When I’m conducting experiments in the lab late at night, often there is downtime when I am just waiting for something to happen so I can take a measurement. Sometimes the downtime may be up to an hour of just waiting with nothing to do. One can only do so much reading and writing in a single day and sleep deprivation isn’t the best catalyst for great writing. Thus, online videos offer a nice alternative to pass the time. Between OVGuide and Hulu you can find just about any tv series or movie to watch for free. Hulu even goes a step futher and allows you to embed any one of these movies on [...] Continue Reading…
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I am a long time Outlook user who just recently moved to Gmail for many reasons (to be discussed in a later post). However, my interest in Outlook has been reignited with the public beta release of Xobni (inbox spelled backwards). Xobni is a plugin that essentially transforms MS Outlook program into a social network. It improves upon Outlook’s organization, search, and navigation abilities to a greater standard and makes it more user friendly. Xobni is a great analytics tool that identifies and displays trends for who and when you email someone and vice versa. It also automatically extracts contact information, attachments, and the sender’s known acquaintance’s (i.e. friends) from emails to display [...] 
Juggling your personal, school, and work life and actually getting things done (GTD) can be very challenging. Task managers can help you stay organized and keep you on track. There are a number of web-based applications out there that can get the job done. Most are free and allow you to upgrade for a small fee to gain access to extra features. I have collected a list of them below and graded them according to their ease of use, design, number of features, and integration with other Web applications.
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Finding a great deal or getting the best price for products is important for any shopper. As you can see below, I have put together a list of my favorite online shopping sites and resources. Each have their strengths and weaknesses but I have found these to be the cream of the crop for their particular categories. The lists are not in any particular order but I have place and asterisk (*) next to my absolute favorites.
Like many people, my financial software of choice is 
Have you ever been driving and had a great idea but didn’t have a pen handy to write it down and thus forgot it soon thereafter? Perhaps you’ve needed to take a note or create a reminder but didn’t have any paper nearby? Better yet, what about creating updates to your calendar or to-do lists? If you’ve ever experienced such problems 
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