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72Coffin-sized solo tent may work for ultralight camping, but beware of claustrophobia
I like to camp, and I usually go with minimal gear. So, by rights I should love those smaller one-man tents and bivy sacks. I should, anyway. Not long ago got to test one out on an overnight trip with a...
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73Hang the depression, full speed ahead: Strategies
There's nothing like a good old-fashioned depressive episode to derail any semblance of productivity. Shoot, even getting out of bed is a long intensive battle when the Black Dog is howling outside your door....
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58In first-ever race, running like a fish out of water
Even though my birth certificate suggests I am firmly into geezerhood, I'm in pretty decent shape. I bicycle at least 50 miles a week, work a job that demands a lot of footwork, and I'm an outdoors type. As I write this, I'm in training for a hike...
2 comments65Economics 101: The beans-and-rice theory
Not long ago, we had a cost-of-living wage increase at work. Wasn't much of a bump; the company cited a really bad economy and the best we could eke out was 2.5 percent. I'll take it. Cost of living increases...
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64Ink-stained wretches can still dream
Not long ago I started corresponding with an old friend, a fellow survivor of the newsroom wars. I hadn't seen him in 20 years, and he had an idea that caused the printer's ink in my veins to flow a little bit...
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75.txt file makes a simple, elegant to-do solution
Daily agenda (as todo.txt) is shown on this Linux desktop; it works just as well in Windows too. The file is easily accessible from the Fluxbox menu to the left, but you can also create an icon and store that on your desktop. Productivity is big...
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83Hipster PDA: Getting mileage from index cards
The classic Hipster PDA (center) is flanked by a miniature version made from half-sized index cards and magnetic money clip, and the author's unit. It's right up there with the pet rock and the Incredible Weather String, except the Hipster PDA...
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73Cloud computing 101: A starter's tool kit
Notes for this story were a) written on an index card, b) photographed with a camera phone, c) uploaded to Evernote from the camera phone, and d) pasted onto this page via screenshot. Bonus points if you can...
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72What's in your writer's toolbox?
My writing tools are all set for travel: Netbook, thumb drives, Hipster PDA. Of these tools, though, the coffee is probably the most essential. We writers have these obsessive tendencies anyway, and most of...
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68Writing in the old and new world
I was in high school in 1972 when I began to realize I could write. A dozen years later, in 1984, I started doing it professionally. This became my full-time job, with a few interruptions here and there,...
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