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24 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=git+r+done
26 : The modern use of git r done was developed in the early 90's by hard
27 : working white males who reached a point in their life where they wanted
28 : to actually accomplish something in life... instead of getting
29 : completely hammered and rebuilding transmissions, the started doing
30 : projects that really mattered - projects like fixing the mailbox,
31 : cleaning the house, possibly even taking a few loads to the dump. This
32 : sudden surge of progress made these men feel good, like they were doing
33 : something. So, they had to have a way in their simple minds to reaffirm
34 : that feeling of getting something done. Thus, "GITRDONE!" was born. This
35 : can be said before a task is completed to motivate them, or after a task
36 : is completed to celebrate. It is also used profusely during the process
37 : of completing a task for no apparent reason which is very obnoxious and
38 : ambient. Often used with a drawn out "Woooooo!" yelling before or
41 * A Day Unplugged: Frenzied Blackberries vs. Kwai Chang Caine?
43 http://www.43folders.com/2008/03/03/kung-fu-unplugged
45 : In yesterday's New York Times, Mark Bittman wrote an entertaining and
46 : thoughtful article about realizing that his need to stay wired,
47 : in-touch, and updated was really starting to eat into him. His headslap
48 : moment came on an international flight, as he realizes the only other
49 : place I could escape was in my sleep. He goes on to talk about the
50 : difficulty of maintaining even a single day of Sabbath from electronic
51 : communication and media...
53 * The Advantages of closing a few doors...
55 By John Tierney Published: February 26, 2008
57 Full [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/science/26tier.html%3Fem&ex%3D1204347600&en%3Dbf8b21f9fbee36d7&ei%3D5087%0A][article in the NYT]]
59 : The next time you're juggling options — which friend to see, which house to
60 : buy, which career to pursue — try asking yourself this question: What would
63 : Xiang Yu was a Chinese general in the third century B.C. who took his troops
64 : across the Yangtze River into enemy territory and performed an experiment in
65 : decision making. He crushed his troops' cooking pots and burned their ships.
67 : He explained this was to focus them on moving forward — a motivational speech
68 : that was not appreciated by many of the soldiers watching their retreat option
69 : go up in flames. But General Xiang Yu would be vindicated, both on the
70 : battlefield and in the annals of social science research.
72 * Time and Attention by Merlin Mann
74 Great [[http://www.43folders.com/2008/02/14/time-attention-talk][talk by Merlin]] Mann about "Time and attention".