Archive for the ‘Organization’ Category

My bold experiment in e-mail signal processing

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

"Turn up the signal; wipe out the noise."  -Peter Gabriel Too many of my projects are laughing at me.  Here's how I'm trying to shut them up. The analogy is signal processing. With only a few important projects and sources of information (signal sources) it's straightforward to handle them all.  But bring ...

Are any of your projects laughing at you?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

My wife is designing, and making, a quilt for a competition. A couple of days ago she did a wholesale change of the design. When I asked her if it what she had planned to do was just too difficult, she told me, "Pretty much everything I did, ...

Declutter your office, declutter your life, accomplish much

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

My wife and my mother-in-law spent this week totally rearranging and repurposing our office.  Once it gets back in order I'll post pictures.  The extra space we have in there now is way better than even the clever frugal corner desk brought. The new office is more open and less claustrophobic.  ...

Understand your health and dental insurance coverage

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Not doing so can cost you.  Allow me to explain how it cost me. I have had a fair amount of dental work, and opted for supplemental dental insurance through my employer.  It's not cheap insurance, but it does allow for coverage on "the expensive stuff" like crowns, multi-face fillings, root ...