How Did I Get Here?

Quote of the Day: “Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.”

Yesterday I talked about my son and his ability to dig out moronic content out of the internet (I know, like trying to hit water with a rock from a boat in the middle of the ocean).

Today’s example is not a video but a song.

I knew it would come to this.

In other news, I buckled down today and reignited my obsession with personal productivity and spent more than a little time with my Remember The Milk tasks.

If you haven’t dabbled in something like this, I highly recommend it. I capture all the little and big tasks of my life from the mundane (“Buy more Body Glide”) to the long term (“Get a doctorate”).

If you are interested, start here.

Anyway, I cleared out my tasks, did a weekly review, and rededicated myself to using this system to get my life back on track and where it should be: knocking down taskers everyday like bowling pins.

Currently I have a total of 211 tasks and I track them using my personalized webpage. It is even connected to an iPhone app so I can track them on the go too.

Here is what my page looks like (click it for detail view).

Note all the different tabs (blue ones are Smart Lists that change as my I tag tasks with different tags).

Anyway, there it is and yes, I have excuse to let things slip through the cracks. I have organization and I have time. Now all I have to do is mix in a little motivation and we are off to the races.

Free Advice for Today: “Ever wonder what it takes to become an astronaut? Receive the application package by writing to NASA, Johnson Space Center, Attn: AHX Astronaut Selection Office, Houston, TX 77059.”

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