I just started using this neat little app called CoverSutra today as a supplement to my music listening experience on my computer. What CoverSutra does is add additional iTunes functionality without the need to keep switching back to the iTunes application. CoverSutra adds a small music icon to the menu bar and from there you have the ability to search and pick individual songs using keyboard shortcuts. In the end, the song-switching and song-picking procedure is sped up a lot because you don’t have to mess with the task switcher or move your cursor to select iTunes. It doesn’t sound like much when I’m explaining it in words, but CoverSutra is so good at saving me time to be better off spent elsewhere that now I can’t ever see myself turning it off.
You can use the link provided above to try it out.
I always get the impression that Japanese people are ultra-efficient and this video proves my point. You don’t have to understand the words being spoken to see just how amazing these morning tips and tricks are in helping you get out of the door as quickly as possible.
Keep watching until the end to see how you too can put on your pants without any hands, how you can put on your suit jacket in one quick step, and how you can tie a neck tie with just a few loops and a pull.
The Oregon Legislature is considering passage of a law that would allow bicycle riders to treat stop signs as yield signs. These “rolling stops” would allow bike riders to preserve some of the momentum they depend upon for efficient travel, just so long as they don’t infringe on the safety and rights of others.
The law is based on one that’s been successful in Idaho for the last 27 years, so it’s come to be known as the “Idaho Stop” law.
There’s some controversy – and whole lot of misunderstanding – surrounding the proposed Idaho Stop law. I thought I could clear some of it up with the magic of animation.
Music: “Celebrated Shoo Fly Galop” by W.L. Hayden, performed by Lucas Gonze (soupgreens.com and gonze.com). Used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
Does anybody even bother using a bike to travel 350 miles? Because if they did, I’m sure they’d be happy to know that according to this chart from GOOD, a bicycle is the most efficient way to travel that distance.
Also interesting to note: If you’re going to walk 350 miles, you might as well rent a bus and get 48 other friends together (plus you and a driver=50 people) and ride there in luxury because it takes less fuel to do that than to walk there yourself. As a bonus, you’ll be shaving off 95 HOURS of traveling time by taking the bus with friends. Check out the rest of the crazy stats in the infographic.
