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Diary

I moved into my new place this past weekend.  Still unpacking and discovering the neighborhood.  Unfortunately, I got sick right after the move, but that hasn’t stopped me from trying out the restaurants and asian supermarkets in Chinatown. One of my primary motives for moving here was to be closer to good food, so I [...]

Two big missed opportunities this weekend because of car trouble. My white ’95 Honda Civic is my first (and only) car. Got it the summer after high school. It’s been through 3 major accidents — twice declared totaled and registered as a salvage vehicle.  But I’m still alive and have traveled over 150k miles in [...]

My new Dell desktop machine arrived today.  I decided to go with a Windows desktop as my new everyday computer. BTW, my friends and twitter survey of Win vs. Mac came out almost exactly 50/50.  I didn’t expect that. I thought it’d be Mac heavy. What pushed me over to the Windows side was how [...]

Frustrated With eBay

July 14, 2009 · 7 comments

in Diary

Why does eBay go out of their way to piss off their users?  This is what happens when you’re huge and there are no competitors. You end up pissing off customers and not putting enough energy into trying to delight them.  Why bother trying to make users happy when you don’t have to?  Afterall, they’re [...]

Since I no longer work out of a real office, I find myself looking for coffee shops or cafes with free WiFi. Public libraries are also a good option. Libraries have the advantage of being quieter and the disadvantage of not having any coffee. Lately I’ve been frequenting two cafes near my house, but I’m [...]

The internet is down again. Damn you Time Warner!

This week, the reorganization (or really, organization) of my life has been foremost in my mind. I started applying GTD principles to various areas of my life. So far, I’ve broken it down by personal and professional arenas. I don’t really have a system in place yet, as I’m trying to actually organize my life [...]

I’ve been trying to get my life back to some semblance of order, and GTD is a major part of the plan. The 3 key GTD concepts that should help make me stress free, highly productive and personally “get it together” are: Get all todos and ideas out of my head. Put these pending thoughts [...]