Unix is digital clay - Matt Might

I see now that technology can only nip at the margins of happiness (...) </pre>

love his conclusion

This sounds quite scary to me. I would think that exercise is not something that goes at the expense of working, it might even increase productivity. Even if it's long walks outside. However, I don't have any references on this except for my very limited personal experience.

Of course tools (hardware and software) can only take you so far. I find that most productivity comes from being surrounded by sharp hard-working people trying to push the envelope. Working with hard-working people creates a cyclic motivational cycle, all pushing each other to be more productive.

Stop this.

[1] http://www.harmankardon.com/pages/localeselector.aspx [2] http://at.harmankardon.com/jennifer-lopez-and-harman-kardon-... (I suspect this link won't work)

Edit: This is hilarious. The Kensington remote link opens the product page and then overlays a country selection. Selecting my country redirects me to the homepage in my language. At least I can close the selection window and stay on the product page.

I think it's interesting to see that so many uses application-specific desktops. I've always used project-specific desktops: one desktop for random stuff (Twitter, browsing, terminal for quick stuff), one for communication (because no IM app is fine-grained enough for my case) and the rest for projects. Nearly all of the project desktops have a terminal and a separate Chrome window.

How are current power adapters in terms of energy wasted when not being used, but connected to the plug? I use to keep them all unplugged because I remember they used to waste a lot of watt-hours doing nothing.