Gavin’s thoughts – a few times per month
A commercial that is both inspiring and clever resonates in the minds of its watchers.
I recently saw this commercial on the Discovery Channel. It’s quite clever – incorporating most of the on-screen talent across all of the Discovery Channel’s shows. For example, Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs sings “I love real dirty things,” and Bear Grylls says “I love arachnids.” Good stuff.
Plus, check out the XKCD comic 442 featuring this commercial.
For the past 10+ years, I’ve been using Agenda planners by Premier. They are always high quality, and I love vertical columns, which they offer in a few of their products. Their small agenda is only 5″x8″ and used to have vertical columns – it worked very well for me for many years.
This year, however, Premier decided not to make a 5×8 vertical column agenda! I am crushed. Vertical columns are better for tracking schoolwork, assignments, and exams, because work that doesn’t get done can easily be “pushed” to the next day with an -> arrow. Also, the right-hand side of the day column can be used as a check-mark area, so I can easily tell if that day’s task in that particular subject are complete. This is something that horizontal date-block style planners just do not allow.
Why are vertical columns not as popular as horizontal blocks? I really can’t understand how people think the other way is efficient. Has anyone else had problems finding their perfect day/school planner? I now have to find a different company to find my planner – any suggestions?
Good news: Gmail now (soon) shows the number of logged in sessions that you have open. You can even log sessions out remotely. This is great news for people who use Gmail frequently but are afraid of the security risks.
If you are anything like me, you probably sign in to Gmail from multiple computers. I, for example, occasionally sign into my Gmail account from a friend’s house when I need to check an important email. Usually I remember to sign out, but every once in a while I wonder if I really did. Now I no longer have to wonder.
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