Performance Zen

Author: spierzchala

  • White Noise Generator

    I need to find a software noise generator, as the office I work in has no walls. Looking for reader suggestions, preferably in the free range.
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  • Weird Day..

    1. The weather is dark and foggy
    2. I am EXTREMELY cranked on caffeine (vibrating!)
    3. There is a VERY weird vibe at work today
    4. My resume is here

    Should have stayed in bed. When the intrigue rivals a Bond movie, it’s time to go home.
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  • Technorati Ping Server Acting Up?

    I appear to be having some issues when I try to ping Technorati to let them know I have a new post. Both from here and from Ping-O-Matic.
    Just me, or are others seeing the same thing?

    Ok, now it worked…never mind.

  • The Mead Bright Photos: FOUND!

    I found the Mead Brights Hipster PDA case photos!

    It’s brilliant…but there is still no way to determine who the mysterious “marijane” is….
    TECHNORATI: Hipster PDA, GTD, Index Cards

  • Comments on “Why smart people defend bad ideas”

    Adam Barr makes some comments on Scott Berkun’s Why smart people defend bad ideas.

    My original comments are here.

  • Mead Brights and the Hipster PDA

    Ok, on Friday, May 27, I saw a very cool hack for the 3″ X 5″ Hipster PDA — The Mead Brights Index card dispenser.
    I went and bought said device at Walgreens on Saturday.
    Thing is, I have no idea who to give credit to!
    HELP!
    TECHNORATI: Hipster PDA, GTD, Index Cards

  • WooHoo! AdSense for Feeds Shot Me Down

    Just got my happy rejection letter from Google AdSense saying that I don’t qualify for the Feeds Beta.
    Couldn’t be happier! Ad-free feeds will continue!

  • Office 2006 — WEB EDITION

    NOTE: This was written 11 years before Office 365 was released into the wild.

    This week, I had a conversation that included a discussion of whether Microsoft Office applications should be webified.

    I think that this is the only way that MSFT is going to be able to get people to support a new version of their product. A web application running on an IIS server (you think they would make able to run on Apache? PSSSHAW!) would support thousands of users, even remotely (HTTPS).

    How? Well, once you load the Web app…the load is effectively off the server until the user needs to save, or import, or merge, or speel…spellcheck. Users get to free up cruft and crap from their machines by only loading apps when they need them, and only the apps they need.

    OWA is already good enough to replace the bloatware we call Outlook.
    As one lunch companion pointed out, there has to be a version of these apps running in a lab somewhere in Redmond right now.

    I would buy access to a new version of Office served over the Web in a heartbeat in order to dump the cruft and creep that currently occupies 300MB of drive space.

  • Culling the Partial Text Feeds

    There appears to be a meme beating its way around the chaos we call the blogosphere, that of culling out the partial text feeds in favour of the full text versions.
    I usually check this out when I decide to subscribe. Bloglines will occasionally offer up a selection of feeds to choose from, and if given the choice, I always go with the full text.
    Tonight, I began (alomost) mindlessly culling out the partial text feeds. ProBlogger, Moliskinerie and ongoing. LifeHack looked cool, but the partial text feed saw them get the boot.
    I agree with Scoble (ugh…I hate saying that!) on this:

    I’ll visit your site once in a while or whenever one of the bloggers that I read tells me you’ve written something interesting (which is quite often)

    I know why partial text feeds exist. But I have AdBlock installed in Firefox, so even if I click through, you get no benefit. Turn on full feeds.
    Do it. Now.

    Jeremy Zawodny is on the bandwagon.

  • New Work Digs

    So, last night, while I slept, the company picked up and moved up 128 to Lexington.
    So far, the number of disruptions have been minimal. The biggest concern was were to plug in the the Bialetti. That is the sign of a near meaningless move.
    Physical location is becoming less and less relevant to me. All I ask is that it’s nice.