Half of American adults had their personal information exposed to hackers last year alone. In a recent attack at the federal Office of Personnel Management, hackers stole the most sensitive personal data for 21.5 million people. The New York Times recently created a microsite that allows you to answer a few questions to learn which parts of your…
I work from home frequently and I love having a dedicated office in our home. I’ve often thought one of the primary criteria next time we shop for a house will be whether it has an extra room sufficient for a dedicated office. In the meanwhile, Jen and I share a spare room for our…
You probably thought this was going to be a list of my resolutions, huh? Well, nope. Last year, I took a more organized and analytic approach to setting goals for the year. That’s not to say my method was perfect — I actually didn’t complete all of my goals — but I was certainly more…
GIzmodo reported two years ago that Americans have thrown away $41B in unused gift cards since 2005. That’s more than the entire gross national product of some countries, such as Ghana. Sales of gift cards have risen from $80 billion in 2007 to a forecasted $118 billion this year, a 47% increase in five years, according to…
Running plans for varying skill sets and of several different methods are available now through the New York Times RunWell program. You can get a plan customized to your season schedule by the following Olympians and running groups: The Olympian Jeff Galloway coaches runners to stay injury-free with his unique run-walk method. Greg McMillan, a marathoner and…
When Mountain Lion was released, a bunch of fantastic wallpapers were hidden away and only used for screen savers. It turns out Apple hid those wallpapers in a different place this time with Mavericks, but users over at StackExchange have managed to find them again. Like last time, these are the images that Apple uses…
I’ve been managing my work life, and to a large extent my home life as well, using a GTD system since reading David Allen‘s Book Getting Things Done in 2006. Frankly, it’s the only way I can stay sane — trying to juggle all the things in my head that go on with work, school,…
When I went to school in Pennsylvania, I had to get all kinds of things to store in my car that I didn’t need at home in Florida, such as an ice scraper, a first aid kit (much of the area was very rural) or a thick blanket. Having been in law enforcement, I was…