I second Sam on the two-fingered scrolling available with Mac trackpads. I only learned about it from the Apple web site (doh!), so if you have a Mac laptop and aren't aware of it (as I wasn't), check it out.

I realized a couple of years ago that I often felt crappy after flying because I was slightly queasy — not enough to realize I had motionsickness until I really thought about it. I started to take Dramamine when I flew because I felt much better getting off the plane, and there is the added benefit that it really…

Finding out that so many Mac users put the dock on the left edge of the screen is freaking me out a little — like when I first discovered that Hebrew is written from right to left.

I've never been able to nap effectively because I can't control this aspect of it. I seem to go into deep sleep much sooner than most habitual nappers. (I also fall asleep very easily at night.) I keep trying to make this work for me because I do get drowsy in the afternoon, but if I sleep at all it's for too long and…

Writing is my job, and for a long project with several sources, there is nothing better than Scrivener on the Mac. You do have to export teh results as an RTF file for anyone else to be able to open it, but while you're in Scrivener, you're in an ideal writing environment, especially for books. I do compose some…

Since I bought one of the last lifetime subscriptions offered for my TiVo, and have yet to be seriously tempted by HD, I don't have much cause to change. But I'm curious whether this would offer the same kinds of search and recording options. Right now I have keyword searches for directors I like (Otto Preminger,…

Exercise helps me keep away migraines, too! I think the main thing is the de-stressing and the way it helps you sleep at night. Getting enough sleep seems to be a key to migraine management (not to mention increased pain-free productivity) for me.

Autofac, can you recommend any specific titles? I just upgraded my camera and feel the need to get past my point-and-click mentality. Is there a good basic primer?

One advantage of making my own work hours is that I can cope with my afternoon uselessness by doing something that requires next to no brainpower: working out. Naps never cut it for me. I always wake up feeling groggy and since it doesn't seem to reduce the amount of nighttime sleep I need, it's just a nonproductive…

I wouldn't do this a week in advance, but when I'm in a stir-fry phase, I've found it convenient to only cut up veggies every 4 days or so, and store them in ziplocks. If you have pre-made sauce (from a bottle if you can find the good stuff, or homemade) this will make whipping up a very healthy lunch/dinner a…

I can testify the usefulness of doing the sous-chef type cooking tasks in increments if, like me, you work at home and cook most of your own meals. I'll work for an hour, take a break and chop an onion, go back to work for another hour and a half, take an break to chop a pepper, etc. By the time I need to actually…

My mom was the opposites of Ryanchild's — to save money, she'd buy 2 packets of french fries for 5 kids. Memories of this caused me to experience a twinge of sympathy the first time I learned that hyena pups will often kill their siblings shortly after birth.

The weekly review is just as essential as capture, perhaps more so. I'm using iGTD, so I've scheduled the review to occur every Monday.

If you can find real peppermint for your mojitos, you're in for a treat. This is the mint with smaller, darker, smoother leaves (as opposed to the pepple-textured, lighter green common mint you buy in supermarkets). Peppermint (sometimes called black or chocolate mint) has a cleaner, less sour, more minty flavor. I've…

Unless it is LaGuardia, in which case you're talking about an overloaded small airport where shorter flights later in the day are almost always delayed because the airport is maxed out. It's the shortest cab ride from Manhattan, though.

I considered Super Duper, but I'm under the impression that it won't back up to USB drives. Is that even true? I'd like to switch from Backup to something more reliable. (Although I've had success restoring files from Backup, I'm had one failure.) But I don't want to replace my hard drive.

I lie down after about 10 pm, and I fall asleep, except when for one reason or another I'm not working out.

The new style looks good to me. I post this mainly because I know that every time a site redesigns they get a ton of gripes about it: It's the most unreadable, hideous design ever, and will probably drive the reader away from the site permanently, and what COULD have possessed you to mess with the old design with was…

I just found Service Scrubber, which allows you to tweak the Services menu, clean out irrelevant junk and assign keyboard shortcuts to services you use a lot.

I would just add that if you're going to store your winter scarf anywhere where it won't be hanging in the air, make sure you handwash or dry clean it immediately before putting it away. Moths are drawn to fabric that has even traces of perspiration or skin oil on it — you don't have to be able to see it for it to…