Jotlab

I’m getting so sick and tired of all these posts that show up in my rss reader from sources like Digg, Techcrunch and Wired. They all seem to talk in absolute terms, making their content come across as gospel, when in fact it is written by some douche who just found out what web2.0 was, what females are [...]

I recently read and listened to the Audiobook of David Allen, titled “Getting Things Done”. It was quite effective in its message, I did indeed enjoy it. There is one message in this book that i think is the most important of all the content. Its through this one concept that he builds up the [...]

So i got a response from blurb from their Customer Service bots today on one of my blog posts. Here was the comment: 
Hi,
Checking in from Blurb. Wanted to make sure you received your book. If not, please contact customer support. We couldn’t find you in our system, so not sure you filled out a support form. [...]

Gunpowder tea (珠茶; pinyin: zhū chá) is a form of green Chinese tea produced in Zhejiang Province of China in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet. It is believed to take its English name from the fact that the tea resembles gunpowder pellets used for cannons (see Etymology). This rolling [...]

I wrote a post a couple of days ago about our experience ordering a custom made book via Blurb shipped through UPS. It outlined our frustration with the entire process, how our order was delayed, further delayed, and delayed yet again. The book was meant to be a Christmas present. Knowing that the order would [...]

They are Awesome!

I wish they did books too! I ordered these mugs before Christmas. Took a while to get them, but they came! The quality of the product is awesome. Even though the mugs are made in china, the print is just perfect. There are no bumps where the graphic was applied, and no white box border! [...]

Blurb, an online service, web2.0 whatever, where their customers can create their own books from their own content. My girlfriend had an awesome idea/surprise whereby she spent hours of time working away at making me my own book based on my current travels in Canada. This book was meant to be given to me as [...]

By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Just one can of the popular stimulant energy drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, even in young people, Australian medical researchers said on Friday.
The caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university students and adrenaline sport fans to give them “wings”, caused the blood to become sticky, [...]

So you want to be able to nerd it up and show you’re mates just how nerdy you are? What better way than to tweet from your terminal screen! Here is my quick little guide:

Somewhere on your computer make a file, i called mine .twitter
Go into your terminal and make sure the file is executable [...]