Time is free, but it’s priceless.
You can’t own it, but you can use it.
You can’t keep it, but you can spend it.
Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.
Harvey MacKay
Author: Bengt (Page 58 of 81)
At TED Talks there is a terrific talk by Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius.
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.
I like this talk a lot and am also very impressed by her presentation. No PowerPoint or other stuff, “only” her talking and I am spellbound. There are lessons to be learned.
Update April 17, 2009
Men With Pens write about How to Stay Sane and Alive if You’re Creative.
Update November 20, 2009
Marion Chapsal has posted a great analysis of this presentation at Olé to You! Don’t Be Afraid, Just Do Your Talk!
Update January 4, 2010
At Lateral Action is a great post about Elizabeth Gilbert: Is Creativity Divinely Inspired?
This was originally posted at Forty Plus Two, another blog of mine.
Update November 29, 2017 Firefox has changed a lot since 2009 making my list of addons obsolete. For more current information, please visit Replace Dead Firefox Add-Ons With These WebExtensions.
I use Firefox as my standard web browser. Firefox is great as is but there are many add-ons that adds useful features. Here are the add-ons that I use.
All-in-One Sidebar lets you switch between bookmarks, add-ons andmore in the sidebar panel.
Cookie Monster is a great add-on that provides proactive cookie management on a site or domain level basis. Via the status bar, it provides easy access to enhanced cookie functionality.
Copy as HTML Link is great when blogging, it copies the selected text as a link, into the clipboard..
Download Statusbar lets you view and manage downloads from a statusbar, without an annoying download window.
Flashblock is terrific, it blocks Flash animations unless you either whitelist the site or click on the animation. An excellent add-on that makes sites load faster since Flash is blocked.
OpenBook improves Firefox Add Bookmark dialog.
Open Image In New Tab adds more functionality to the right click menu.
Options Menu gives easier access to options for add-ons by adding them to Firefox Tools menu.
PDF Download gives you the option to view the PDF-file in your PDF-viewer or to download the file.
QuickRestart is handy when you need to restart Firefox after enabling or disabling an extension.
Screengrab captures what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection or a particular frame as images – either to a file, or to the clipboard.
I also use the StumbleUpon toolbar.
Tab Mix Plus adds more features to Firefox tabs.
Greasemonkey gives you the option to run scripts. I run a package called Better Gmail 2 Firefox Extension for New Gmail which adds nice features to GMail.
I have tried NoScript (blocks scripts) and Adblock Plus (blocks ads and banners) but did not like them.
I came across this quote which has a message worth considering:
When you’re lying on your death bed, you won’t wish you spent more hours in the office.
Robin Sharma
This was originally posted at Forty Plus Two, another blog of mine.
I got a link from @amypalko to an amazing photo. It is fairly simple, “only” two hands, but it carries a lot of emotions and makes me think about my own family and our different generations.
The small version here is only a teaser, go see the real photo at Two hands span four generations.
I found a very useful site through Twitter, @mayhemstudios posted about Color Scheme Designer. I always find it tricky to get colors that look great together, now there is help.
Combine Color Scheme Design with using Pixie colour picker.
Here’s more information about colours: Everything you need to know about colors.
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