In Praise of OpenDNS

If you haven’t already, you really should set up OpenDNS on your home network. This free service provides a way to automatically block pornography, malicious Web content, and track stats on your Internet access. I have two young girls in my house and even…

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ScanSnap + Hazel

I’ve been thinking about a workflow to automatically file documents with Hazel using highlighted terms since Fujitsu first added the ability to selectively apply optical character recognition. Brooks Duncan pulls it all together. As an aside, my not so scientific experimentation using the ScanSnap…

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The Pomodoro Technique

I’ve talked a lot on the Mac Power Users about our sponsor Navel Labs and its Pomodoro Timer application. This has triggered a steady stream of e-mails about this kitchen timer based productivity system. The Pomodoro Technique is the inspiration of an Italian graduate…

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BusyCal 1.5 Beta

The new BusyCal public beta allows you to sync with the new MobileMe calendar beta and other CalDAV servers. It also includes the ability to sync over your local area network and Google calendar. I’ve been running it since last week with no troubles.…

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