You no longer manage podcasts with iTunes. You tell Overcast what podcasts you want, and it downloads the episodes automatically over WiFi or cellular. That means you can update away from your Mac, such as on a vacation. You can also specify how episodes appear in a playlist, including having your favorites jump to…

Agreed. Someone would pioneer new ground if they created a writing app that was distraction filled, particularly for those times when writer’s block sets in.

Good numbers. They quite close to what I’ve discovered through experience. There’s only one more I’d suggest adding, for those in a position to do so.

It’s not free, but for $20 a month (annual billing) you can’t beat the skills you can acquire with the courses at:

Ah, yet more reason to treat Amazon as a mere product search engine. Locate what you want at the “everything store,’ making sure to read the reviews, then locate it cheaper and with better shipping terms elsewhere.

Let’s hope that save some so they can be donated to aviation museums once the technology is sufficiently behind the curve.

Boeing Surplus is on eBay and sells drill bits etc there:

Ah, cute! Cats love this sort of thing. They love places where they can hide and peek out at the world.

The primary risk is that the nuke will break an otherwise harmless astroid into pieces that scatter in all directions. One might head our way.

Those who prefer Overcast for its marvelous speed and level adjustments can Google “overcast dropbox” to find out how to make those two work together. Unfortunately, it means creating a personal podcast feed.

Once, an apartment in a crowded university district mean I had to rent a parking spot that was, unfortunately, under a plum tree. Birds would eat the not-quite-ripe fruit and... well you know the rest. Sometimes I’d come out and my car was covered with the stuff.

I just go to:

“While Carnegie himself is likeable enough throughout the book, his suggestions are often either too simplified or overwrought.”

How dreadfully cluttered looking! Yet another reason to stick with my Kindle 3. That and the fact that it was the last epaper model with text-to-speech.

Thanks! Your article confirms that sticking with Instapaper is the best move for me.

I’d add a couple more, first teach your child to deal wisely with this situation:

Oh, the expiration date on food means a lot. It means I can buy it marked down. I’ve been doing that for as long as I can remember and have never suffered any ill-effects.

Good advice. Having lived in Seattle where snow is common enough to be a nuisance but not common enough the city knows how to handle it, I’ve got additional advice.

There’s nothing surprising about having this climatic hanger at Eglin. The USAF tests a lot of aircraft and their systems there. Ground-to-air missiles were developed there, as were laser-guided smart bombs and ECM systems. I worked on some of them.

That’s a great analysis of what has been happening. People who come from families where no one went to college often find the idea of even applying to a community college intimidating. They get duped by the zealous recruiting efforts and dishonest promises of schools that only exist to make their owners rich. Using…