don't rinse after brushing your teeth

pretty common tip from dentists.

http://lifehacker.com/5978107/dont-rinse-your-mouth-out-after-brushing-your-teeth

fluoride, one of the active ingredients in toothpaste, doesn't spend much time in contact when your teeth when you are brushing. Thus, it is crucial to let it work after you have already brushed your teeth.

throw away more

4 Kinds of Clutter You Should Never Keep

1. It's broken, but I'm going to fix it.
   If you haven't had enough need to get it fixed in the last year, then you never will.
2. I hate it...but it's still has use.
3. I never use it...
   Anything that you can't remember using in the last year should be considered expendable. .... Unused items waste our space, money, and time. 
4. I forgot we had this...
the next time you find something that you forgot you had, let it go.

a case for quiet and privacy at work

The Rise of the New Groupthink

The reasons brainstorming fails are instructive for other forms of group work, too. People in groups tend to sit back and let others do the work; they instinctively mimic others’ opinions and lose sight of their own; and, often succumb to peer pressure.

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The one important exception to this dismal record is electronic brainstorming, where large groups outperform individuals; and the larger the group the better. The protection of the screen mitigates many problems of group work. .... [The Internet] is a place where we can be alone together — and this is precisely what gives it power.

....

[R]ecent studies suggest that influential academic work is increasingly conducted by teams rather than by individuals. (Although teams whose members collaborate remotely, from separate universities, appear to be the most influential of all.) The problems we face in science, economics and many other fields are more complex than ever before, and we’ll need to stand on one another’s shoulders if we can possibly hope to solve them.

But even if the problems are different, human nature remains the same. And most humans have two contradictory impulses: we love and need one another, yet we crave privacy and autonomy.

To harness the energy that fuels both these drives, we need to move beyond the New Groupthink and embrace a more nuanced approach to creativity and learning. Our offices should encourage casual, cafe-style interactions, but allow people to disappear into personalized, private spaces when they want to be alone. Our schools should teach children to work with others, but also to work on their own for sustained periods of time. And we must recognize that introverts like Steve Wozniak need extra quiet and privacy to do their best work.

 

 

dvd to ipad, imovie

note to self...
(how i did it..) 

capture dvd with vlc. view -> advanced controls, use record button to start and stop snippets.  

download trial version of videowizard (can convert 2min of snippets).

get it on your ipad, f.ex. via a dedicated image and video folder when synchronizing the ipad.

voila - should be available both in the usual image viewer and in imovie.