Welcome

I spend far too much time reading a lot of articles on the web. A lot of it is for work (if you are not running in this industry then you are getting left behind). I extend that same interest in new and better to as many things as I can. As such during the month I come across quite a few things that I should probably share. Given my many failed attempts to resume blogging this seems at least a worthwhile way to try and restart (again). If all goes to plan this will become a regular thing. If not, at least you got some links for your troubles.

• Android App for better control over volume
• Lifehacker: How to encrypt your e-mails
• App for downloading a local copy of Wikipedia (smaller than you would expect) (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
• Set of articles about if it is ever OK to snoop on your children’s internet usage: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
• How much should you be saving for retirement
• OpenStax free textbooks. Very early stages but the idea is amazing
• 2 Ingredient pizza dough
• Folder Actions: Free software to automate things like thumbnail images when you add them to a specified folder etc.
• Shoud I remove it: Tool that scans your machine and helps you decide if all those applications are needed
• An infographic for what colours work best in what rooms and why
• Isaac Asimov’s 1964 article on what the 2014 world fair might exhibit. I particularly love the line about nuclear power being common in the home.
• Meal plan generator based on how many calories you want to eat. Useful for ideas at the very least
• Very small replacement keyboard for Android. Might be worth looking into if you only have a small screen
• XKCD: What If – All about orbital speed and how low down space actually is (hint, I almost drive as far as space is away to work each morning).
• 40 Days of Dating: An experiment where two friends try and date for 40 days and both note down how they are feeling about each other during the process. The blog is side by side so you can compare their thoughts on the same events.