Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'

Xander ,'End of Days'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


meara - Jan 19, 2012 10:58:18 am PST #17245 of 30001

OOOOH. I will have to look for that (once my Trader Joe's gets restocked from the ice storm we're having)


Atropa - Jan 19, 2012 11:00:50 am PST #17246 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Lunch: a bowl of Bacon, Cheese, and Beer soup from Whole Foods.

I want THAT. Wow, that sounds amazing.

Yeah, ice storm. Tho' here in the Greenwood lowlands, it's pretty much snow. Lots and lots of snow. Pete says it's the snow demons honoring my Mom's memory, which is a nice thought.


Ginger - Jan 19, 2012 11:01:13 am PST #17247 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I guess I should try Astrid. I'm always turned off by any app that wants me to share. Also, I'd have to keep my phone in front of me. These days the cool kids are not designing for people who sit at home at a desktop all day.

I have looked in Lifehacker extensively, and mainly came away with a reminder of how much I loathe the current layout. The problem is that all the programs want to do everything. I use Evernote, but it doesn't have easy reminders. I have a time tracker I like, but I don't want to schedule every moment of the day, although it may come to that.


§ ita § - Jan 19, 2012 11:08:54 am PST #17248 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

any app that wants me to share

Share what with who? I've been using Astrid for a few months, and it's doesn't want me to share anything that I can think of. I mean, other than my tasks, with it, which seems within default purview.

[link] is less disgusting. But I suspect, from my conversations with support, it's not long for this world.


DavidS - Jan 19, 2012 11:23:12 am PST #17249 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Whoa. The Feds just shut down Megaupload.

The heat is on.


meara - Jan 19, 2012 11:46:07 am PST #17250 of 30001

Whoa. The Feds just shut down Megaupload.

Wow, seriously!?? Geez.


§ ita § - Jan 19, 2012 12:04:50 pm PST #17251 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, the consultants sent back their visit finding document, and they've used documentation I created during the engagement to present to my boss as one of their sources. No one's going to recognise that but me, but come on! Of course I'm going to read it.

I know mirroring is prime NLP and PUA material, but, hello.


Liese S. - Jan 19, 2012 12:09:17 pm PST #17252 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Astrid does have a web interface, although I'm unclear on how the prompting would work using that strictly. And while it calls itself "social productivity" I don't use any social aspect of it at all.

Okay, I did good for lunch today because Noom told me to log a healthy lunch and I didn't want to not be able to tell it, so I had spaghetti squash. And then I just ate more of the sauce, because it is chunky and delicious. But yay, all veggies! And a little butter and parmesan, but I'm going to go with yay overall.


-t - Jan 19, 2012 12:25:14 pm PST #17253 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Omnifocus will let you set up "events" to recur based on when you completed them, which I use quite a bit (including reminding me to drink water). It's got this whole GTD philosophy supposedly built in, but I don't really get all that and use it just fine. I'm not sure what all platforms it's available for, though, it might be mac only.

I have shopped! And it took me slightly less than two hours, so, yay? People who like GroceryIQ, what's cool about it? I'm not thrilled with any of the shopping list apps I've tried recently.


Dana - Jan 19, 2012 12:34:26 pm PST #17254 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Well, my flight tomorrow morning just got pushed back two hours, which fucks my connection. On the other hand, I no long have to get up at 5AM, and Delta's working on my connection, so...