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All Random Destiny posts covering everything from user interface design, data visualization, information architecture, health, food, news, music, mixed martial arts, and anything on the mind of Michael Marotta.

Getting to ‘Done’

During the last few months starting over New Years I’ve been on a wild productivity kick unlike anything anyone has seen in the world of Michael Marotta. This has been made possible by David Allen’s Getting Things Done book, which … Continue reading

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Door gym

So we just got the wicked cool Door Gym in our apartment. This has got to have one of the highest cool-to-complexity ratios ever (ie very cool and so simple). You literally just put it through your door frame and … Continue reading

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GotVoice?

Have you ever had an awesome voicemail you’ve wanted to download? Or maybe you just wished you could keep better track of your messages from multiple phones all in one place. Well, those were both me and I found an … Continue reading

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New York Bans Transfat

I’m so glad to see New York City looking out for their citizens and cutting out transfat from restaurant foods. Transfat is a terribly unhealthy substance used as a cheap substitute for natural saturated fat sources, and a large part … Continue reading

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The price of safety

I’m tired of hearing claims that the Bush administration’s war has been victorious in keeping us safe because we haven’t had a single death in the US since 9/11. To me, this is just insulting to the Americans in Iraq. … Continue reading

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Acrobat Reader 8 as fast as Preview

Just downloaded the new Acrobat Reader 8.  I always opened PDFs with Preview on my mac because it was so much faster, but the new Acrobat Reader opens just as fast now.  Looks like Adobe finally got their PDF load … Continue reading

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Moved server, intial GoDaddy impressions

Just moved my site and blog over to a new server.  I took the plunge and got some hosting at GoDaddy.com for pretty darn cheap.  It seems like it meets most of my needs so far like php support which … Continue reading

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Data visualization reading

I ordered a bunch of books recently. I really need to get on reading all these books instead of buying more. Here’s one I just got today. I’ve been working on a new health tool at work and need to … Continue reading

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WordPress doesn’t do Google Ads

Just found out I can’t put Google Ads on my WordPress blog. I found that to be pretty dissappointing now that I’ve gotten my blog up and running here. Their reasoning is that they don’t tolerate Spam Blogs that are … Continue reading

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My Epi-LASIK Journal pt 14: Epi-LASIK Video

I watched this video before my Epi-LASIK procedure. It’s a closeup view of the actual procedure in all it’s glory. You can now see Exactly what I went through. I can’t speak for how you will respond to it, but … Continue reading

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Refined grain should be labeled as Junk Food

It’s no secret that I am not a fan of recommendations for people to eat large of amounts of “Healthy” or “Clean Burning” grains in their diet. These recommendations come more from economic forces than anything as the huge US … Continue reading

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Blog link on homepage

I finally got around to linking this page up to my homepage at http://www.randomdestiny.com so you can now come in through the main site.

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