Recall: Peanut Butter Kiss of Death for Your Cliff Bars

All Climbing is reporting that Cliff Bars are recalling their peanuty-good energy snacks.  (See the complete list at All Climbing.) This is on the heels of a widespread peanut butter recall following a salmonella outbreak, which applies to peanut butter that is inside other foods but not to peanut butter itself. The kind you get

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Cold comfort: Buell Adventure Gear for motorcyclists gives one rider the cold shoulder Human hair fertilizer: unfortunately it doesn’t help you grow human hair DIY Slave unit: unless you own one of the newer Nikons, slaves are a good thing it seems Hate to burst your bubble: a great visualization of the feedback loops behind

You and Your Junk Are One

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“I know it sounds strange, but if you start by focusing on the clutter, you will never get organized. Getting truly organized is rarely about ‘the stuff.'” –Peter Walsh, It’s All Too Much Reading these words I had the feeling that Mr. Walsh knew me, knew my struggle, knew my despair. After all, I’ve been

Font Agent Pro 4.0.3 Kills Font Activation in Classic

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One of the cool things about Font Agent Pro is that you can manage fonts in BOTH Classic and OS X.  That convenience ends with the FAP 4.0.3 update. (Actually we have a couple of users who are cool with 4.0.3. But the update took out five production machines, so I’m calling it a problem.)

In a Dress for Success

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First came the Utilikilt, a contractor grade miniskirt for men. Next came the ManBra (to keep your Moobs from flouncing). Now it’s MantyHose, stockings for men! Don’t get me wrong–I don’t mind squeezing into a pair of stretchy pants now and then. Couldn’t survive without my Patagonia Capilene thermal underwear when snowshoeing or on a

New Year, New Theme

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Pardon me while I try out some new themes. This is tough business…I’m a writer not a designer. My WordPress theme has to be an extension of my personal brand–which I haven’t clearly defined. A friend once summed up my “brand image” this way–Crazy Man Who Sleeps Outside in the Rain. What I’m looking for

Talkin’ Out of School

I love being a parent. It’s the homework I can’t stand. If you’re struggling with your kid’s (or own) homework this post on Make Use Of might help: 10+ Web Tools to Save Your Butt in School includes the ultimate Hail Mary homework pass: File Destructor. Here’s the old “dog ate my homework” with a twist…it’s the

Getting People Done

I’m not a Getting Things Done (GTD) power user. But I’ve got a functionally simple system using Remember The Milk, Evernote, two Macs and an iPhone. What I’m really bad at is maintaining social contacts. As an INTP I’m far more likely to spend my time chasing butterflies, moonbeams and zebras than initiating contacts with

Cortech Scarab Glove Fail

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Shouldn’t you get more than 2000 miles out of a pair of gloves? I like the way Cortech Scarabs fit. They have a wrist strap that virtually locks the gloves onto your hands and they have plenty of armor. Feels like they’d keep your hands together in a nasty get-off.  Problem is that the Titanium/Carbon fabric came