Lots of discussions re. ratios.

"Build your own multi-purpose mobile self-tracking application."

"In the cozy confines of personal life, we rarely used the power of numbers. The techniques of analysis that had proved so effective were left behind at the office at the end of the day and picked up again the next morning. The imposition, on oneself or one’s family, of a regime of objective record keeping seemed ridiculous. A journal was respectable. A spreadsheet was creepy. And yet, almost imperceptibly, numbers are infiltrating the last redoubts of the personal. Sleep, exercise, sex, food, mood, location, alertness, productivity, even spiritual well-being are being tracked and measured, shared and displayed."

"I've definitely had days when I might as well have sat in front of a TV all day—days at the end of which, if I asked myself what I got done that day, the answer would have been: basically, nothing. I feel bad after these days too, but nothing like as bad as I'd feel if I spent the whole day on the sofa watching TV. If I spent a whole day watching TV I'd feel like I was descending into perdition. But the same alarms don't go off on the days when I get nothing done, because I'm doing stuff that seems, superficially, like real work. Dealing with email, for example. You do it sitting at a desk. It's not fun. So it must be work."

"Jane was studying product design at RCA London when she had an idea: "I don't want to buy new stuff all the time. I want to hack the stuff I already have so it works better for me." So she phoned some clever materials scientists called Ian and Steve and together they invented an interesting new material for hacking things better."

"A free tool that lets you assign a unique code to anything."

Useful reminder.

"The Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan has a guide (PDF) on using cloth as opposed to paper for wrapping gifts to cut down on the wasted paper usually used in gift wrap." Next year.

"Can you suggest some replacements for standard, everyday household items that are far superior in terms of usefulness, luxuriousness and quality?"

"Allows you to scan in and manage your documents." If only I could be bothered to buy a scanner.

"212 Pages of Expert Freelancing Advice"

"Life has cords, and cords get tangled. CORDhogs take up the extra slack to adjust your cord to just the right length."

"Based on the paradoxical notion that anarchists have to be more organized than average if they don’t want to depend on power structures, and presents some ideas on how to kick the boss habit."

"This self-management checklist can be applied to any area of your life where you need to gain some control."

Could be dead handy, this.

"Negotiation is not debate."

"Instead of going here, there and everywhere to see all the content you create on the web, combine it all into one master feed using with the newly-launched Yahoo! Pipes."

Useful tips from PG.

"A little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW."

"For Word to work correctly, however, there are several Golden Rules you need to followed."

"Cygwin is a Windows command line on steroids which runs tons of well-known, age-old, useful Linux commands. But Cygwin, like much open source software, seems scary, inexplicable and nearly unusable until..."

"Recent research finds that a snap decision to quit smoking cigarettes is actually two to three times more effective than planning ahead for the big day."

"With cl1p.net you can copy and paste between computers. Just enter in any URL that starts with http://cl1p.net and post. Then from any other computer enter the same URL and copy."

More on SVS: "Safely install software in a virtual layer".

"CreativePublic is your one-stop shop for quality forms, contracts, employee manuals, company policies and pricing for graphic designers. Download free samples."

Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.

"I picture myself as having all these pipes running into my head, and each one is a piece of technology that's a pressure connection - something that is feeding me content that needs to be processed, and that puts some pressure on my mental well-being."

"Capital Community College Foundation has a good site on Grammar and Writing which contains a very intensive guide from word and sentence, paragraph to essay and research paper level for grammar and writing. Bookmark this handy site for reference!"

"Big businesses are not the only ones who can benefit from sending work overseas. Individuals can make cost and time savings, too. Ben Hammersley investigates" I might try and get my del.icio.us linking done offshore to save some time.

"Q: Do you have any tips for freelancing from abroad?" From an American perspective but still looks useful.

"If you really want to live longer, then you can start with your attitude. Your way of thinking can not only impact the quality of your life, but also how long you actually live."