Monthly Archives: October 2011

Italian Neighbors – Book Recommendation

Tim Parks’ Italian Neighbors is his account of his time as a Brit living outside of Verona Italy.  It is not an account of all of Italy but rather just Northeastern Italy.  This is not the Tuscan Valley or Rome. … Continue reading

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My Journey to Health – Frozen Dinners

Despite your best intentions to stay on plan with your meals, you can still be tired when you come home or not feeling well or just plain don’t want to cook. This is where frozen dinners come in handy.  While … Continue reading

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iPhone 4S – First Impressions

I’ve now had the iPhone 4S for over a week and love it.  Since the 4S is the same design as the 4, the phone itself is the same.  This means that any iPhone 4 case will fit. What’s different … Continue reading

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iOS 5

Apple’s new operating system for its mobile devices was released to the general public earlier this month and introduced many changes. iOS is the term for the  mobile operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.  iOS 5 is … Continue reading

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New iPad?

Let’s say instead you got a new iPad.  Same rules apply.  Let’s go to Settings. The first thing you’ll see is Airplane mode.  Airplane  mode is only important if you have a 3G iPad.  Otherwise, it acts like  Wi-Fi.  Next … Continue reading

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New iPhone?

So you got a new iPhone.  Before you start adding Angry Birds and every other app, let’s take a moment to go to the least sexy icon on your new phone – Settings.  You’ll be amazed at what’s under the … Continue reading

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My Journey to Health – Pre-Planning Meals

One of the key reasons why I was successful in my last concerted attempt at weight loss was pre-planning my meals.  I grocery shop every two weeks.  When I’m at the most effective, I literally write down: Breakfast  Lunch  Dinner … Continue reading

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Action Method Paper

Where The Action Method shines is with its paper products.  Behance uses two colors primarily – orange and Tiffany blue.  I’m in love with the Tiffany blue.  The other key feature are the dots of the notes section. Instead of … Continue reading

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Online Action Method

One of the key features of Scott Belsky’s book Making Ideas Happen is you should like the tools you use.  To that end, his company Behance has developed beautiful, elegant tools to use.  The online tools  look like the paper … Continue reading

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Making Ideas Happen – Book Recommendation

Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky is a productivity book that focuses on action. Belsky argues that coming up with ideas is not the problem.  Executing the ideas is the problem. What Belsky tries to do is provide a method … Continue reading

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