This is a week from the blog of Rod Begbie, who is one…
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“Groovy Motherfucker”

Entries for week beginning March 16, 2003

March 21, 2003

RSI Reduction

Today’s NTK linked to a project called WorkRave, a tool to help keybard-jockeys such as myself avoid RSI by running timers telling you to take a break.

It has many kewl features, not least the fact that it networks across multiple PCs, so it can track when I’m spending time on my Linux box instead of my main PC.

One thing it is lacking, though, is Mac OSX support. The backend code should run OK, but it’d need a front-end. Perhaps a Konfabulator widget? (Summoning the awesome power of the LazyWeb. Come in LazyWeb)

March 20, 2003

Beeblogging

This weblog written by the BBC‘s reporters is just amazing. Real-time eyewitness updates from journalists stationed around the world. An RSS feed is sorely missing, but Syndirella users can use this web feed.

Syndirella Subscribe Bookmarklet

A useful tool for Syndirella users: Drag this bookmarklet onto your browser’s Links bar.

Syndirella Subscribe

Now, when you’re reading a blog in your browser, just hit the button, and Syndirella’s feed discovery will try to subscribe to it.

March 17, 2003

Judge a Book by Its Cover

According to the people browsing EasyMixing, I would rather watch “American Pie” than “Casablanca”, and prefer reading “Maxim” to the “New York Times”.

How judgmental. How fun!

March 16, 2003

Important Question

Can Weblogs Get a Good Man a Great Job?—A mission to find a local Bostonion some employment.

Beats the hell out of Monster.com

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