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May 1, 2009

Getting Away From The Nebulous World of 1000+ #googlereader

So say you're using Google Reader and it's getting out of control. Often, this happens because there's too many articles from high-volume subscriptions, but it can also happen because there are just too many subscriptions period. Even if a subscription only yields 1 article per day, if you have enough, this can be overwhelming.

I find one of the best solution is to open Reader and select the "Trends" section. Under "Subscription Trends," look for the "Frequently Updated" tab. At the bottom, click on Show: top 40. Look at the 40th subscription and select it.

Now decide, do you really need this subscription? Are you ever going to get around to these articles? If not, just unsubscribe and be done with it. Repeat until Reader is under control again.

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February 18, 2009

TEDTalks - The art of baking bread - Peter Reinhart (2008)

Check out this episode of TEDTalks at The art of baking bread - Peter Reinhart (2008).

Peter really takes bread seriously.

Sent from my iPhone

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Filed under // Faith History How To Presentation Video

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January 31, 2009

How To ICE

There is already a lot out there about ICE. Snopes has an article. Even Benjamin's school talks about it. If you're not aware of what it is, in a nut shell, ICE stands for "In Case of Emergency." It is supposed to manifest as an address book entry in your mobile phone. I think there are many ways to do it, but this is how I do it on my iPhone:

Create a new address book entry with the Company Name of: ICE
Add spouse's phone number followed by a hash (#).
Add home phone number followed by a hash (#).
Add work phone number followed by a hash (#).
Add own mobile number followed by a hash (#).
Add mother's mobile number followed by a hash (#).

I use the custom label feature of iPhone rather than leave each entry labeled as "other" or whatever the default is. I am emphasizing the hash (#) for a reason. If you do not have a hash at the end, likely your phone will match incoming calls to the ICE entry, which is a pain. I would rather see my wife's name and photo show on the screen when she calls, not just "ICE." In the unlikely even a first responder has to look over your address book, he or she will likely not be confused by the hash. So it's the best of both worlds. Anyway, that's my only alteration to the instructions other than the reason I have my own mobile number listed in my ICE entry is just in case my phone is involved by I am not. If that happens, I can check my messages and find out what's going on. Anyway, I hope that helps. Enjoy.

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November 11, 2008