Small Steps Forward

MacHeist is having a sale. Well, it’s not really a sale so much as it’s an opportunity to score some great free applications (Some maybe more great than others; your mileage may vary.)
ShoveBox, WriteRoom, Twitterific, TinyGrab, Hordes of Orcs, and Mariner Write are all available for the next 3 days absolutely free at MacHeist.
Run.

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Remember when you first started explaining Quicksilver to folks and it was like trying to create an online dating ad? Or trying to describe enlightenment?
So, I’m not even going to try and explain Autopilot; I’m just going to point you to the Autopilot demo screencast.
And I’m going to say wow….
Wow.

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Thank you, anonymous craigslist poster!
See the original post (if it’s still there), or read below:
I will kick you in the nuts. For free. (53rd & 3rd)

At my anger management class, I was told that:
- Volunteering makes you feel needed.
- Volunteering can lead to learning new skills.
- Volunteering can help you deal with some of [...]

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i am an extreme people pleaser. and i am at a loss as to why the hell this would be. few people who know me would think i ever have a problem saying no. ever.
but something weird is happening. i am running into people at the places i go to get online. and with a [...]

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I’ve escaped. I read this interesting book sometime ago — “Kindred” by Octavia Butler — in which this woman travels, involuntarily, back and forth through time. For some reason, she keeps dropping in on this plantation family, suddenly appearing and disappearing from their lives. A family already dysfunctional, her last visit is a culmination, [...]

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i think i’ve found the way out. i could be wrong, but i think i have the secret.
i’ve been thinking about it, puzzling over it for years…
waiting and waiting
someone told me a story once. a woman she knew was talking about the importance of training men. this woman had a date with a guy and [...]

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‘Sometimes people get so used to what they see in films that they end up forgetting the real story,’ says a friend, as we stand together looking out over Miami harbour. ‘Do you remember The Ten Commandments?’
Of course I do. At one point, Moses - Charlton Heston - lifts up his rod, the waters part [...]

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Remember when we were kids and looking for answers to a question? That eternal search for the why of things? And you’d ask An Adult, only to find that every blanking adult had a different answer to your question? Sometimes diametrically opposed answers to your question? If you were lucky, most of their answers would [...]

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My cat’s on the keyboard again. I was searching for something on eBay, but now my cat’s sitting on my keyboard.
What is it about cats and computers anyway? Do they see us looking at our screens the way they look at birds and wonder what all the fuss is about since nothing on the screen [...]

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The cursor is blinking at me.
Make it stop.
It only stops when it’s moving.
It’s only moving when I’m typing.
I just can’t think of anything to write.
The cursor is blinking at me.
Make it stop.
… ….
Arrrgh. Fine! I’ll write.

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