Danny O’Brien
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Why Those Kids from Podunk Are Keeping You Down
Don't worship successful geeks emulate 'em.
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Life Hacks
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08: Toys and Games page 14
The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work
Get more done by trying to do less.
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Life Hacks
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07: Backyard Biology page 14
Death Before Dullness!
How to do boring tasks, or why robot-run dystopias can be fun.
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Life Hacks
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06: Robots page 14
Building A Smarter To-Do List
Overclocking your productivity: planning your projects one bit-sized piece at a time.
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Life Hacks
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05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 14
The Paper Chase
Our real challenge today is not to use less paper but to keep less paper. The dead tree version is always better than the digital version. Except for when it isn't.
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Life Hacks
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04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 12
And Miles to Code Before I Sleep
How to hack your circadian rhythm: reboot to get more done.
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Life Hacks
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03: Cars and Halloween page 12
Focus
Boost your productivity by embracing procrastination. Or, why your web browser needs a hypothalamus.
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02: Home Entertainment page 10
Yak Shaving
Stuck in the middle of a stack of stuff you're supposed to do? Sharpen your wool clippers, and stop getting distracted by the pointless activities which surround any serious problem--unless you want to, that is.
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01: Make Premiere page 10
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