http://walkingtowel.org by Shawn Dowler Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:48:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I hopped in the truck this morning to drive to work I saw the amber low fuel light staring me in the face. I keep hoping the gas will get cheaper before I have to fill up again, so I tend to wait until the light comes on recently. ... http://walkingtowel.org/2008/06/06/ten-cents-in-one-day/ So I never really updated as promised with how the integration of the FranklinCovey planner and Toodledo went because I never really came to terms with them together. Toodledo was too cumbersome and most importantly doesn't allow dependency-tracking for next actions. I've been playing with the 3.0 alpha version of ... http://walkingtowel.org/2008/05/18/monkeygtd-for-the-win/ A week ago I got a FranklinCovey planner as part of a course I attended on time management. A week before that I found Toodledo (a friend of mine showed it to me). Now I've got this dilemma. I find that Toodledo does a great job of managing my tasks ... http://walkingtowel.org/2008/03/16/franklin-covey-v-gtd/ I don't understand it and I can't watch it anymore. TV just isn’t what it used to be. Or maybe it’s exactly what it’s always been, but my tolerance is lower. I’m not complaining about the quality of the programs, though. I’m complaining about the TV networks and their feeling ... http://walkingtowel.org/2008/03/04/too-old-for-tv/ On my way home from work there is a long off- ramp/on-ramp that connects two freeways. The ramp only has one lane and at this time of day usually goes slowly with a lot of slow-and-go. Most of the drivers realize that there is nothing you can do to go ... http://walkingtowel.org/2008/02/27/irrational-drivers-drive-me-nuts/ I use GKrellM for status monitoring on my Linux desktop and laptop machines, but have often wished for a way to get some of the same information without running an X server. I searched around and found saidar, which looked like the perfect solution. I went to install ... http://walkingtowel.org/2008/01/09/linux-hardware-monitoring-without-x/ I hope you have a wonderful week. Christmas is the best time of year, even if it is freezing all over the place. [wp_youtube]B3DyxaCYlfg[/wp_youtube] http://walkingtowel.org/2007/12/25/merry-christmas-2007/ From a YouTube comment on a Christmas Video I posted there: I think that the confusion lies in the view of the Trinity, taught from the very beginning of the Church. There is One God, co-eternal with the Son and Spirit. God was never like man nor will man ever become ... http://walkingtowel.org/2007/12/24/mormons-are-christians-but-christians-dont-think-so/ Am I the only one who gets the chills when I see a sign that says "Gun Free Zone" at the entrance of an establishment? My instincts told me not to enter the local library when I saw that on the front door. Here's a beautiful cartoon from the Rome ... http://walkingtowel.org/2007/12/16/gun-free-zones-scare-me/ There are so many beautiful little squares of awesomeness in this area. I had no idea there were places like this when we decided to move here. We moved here for purely economic reasons. This cache is located in a nature preserve run by the Riparian Institute. ... http://walkingtowel.org/2007/11/18/the-planets-gc11n95/