http://www.emarklee.com Internet, Technology, and Hair Pie. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:29:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Amazon announced a new "frustration free packaging", which removes the products from all that plastic packaging so that customers do not have to hunt down their jaws of life to open these things up. I guess memory cards are what are being called out, but lots of things I buy ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/11/04/its-about-time-we-start-cutting-down-on-packaging.html I've been a bit energised by some of the recent events...you may have heard of it. First black prez, crude oil below $70, and a global economic crisis. But the most important way to not think about the things going on around you is to watch scary movies, and here ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/11/03/top-5-scary-movies-you-have-not-seen.html I was inspired after watching Heroes to watch The Fly. Yes, the Fly with Jeff Goldblum from the 80's. The reason is that the Mohinder character from Heroes is a direct replica of Jeff Goldblum's character in The Fly, Seth Brundle. The Fly actually holds up quite well since ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/11/03/mohinder-suresh-is-homage-to-the-fly.html I am totally into the elections this year. And by "into", I mean I may actually vote. The main reason is that the world economy sucks right now and we are in Iraq. Pretty simple. So to my delight I received a Prop endorsement email yesterday that was just so ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/10/22/say-no-to-prop-8-homosex-between-mams.html I'm not Republican or Democrat but if that crazy ghost on the right runs our country, I'm staying in the UK. http://www.emarklee.com/2008/10/17/i-will-let-this-picture-speak-for-itself.html I don't usually talk politics because I don't really subscribe to it, really. I'm not really a big government Democrat but I also don't like the foagie policies of the Republicans. There's nothing deep about my thinking...whoever lowers taxes for me gets my vote. Usually I don't pay that much ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/09/06/milf-2009.html Santa, I know it's a bit early to think about the holidays, but believe me, it's starting to feel like winter here in London. I think I've been a pretty good boy this year except for the general assault and WOMD allegations put on me, that is. This year I am ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/09/02/top-5-on-my-xmas-shopping-list.html Many of you out there do not sit in front of the computer all day and hence this blog post may not be as relevant...and stop rubbing it in. For the rest of us, we have to use Microsoft Outlook all day in between reading Fantasy Football articles on ESPN. ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/08/31/top-10-productivity-gsd-outlook-tips.html Since I have been GSD'ing so well the past few weeks, I have neglected to blog. I have now added blogging to my list of things to do, so it has now been captured. Done. The first thing I think anybody should do when implementing GSD is looking at emails. For ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/08/20/gsding-emails.html My mate KokoBWare recently gave me a personal productivity book called Getting Things Done by David Allen. It was actually pretty enlightening. I had been in search for such a system for some time but was never able to find it. A system that captured all tasks in my life, ... http://www.emarklee.com/2008/07/21/getting-shit-done.html