Archive for the 'life hacks' Category

Make your own Quill Pen

Friday, December 9th, 2005

Making your own Quill Pen
I once tried to learn how to do calligraphy. It didn’t work very well, but it would be cool to have a pen sitting on my desk with some ink in case I wanted to sign something official. This site details the how to. Looks pretty easy.

4.5 hours of sleep is all you need

Friday, December 9th, 2005

The Power of the Sleep Cycle
I have tried to cut down on my hours of sleep a few times in my life, with some success. It always came back to needing a motivation to get up early. I seem to be getting more motivation, so maybe I will try this…
Dangers of Sleep Hacking
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Cut down on procrastination

Friday, December 9th, 2005

Procrastination Hack
I am a horrible procrastinator, especially not that I have a blog and a news aggregator. This looks like it would work great, especially tied to my less-sleep project…
Procrastination Dash
A similar, yet different method

How far did I run?

Friday, December 9th, 2005

MapMyRun
This is a cool program that will calculate the distance you have run as setup by simple mouse clicks on a Google Map.

Simplify your life

Friday, December 9th, 2005

I found this awesome site on How to Live Simple. It’s a easy to follow e-book that gives good suggestions to de-clutter your life and how to get more out of it. A must read for those of us who are too busy to live.

Benefits of Relaxation

Friday, December 9th, 2005

Benefits of Meditation
Here is a cool explanation as to why meditation is good for you. Good ideas there and the ‘net is loaded with meditation exercises and ways to get started using meditation.

Making Cool Warning Labels

Friday, December 9th, 2005

As a chemistry professor I can see how I could actually USE some of these. This label generator site is pretty cool. Maybe I should make some buttons for my website using this tool.

Relaxation Exercises Whilst at Work

Friday, December 9th, 2005

Here is a cool site on how to do some relaxation exercises at work. It includes audio files to help with the sessions. Some cool ideas here.