The 2xG Chair

I’m looking for a new office chair, something that will accommodate properly the number of hours I sit at my desk. I spotted these “Zero Gravity” chairs but you have to be skeptical when the advertising states “weightless relaxation just like the NASA astronauts during launch”. Does this mean when I sit in this chair I’ll experience double normal gravity pushing me back into it? Is it a 2xG chair? I”m pretty sure they meant “like astronauts feel once they have left the Earth’s gravitational pull” but even then I’m not sure I’d 100% believe their claims…
clipped from www.badbacks.com.au

As you settle into weightless relaxation (just like the NASA Astronauts during launch), muscle tension is soothed and pressure on the spine is relieved.

BackSaver ZGR 100 Zero Gravity Recliner
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Garage Sale curios

We’re getting ready for a major garage sale this weekend and among the things I’m letting go of are 1250 music cds and this very handsome Cassiopeia E-100 PDA which I think is circa 1999. It’s hard to let stuff like this go. I keep thinking these old pda’s will be worth something omeday, along with my 100 Microsoft t-shirts, but perhaps I’m just a hoarder.
cassiopeia e-100

Paris accommodation

After the International Napoleonic Society conference that’s being held in Corsica in July, I intend on spending a few days in Paris (July 12 – 15). If anyone out there has recommendations on affordable accommodation, please let me know. 🙂

a great podcast on email productivity

I just caught up today with this show Tony Goodson did back in early December on TPN’s Productivity Show and it’s a corker, one of those shows I wish I had listened to with a pen and pad handy so I could take notes. If you struggle to get through your email like I do, then I recommend this show. Lots of great tips in it.
clipped from productivity.thepodcastnetwork.com

Today’s guest is Randall Dean, The Totally Obsessed Time Management PDA Email Guy, who specialises in training people in productivity, dealing with email overload, and using PDAs. Oh, and he attended David Allen training long before Getting Things Done, so he’s seen it evolve.

The Productivity Show #33 – Randy Dean (PDA Email Guy)

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Drag attachments into Gmail

I just stumbled across this FIrefox extension which allows you to drag and drop attachments into Gmail instead of having to search for them. Brilliant. I thought the recent update to Gmail allowed you to drag emails into folders? Can’t seem to get this working though. Any suggestions?
clipped from addons.mozilla.org

dragdropupload 1.5.23
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by Emanuele Ruffaldi

Drop files into attachment boxes instead of browse for them or type in the filename. Drop multiple files and fill all the entries. In some websites it allows to add new upload files: in Gmail is possible to drop the files directly over the…

Drop files into attachment boxes instead of browse for them or type in the filename. Drop multiple files and fill all the entries. In some websites it allows to add new upload files: in Gmail is possible to drop the files directly over the “Attach a file” link.

A Sidebar allows to drop files from a listing

Works with:

  • Firefox Firefox:
    1.0 – 2.0.0.*

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