Disqus - Friends of newformula

Re: rm -r *

Merlin — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:15:20 -0000

Sweat-inducing. I took the bullet out of the chamber in my bash profile:

alias rm='rm -i'

Re: Mike Arrington’s dream team has wrong goal

Merlin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:01:57 -0000

Good post, Robert. Well put.

Re: your monkey called

Merlin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:56:03 -0000

He keeps them up _very_ high. Which is good.

Re: your monkey called

Merlin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:50:22 -0000

Who are you people, and why are you in my bathroom?

Re: your monkey called

Merlin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:50:02 -0000

He was considered a lightweight in my circles, but I loved his stuff. That casual tone.

Goddamned dunebuggy.

Re: Hear my question on CBC Spark

Merlin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:47:28 -0000

Thanks for the question, Mark. It was a goodie.

Re: Soccer: I Don't Get It

Merlin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:11:11 -0000

LOL THis s good posting butt still won part I dont get is is why when theres gole is always the man yelling "NOOOOOOOOO!!!"?"?

Soccer is a gay.

Re: your monkey called

Merlin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:06:27 -0000

If you weren't already gay-married to a lady, I'd say we should get normal-married and start an unpopular bar where we can just listen to music and work on our beaded jewelry and replicas of medieval weaponry.

Re: your monkey called

Merlin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:41:34 -0000

Did you get a home number for Haydee? We may want to call her and the rest of the team in on this.

Re: BOY ROBOT

Merlin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:46:42 -0000

Hell is other people's t-shirts.

Re: In Nomine Jobs, et Woz, et Spiritus Schiller

Merlin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:57:36 -0000

Really? Bad on me for doing a canonical point-something upgrade from the company that made my computer? Which upgrade half a dozen of my go-to apps "require?"

Guess that'll teach me to want apps that keep working.

Re: In Nomine Jobs, et Woz, et Spiritus Schiller

Merlin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:23:02 -0000

Yes. That's precisely what it was. I was *procrastinating*. And, here, I
thought I could get away with it.

I was idly ignoring my sworn duties as an internet caricature by spending an
unaccountably spare afternoon ensuring that my wife and I have the same
operating system and the same applications.

How DO I live with myself?

Re: The Meme Generation - merlin: Yeah. What a “hater” I am. This is a...

Merlin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:19:59 -0000

That's the next thing I'm trying. First I need to blow the dust out of the case, rebuild the Desktop, and then re-seat the RAM.

Re: The Beatles - Taxman from Revolver A rowdy,... — worship the glitch

Merlin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:56:37 -0000

Never knew that about Paul doing the solo. The man was dangerously ahead of his time. Crazy modal-y stuff.

Re: entropyas: “You’re just doing that because... - Told or Known

Merlin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:55:12 -0000

Hung up your towel? No? Hm. Asked about her work? Maybe? No? Hm.

Ooooooooooh. You went downtown!

High five.

Re: http://yourmonkeycalled.com/post/1563905483

Merlin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:19:22 -0000

Further discrimination against us "Mouthies." Typical.

Re: http://theoreticalpotential.tumblr.com/post/2195074788

Merlin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:18:56 -0000

God willing, yes. (speaking of finger-crossing).

Thanks for asking, my friend.

Re: It is done. Adieu, Quicksilver.

Merlin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:55:12 -0000

This is really embarrassing, J. But. Um. I don't even know how to do that.

The Disqus thing just came with the theme.

Clue me, and I'll flip em on. (And, thanks)

Re: It is done. Adieu, Quicksilver.

Merlin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:00:42 -0000

Pendolino, with all respect? You HAVE to do everything I say. HAVE. TO.

Check your manual. Now, DO IT!

But, srsly--yeah, I'm with you. I held on as long as I could. But QS was pegging the CPU on re-scans, and frankly most of my plug-ins haven't been updated since ca. 2006.

I've reluctantly accepted that things change, and frankly, with the exception of Triggers (the crystal meth that's kept me hanging on for two years, and that other apps now do better), LB does a LOT of what only QS used to do--including my mission-critical "Append to". It's also about a gajillion times faster at pretty much everything.

Still, point taken. I truly loved this app and will always have its memory in my fumbly fingers. And, yes. You should always use what works for you. Always, _always_.

BECAUSE MERLIN SAID SO. DO IT!

I kid. Because I love.

Re: http://thememegeneration.tumblr.com/post/2409684467

Merlin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:08:14 -0000

Swear to God, S. If my book editor weren't holding a pistol to my head right now, I'd jump in and do a quick screencast right this second.

_Solely_ to demo Instant Send and Instant Open.

It's the new magic Sean. New. Magic. Swear to God^2.

Sorry about the toilet. I should have sent a trial balloon. No question.

Re: http://theoreticalpotential.tumblr.com/post/2558805303

Merlin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:36:05 -0000

Join the club, my friend. Join. The. Club. :-)

Re: Back to Work #13: Episode 13 - 5by5

Merlin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:38:41 -0000

Thanks, nerds. I appreciate it all.

Happy to followup more on anything that got left out (or weaseled out).

You rule.

Re: Back to Work #17: Episode 17 - 5by5

Merlin — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:47:16 -0000

Hey, there, Nerds.

Our working topic for s01e17 is a favorite of mine, and, from what I can gather, it's a favorite for a lot of you, too. Viz.:

"What IS a Priority?"

Tactically, I'm really interested in

1. how we distinguish "prioritizing" vs. "force-ranking,"
2. how we account (GTD-like) for "priorities" we CAN'T do anything about, as well as
3. how we develop the gut sense of when to make a game-time decision about doing _this_ instead of _that_.

Personally, though, I'm MOST interested in the more strategic notion of priority as a living product of care and sacrifice.

Priority not so much as simply a good IDEA--but as something we care enough about to both say "no" to many other things, and then also _give up_ a lot to keep alive, healthy, and well. [see 43f links above]

At least in my own experience, people who suffer from priority-mania often are carrying around:

* a LOT of things that
* they aren't actually DOING much about from day to day, and that
* they kinda don't CARE all that much about, but where
* they feel perfectly TERRIBLE about all of a, b, and c, and yet
* they aren't really sure what to CHANGE about any of it.

Anyhoo. That's my observation and theory. I would love to hear yours.

Got a question, idea, or angle to offer?

Thanks for stopping by, Nerds, and hope to see you tomorrow.

Re: Back to Work #17: Episode 17 - 5by5

Merlin — Thu, 26 May 2011 00:46:50 -0000

Bingo.

Re: The Talk Show #45: Episode 45 - 5by5

Merlin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:29:07 -0000

To me, logical punctuation feels like a practical cousin of bottom-posting.

I do like it better, I think it makes more sense, and my heart and brain tell me it's the right and better way to go.

But, THEN, when I try to do either, I feel like I'm pushing a rock. Both of these Better Ways confuse civilians, break (what's become) conventions, disrupt (what's become) flow—plus each leads to either weird Nerd Wars or the over-frequent need for an explanation.

I dunno. Hm.

I guess I'll to go for it. Starting…"now".