http://irrsinn.net Striving for a bit of production from all this thought. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:07:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WO and I experimented this weekend with smoothies and ended up with something rather tastee:Cranberry/Strawberry Smoothie1 can Ocean Spray whole berry cranberry sauce (Anyone know of a low/no-sugar alternative? We couldn't find frozen cranberries, and this crap has high fructose corn syrup in it.)1 bag of frozen strawberries3-5 tablespoons ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/07/22/awesome-smoothie/ These are my links for June 15th through June 18th: xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe - Everyone probably already reads xkcd, but I loved this one. "DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary" By Erika Moen - This whole comic series is ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/06/17/tastee-link-june-18th/ One of the big worries I have is that I will look back at my life in a decade and realize that I spent my youth working only for a company. I work for a pretty awesome company now, don't get me wrong, but I don't want all my ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/06/11/busy-bee/ These are my links for May 4th through May 27th: migrating email to Gmail - I just moved this domain's email to Google's hosted apps, including their gmail interface. The issue was, of course, that I had years of emails stored from IMAP that I wanted in gmail for searchability. ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/05/27/tastee-link-may-27th/ When I started the new job on Monday, I took a bit of time to consider how I wanted to implement Getting Things Done (GTD) in the workplace. After considering my circumstances -- glued to a computer all day, no particular need to access issues from home -- I ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/05/04/gtd-implementing-with-tracks/ This isn't actually a significant or meaningful post, aside from the fact that's it's the 1000th post on this blag. My writing here is often inspired by my readings of books, news, or other blogs, and for the past several days, I haven't been struck by much that really pinged with ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/05/01/1000th-post/ These are my links for April 26th through May 1st: Twenty Sided » Blog Archive » Do it again, stupid - I can't stand these DIAS types of games. I've dabbled in Tony Hawk, but only when I can beat levels on the first or second try, or when I ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/05/01/tastee-link-may-1st/ The Friday Shadowrun game WO ran was riddled with problems from the beginning. One of our players was very argumentative outside of game and a bit of a rules lawyer in game. He was always on time, though, and his mannerisms eventually grew on me. The other two players ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/04/25/the-dissolution-of-a-game/ I wrote yesterday that I was 39 pages into Jessica Weiner's A Very Hungry Girl (beware: affiliate link!). I went ahead and finished it last night. I'll admit that I was a little disappointed by the book, as it soon began to describe Weiner's work in far more detail than her personal ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/04/25/not-a-review-a-very-hungry-girl/ Links for April 25th from 15:30 to 20:48: The Psychology of the $1000 Emergency Fund | I've Paid For This Twice Already... - A commenter's word choice really got me: "For people who have never had a comma in their savings account before, getting to that magic number can be a ... http://irrsinn.net/2008/04/25/tastee-link-april-25th-2/