosetta Stone actually work? : AskReddit.
	Shared Set Up a Fully Automated Media Center - Media Centers - Lifehacker.
	RT @chuckfrey:Getting awesome feedback to my question about using mind mapping to capture meeting notes, here: http://bit.ly/d0RarG #mindmap [ericblue]
	‘Family Guy’ Actress Responds To Sarah Palin’s Criticism http://tinyurl.com/yb79mkv [ericblue]
	Heading out to Father’s Office in SM [ericblue]
	Watching NOVA - What are Dreams on Netflix http://bit.ly/7GK4QD [ericblue]
	How I believe in God http://bit.ly/15eNBD by Roger Ebert [ericblue]
	Shared Top 10 Common Faults In Human Thought - Listverse.
	Watching the Iron Monkey [ericblue]
	My new favorite iPhone app - iFitness http://bit.ly/ach0up [ericblue]
	Fantastic way to track workouts and progress. And the key is the app makes it easy/painless (entering data, not the workout) [ericblue]
	Top 10 oldest people ever http://bit.ly/bduQwx [ericblue]
	Shared Stevey’s Home Page - Ten Challenges .
	Going to give Pandora a shot for a little bit. Need to mix it up from Last.fm and Rhapsody [ericblue]
	Shared {Suresh}: The next twenty years are going to be completely unlike the last twenty years..
	[ericblue]
	Clueless Woman Calls Tech Show When Her Stolen Wi-Fi Disappears [VIDEO] http://bit.ly/9e0XXe [ericblue]
	Shared Zenoss Community: Jive SBS: Zenoss Community.
	RT @VincentHorn: Excuse me, could you sit still while I ascertain your identity? http://bit.ly/djDzGF [ericblue]
	Pondering perennial quandaries: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? [ericblue]
	GTRTDITRAT - Get the Right Things Done in the Right Amount of Time [ericblue]
	Don’t think I’ll be able to sell that acronym… maybe I’ll just stick with "Git R Done" [ericblue]
	RT @ericschiller: The Many Dangers of Marshmallows (Humor) http://ow.ly/1aDYA [ericblue]
	I thought the only dangerous marshmallow was the Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man(tm) [ericblue]
	Like, Python my new favorite esoteric programming lang http://bit.ly/9aMOgk yo just print like "hello world" bro & toootally just exit() [ericblue]
	I’ll rate it up there with Whitespace http://bit.ly/zXZ2W and the Shakespeare Programming Language http://bit.ly/beNnVy [ericblue]
	RT @TEDchris: "Without autism, no Silicon Valley". The incredible Temple Grandin won a giant standing-O at #TED http://on.ted.com/8A2B [ericblue]
	… the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids. [ericblue]
	Shared truXmap — The world’s first and only up-to-the-tweet food truck tracker.
	Tired of chaos [ericblue]
	RT @ConanOBrien: Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me. [ericblue]
	Love Conan’s desc: "I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account." I wish him Luck, but know he’ll do fine [ericblue]
	Shared Xtranormal \| Text-to-Movie.

Weekly Lifestream for February 18th

ericblue76 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:22:15 +0000

	Published Weekly Lifestream for February 11th.
	All dressed up on my way to my wife’s jobs launch party in Santa Monica… Red carpet… Possible celebs. Only in Cali! [ericblue]
	Red carpet http://tweetphoto.com/11094839 [ericblue]
	Holy party … 200+ people [ericblue]
	Longest I’ve slept in in years….. good thing I’m off today [ericblue]
	RT @flowingdata: "The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." - Jessica … [ericblue]
	Published Example Document Browser Code.
	Having an early V-day dinner at the Enoteca Tuscana wine bistro in Camarillo… Good stuff [ericblue]
	RT @KittenRescue: AWWWW Alert! http://ow.ly/16jFu \| Homeless Man Reunited With His Cat [ericblue]
	RT @grahamenglish: I’m . . . Speechless http://ff.im/-fSDy1 \| God I have a weakness for Don’t Stop Believin’ mashups [ericblue]
	Shared Transparent Glass Lettering - Gimpology: GIMP Tutorials and resources for the GIMP.
	Making some minor updates to my blog… added a new header image http://eric-blue.com/images/blog_header_new.gif [ericblue]
	Shared Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops.
	Unique V-Day shopping list: Lolcat card, Malibu toffee, chocolate covered bacon, Mighty Arrow, and some Syrah from the Hitching Post [ericblue]
	I am happy to announce that I have discovered the formula for true happiness: chocolate + bacon = heaven; my honey does not agree though [ericblue]
	Some Carlin humour before I sign off [ericblue]
	Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?" [ericblue]
	Is there another word for synonym? [ericblue]
	Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny? [ericblue]
	What was the best thing before sliced bread? [ericblue]
	Shared 25+ Alternative & Open Source Database Engines.
	Shared Must Watch - All Documentaries - Sprword.com - Spread the Word.
	Shared Data in, Brilliance Out \| Tableau Public.
	Hiked ~5mi today near dirt Mullholand … back help up pretty well. Hoping to do another one next weekend. [ericblue]
	Shared 10 Free Tools For Effective Project Management @ SmashingApps.
	Feels like one of those weeks were I might be too busy to alleviate being too busy. Being a GTD ninja only helps so much sometimes. [ericblue]
	Blocking off some time tonight to evaluate what I can say No to and what I should say Yes to [ericblue]
	This hit the del.icio.us popular list: The Relation of Science and Religion http://bit.ly/cGAG by Richard Feynman [ericblue]
	Life is Short http://bit.ly/asLguR [ericblue]
	Time to end the meeting madness: Triple-booked once today and double-booked another [ericblue]
	Changing Outlook to send an automatic decline if I’m booked. fun times. [ericblue]
	Shared yWriter5 - Free novel writing software to help you write a book.
	RT @DrCarlHindy: Are you a procrastinator or an incubator? (CNN) -They outwardly look similar but are quite different. http://viigo.im/2s0P [ericblue]
	Finally updated my LinkedIn biz profile pic http://tweetphoto.com/11743221 [ericblue]
	Shared 40 Single Page Mini Templates.
	The Hidden Art of Achieving Creative Flow http://zenhabits.net/2010/02/creative-flow/ [ericblue]
	Awesome, just got the fail whale… haven’t seen that dude in a while [ericblue]
	Shared Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation - HBS Working Knowledge.
	Trying Indonesian food for the 1st time [ericblue]

Example Document Browser Code

ericblue76 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:51:56 +0000

Since I posted my article last month on How To Create Your Own Personal Document Viewer, I’ve had a few inquiries on how people could have a similar setup themselves. I thought it might be helpful to .zip up the docbrowser project and show some of the code that does the conversions using the utilities I illustrated in the article. Disclaimer: This code is by no means my finest work (it was hacked together on a Sat. afternoon), but it gets the job done. At a high-level the code is very simple:

Determine the doc extension and perform the appropriate conversion (.doc.pdf.xls) or redirect using an external app (mindmapviewer or Google books)
Assign conversion commands to be executed for each doc type
Before doc display, lookup converted doc in cache to speed up render time (use MD5 hash on the title)

I’ve created a .zip file(4.1MB) of the entire Doc Browser sample code. It contains the simple .CGI Conversion script, along with jQueryFileTree for rendering the doc tree, FlexPaper, and some sample documents.

Weekly Lifestream for February 11th

ericblue76 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:21:28 +0000

	Published Weekly Lifestream for February 4th.
	Great… just got more SPAM from Bill Harris (he must be branching out) "Secrets for losing stubborn stomach fat" [ericblue]
	Apparently there are some Secret universal laws on how to attract six-pack abs [ericblue]
	RT @adamsicinski: 6 Traits that Separate Winners from Whiners ~ http://ow.ly/140xA [ericblue]
	Fring is getting good [ericblue]
	Shared Really Good Oven-Fried Buffalo Wings \| Serious Eats : Recipes.
	RT @chuckfrey: Is mind mapping the "killer app" for the iPad? http://ow.ly/14bFt #mindmap [ericblue]
	OK, so THAT would be a good reason for getting an iPad [ericblue]
	Starting to evaluate Confluence and see what I can do to help with organizational knowledge management [ericblue]
	Interested to see how much of my own PKM experience I can apply [ericblue]
	Shared The FASTForward Blog » Wikis versus Knowledge Management: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary.
	RT @philoquotes: Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. ~ Plato [ericblue]
	Moving from theory to practice shouldn’t take too much practice… in theory [ericblue]
	Shared JIRA Sample File - Project Management - Evaluator Resources - Atlassian Documentation - Confluence.
	Just watched Super Troopers and now re-watching Ground Hog Day… definitely a good night [ericblue]
	Research some open source alternatives to Ghost for disk cloning (http://bit.ly/4kop94) [ericblue]
	The blessing and curse of open source software: so many options [ericblue]
	Used CloneZilla to create a drive snapshot of my Linux netbook AND Macbook Pro running OSX [ericblue]
	Nice that "it just works" and it’s free http://clonezilla.org/ [ericblue]
	Also going to check out fsarchiver (http://www.fsarchiver.org/Main_Page) thanks to a tip from @west_la [ericblue]
	Shared Cocoia Blog » Make a Mac (Media) Server.
	RT @jackiegerstein: BBC’s 3D Documentary Explorer is a radical new way of telling the story of The Virtual Revolution, http://bit.ly/dkLdJG [ericblue]
	1st day back to the gym in 2.5 weeks… Ouch [ericblue]
	New geeky matrix-like Twitter background http://twitter.com/ericblue [ericblue]
	RT @Seahorsemystic: Screaming Chickens are creepy. \| Ditto [ericblue]
	RT @AlanDavidson: “If you fall down…do a couple push-ups while you’re down there.” Jim Rohn via Randy Gage [ericblue]
	RT @BillGates: GatesNotes - some of my favorite Teach12 courses http://bit.ly/9AcxIM - … in addition to MIT & Academic Earth courses [ericblue]
	Just got my Wi-Fi enabled scale with support for iPhone graphing http://bit.ly/aUdwro perfect blend of fitness and geekery [ericblue]
	When I get some more ‘blogging free time’ I plan on doing some posts on personal informatics/devices (FitBit, WiThings, etc.) [ericblue]
	Sometimes amazed at the level of chaos involved managing the level of chaos ….* * [ericblue]
	RT @GeorgeDvorsky: lolz - SyFy Rebranding Makes Time Magazine’s Top 10 Worst Corporate Name Changes http://bit.ly/9k1vmD [ericblue]
	I liked one reader’s comment: "SCIFI is dead and SYFY is the Zombie that ate it." [ericblue]
	Watching the Ninth Gate … 1999 was an interesting year for movies [ericblue]
	RT @philosophytweet: There is nothing more powerful than the imagination of a philosopher; even artists are spellbound. [ericblue]
	Shared 10 reasons to pass on the iPad? TUAW fact check.
	RT @ericschiller: Perhaps what we need is critical positive thinking. \| Positive Realism…. I like it [ericblue]
	Some days I feel like a stubborn goat standing in the middle of a flock of bleating sheep [ericblue]
	RT @ericschiller: Beyond Growth, might be a little controversial: Social Media: Moving Towards A Brave New World? http://ow.ly/15Hmy [ericblue]
	RT @IntegralHack: Why is it when one person is "manifesting," another person is getting screwed? [ericblue]
	Beautiful… AT&T voicemail has been broken for me for about a week… Can you hear me now?? Well, no. [ericblue]
	Business #fail: FTC: BlueHippo pocketed $15 million, only shipped one PC http://bit.ly/3GIJUd [ericblue]
	Shared InfoQ: Are You a Software Architect?.
	Shared Open.edu: Top 50 University Open Courseware Collections.
	RT @mindmapdrawer: RT @_robin_sharma: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." -Van Gogh [ericblue]
	Shared Making Ghost 9 recovery disk on bootable USB? - General-Laptops-Notebooks - Laptops-Notebooks.
	Shared Wiki Theater - Five Patterns For Massive Wiki Adoption - Atlassian News.
	Can anybody recommend good (preferably free) web-based remote PC control solutions (something like hosted VNC)? [ericblue]
	Shared How To Restore and Enable Visual Voicemail (VVM) and MMS That Not Working After iPhone Tethering Hack » My Digital Life.
	Oooops… apparently iPhone tethering hack may cause voicemail to disappear http://tinyurl.com/neosy7 [ericblue]
	RT @grahamenglish: Answering The Bush “Miss Me Yet?” Billboard http://ff.im/-fJQlU [ericblue]
	Shared return (∞); - Return Infinity.
	Trying out logmein.com right now and am super impressed. I may never go back to VNC again [ericblue]
	Shared 20 Great Project Management Tools.
	Waiting for my Wi-Fi body weight scale to arrive… gadget gets to tell me how fat I am every day. Wait, I paid for that? [ericblue]
	Shared Turn Your Netbook into a Feature-Rich E-Book Reader - e-Books - Lifehacker.

Weekly Lifestream for February 4th

ericblue76 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:21:38 +0000

	Published Weekly Lifestream for January 28th.
	Shared The Easiest Way to Build your First iPhone App \| Nettuts+.
	RT @EmergentCulture: RT Ever wonder what the hell (lol) the differences are in the christian denominations? http://bit.ly/6amMS2 [ericblue]
	Shared The Scale of the Universe.
	Shared Planets.
	RT @philosophytweet: Beware the barrenness of a busy life.-Socrates [ericblue]
	RT @jackiegerstein: The Scale of the Universe http://bit.ly/7oJKqJ [ericblue]
	RT @jonbischke: "… the penny has cost approximately 1.8 cents and the nickel approximately 9 cents to produce." http://bit.ly/d1V64m [ericblue]
	This nickel isn’t worth the nickel it’s made with… What a pickle. [ericblue]
	Too little time to tweet this last week. Too much todo. [ericblue]
	Waiting for my new Acer 11.6" Netbook (well almost netbook) to arrive tomorrow. Love my Mac but switching to a more portable device. [ericblue]
	Yes, this will mean I now have at least 3 main personal computers (Linux desktop, Mac laptop, PC netbook) [ericblue]
	I’ve been growing tired of the excessive heat problems from the original MacBook Pro and while I love the 17" screen it’s too big to carry [ericblue]
	Shared Installation OS X base on iAtkos v5i in VMWare.
	RT @WJACNews: WJAC Video > Groundhog Day 2010: Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks Of Winter: http://bit.ly/at8ssD [ericblue]
	Man, just missed fire hook spicy Korean tacos in favor of corner bakery [ericblue]
	Awesome! I’ve just been added to another twitter list entitled ‘nerd’. 2010 goal 22 of 100 crossed off the list [ericblue]
	Quite possibly accurate considering I count ‘knowledge management’ as a hobby. Yes folks, I do actually leave the house (on occasion) [ericblue]
	ok, why is google.com ping resolving to iw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.95.103) [ericblue]
	Thinks Last.FM is broke… switching recommendations between extreme psytrance and classical music. Feels trapped in a Bugs Bunny rerun. [ericblue]
	Shared I Need Help Restoring Acer Recovery Partition (AS1410 & AS5050) - RedFlagDeals.com Forums.
	RT @sonrivers: don’t believe a single word. \| I tried not believing the collection of words but that broke my brain too [ericblue]
	RT @roygrubb: RT @jondcoleman: New blog post, Getting the most out of your thoughts – Part 2 – MIND MAPPING - http://tinyurl.com/y8h8ph5 [ericblue]
	RT @BetsC: RT @NewMindMirror Abstract Thoughts? The Body Takes Them Literally: embodied spatial intelligence NY Times http://su.pr/7HDpBo [ericblue]
	Shared Free Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilities (thefreecountry.com).
	RT @mrteacup: Computers shouldn’t make people feel like idiots http://bit.ly/c3dFW6 \| Counter-post: Stop being an idiot http://bit.ly/9eJYrM [ericblue]

Weekly Lifestream for January 28th

ericblue76 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:22:48 +0000

	Published Weekly Lifestream for January 21st.
	RT @GeorgeDvorsky RT @xenijardin:America now recognizes corporations as people but we sneer @ ethical vegans who believe animals have rights [ericblue]
	If we now recognize corporations as people, are we ok that many are classified as psycho/sociopaths? http://tinyurl.com/n2aso [ericblue]
	Absolutely amazing origami - single sheet of paper - http://www.picm.co.tv/2010/01/single-sheet-of-paper.html [ericblue]
	Shared How wireframing makes your website designs better.
	Using mind maps to help write my yearly performance reviews. It’s actually quite helpful. [ericblue]
	Shared http://www.michaelvandaniker.com/labs/browserVisualization/.
	Shared Bookbook - Bookbook - Twelve South.
	Published Question to the Readers: Interest in Weekly Life Stream Feeds?.
	What is your higher self telling you… classic [ericblue]
	Shared 33 Best of the Best Open Source Content Management Systems \| Chemist2dio Labs.
	Experimenting with my new Procyon mind machine… makes audio-only entrainment seem archaic http://bit.ly/6h0Qo8 [ericblue]
	I’ve been fascinated with L&S machines ever since I first saw ads in Popular Science (i think) as a teenager [ericblue]
	Amazing it took me this long to get one… now THAT my friends in true procrastination [ericblue]
	I’m sometimes concerned that I might be a figment of my own imagination [ericblue]
	listening to crazy but gooood psytrance / metal / hip hop mix…. Rock The Rock by Anomalia [ericblue]
	Didn’t think it was possible to make that mixture work… but wow http://bit.ly/61rUHR [ericblue]
	"Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get…." [ericblue]
	"But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen." — Conan O’Brien [ericblue]
	RT @stuartdavis: RT: UFOs - Earth Sized Ufo’s Around Delta Sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UmLuMyCYWI (via @ScottShaubel) [ericblue]
	RT @grahamenglish: Conan Plays Free Bird w/ Will Ferrell, Ben Harper, Beck etc. http://ff.im/-eIz5D \| Conan Totally Rocks [ericblue]
	Will Ferrell and a cow bell; can’t go wrong with that combo [ericblue]
	Shared YouTube - Carl Sagan’s last interview, part 1 of 3.
	Check this video out — Carl Sagan’s last interview, part 1 of 3 http://youtu.be/jod7v-m573k [ericblue]
	Working on the weekend, I need to go outside and play http://tweetphoto.com/9400919 [ericblue]
	Shared RainyMood.com.
	Shared Sniffing images in 350 lines « Theory matters.
	RT @ericschiller: Personal development bloggers, please shit-can the entitlement : http://ow.ly/ZOlA [ericblue]
	Shared YouTube - Carl Sagan - ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed).
	Shared youTube Playlist (TVersity).
	Shared Philosophy – Guide to Happiness \| Watch Free Documentary Online.
	Top 10 Tools for Better Reading, Online and Off http://tinyurl.com/ykjvnjd [ericblue]
	And, best tip I’ve seen to remove ’sub-vocalization’ to improve speedreading http://tinyurl.com/mhkper [ericblue]
	RT @BillGates: RSS is now running on the site http://www.gatesnotes.com \| I’m wondering if that required a Windows update [ericblue]
	Reason why Holosync costs so much? "…because the aviation fuel for Bill Harris’ twin engine plane is expensive" http://bit.ly/6eWY0F [ericblue]
	Shared DTZM w/Mind Workstation - Transparent Community Forum.
	Shared deeper than zen monk - Transparent Community Forum.
	Wrapping up my FREE alternative to Holosync using NP2/DTZM… sounds as good (possibly better) than the original [ericblue]
	Experimenting with different rain + tibetan bowl effects and thinking about adding some support for visuals (googles w/ audiostrobe) [ericblue]
	make the goggles [ericblue]
	not googles [ericblue]
	Published Relax With Some Rain and White Noise.
	Finished test driving my Holosync replacement - absolutely better quality (IMHO) with my sound samples & powerful effect [ericblue]
	I’m a big fan of seeing consistency between words and actions. Don’t tell me, show me. [ericblue]
	RT @BetsC: RT @DanielPink Emotionally intelligent signage . . . in an airport? http://bit.ly/8sgX5U <— :0) [ericblue]
	Shared Integral Options Cafe: Toward an Integral Buddhism (Redux).
	Shared Benlog » Don’t Hash Secrets.
	Shared More On BioFeedback.
	Shared http://www.netliberty.net/dreamachine.html.
	I am actually really close to getting a demo online… ~ a few solid days of work (in my spare time) to get some samples on my website [ericblue]
	Too much to do, too little time to tweet so far today [ericblue]
	If I have time tonight I might listen to my ‘Deeper Than a Zen Monk’ mix [ericblue]
	My Twitter account is worth $181! What’s yours worth? http://WhatsMyTwitterAccountWorth.com \| Buy now and I’ll throw in my Facebook account [ericblue]
	RT @IQmatrix: VUE Turns Your Mind-Mapped Ideas Into Presentations - http://ow.ly/10rdV #mindmaps #mindmapping [ericblue]
	RT @sonrivers: fly like a butterfly, be like a bee [ericblue]
	Spent most of the day reclined due to my back. Looking forward to the chiro tomorrow. [ericblue]
	Geek behaviors present during conversations http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/geek-behaviors.htm \| I can relate to most of this [ericblue]
	What NOT to do in business.. invest 4 million get back 35 subs and $9k .. WOW http://tinyurl.com/yf5yv66 [ericblue]
	Shared Global Warming Vs Clojure! \| BEST IN CLASS.
	iDon’t iKnow if iLike the iName iPad [ericblue]
	Shared 5 Examples of Beautiful Resume/CV Templates \| Nettuts+.
	Shared Amazon.com: Dell Inspiron 11 11.6-Inch Obsidian Black Laptop (Windows 7 Premium): Electronics.
	Shared Acer Aspire AS1410-2920 Notebook PC - Intel Celeron ULV SU2300 1.2GHz, 2GB DDR2, 250GB HDD, 11.6" Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Black at TigerDirect.com.