Today, I took advantage of some free time and put together a quick-and-dirty stand for my gTablet.  The tablet has a smooth, rounded back that doesn’t lend itself well to leaning up against things, and the viewable angle of the LCD (not to mention ergonomics) dictate that laying it flat on a table isn’t ideal [...]

Who owns the trail of digital breadcrumbs you’re leaving behind?
Is understanding who you know and how you know them and where you visit and what you’re interested in and what you buy worth anything?
Perhaps you should own it. Richard Thaler’s provoc…

Android: Prox saves you from digging through Android’s settings by letting you control your phone just by tilting it and waving your hand over its proximity sensor. More »

Jason sent me an interesting infographic this week detailing the size of a hypothetical city occupied by every man, woman and child on Earth, adjusted for the population density of various real-life cities. I’d heard an assertion one time that Texas had enough space to allocate a 25′x25′ square for each person on earth, but that doesn’t [...]

Becky and I pack pretty lightly when we travel, but we certainly carry our fair share of stuff. This entire post might sound a bit over-thought and pedantic, but when you carry the entirety of your luggage for two weeks on your back, every cubic inch has value and each ounce matters.  Our strategy revolves [...]

Last week, I picked up a new Android tablet to supplement my smartphone and hopefully replace some of the functionality of my aging laptop.  I chose the Viewsonic gTablet for its feature set, and very reasonable price.  The two main tradeoffs were a lack of Honeycomb (Android 3.x) and a limited screen resolution (it’s a [...]

One reason many workers feel that their jobs aren’t appreciated or respected is because more emphasis is placed on how efficient they are at their jobs, not how effective they are. One secret to bette…

Warm ups are great, but a new study suggests that people are probably spending too much time and energy doing them before getting to the actual workout. This is especially true for competitions, where …

Warm ups are great, but a new study suggests that people are probably spending too much time and energy doing them before getting to the actual workout. This is especially true for competitions, where …