Pardon me while I tweet about that new Jeep I’ve been wanting.

There are a million-and-one tips on how to get things done. Books, applications, methods, processes, workflows. Nearly a year ago I postulated that it could be much easier than that. The best way to get things done is really just by bucking up and doing them.

But, we live complex lives and not everything is as simple or as fun as we’d like them to be. So how can we get more accomplished throughout the day without driving ourselves insane with process? What about doing the things we least like to do? Well, I think you need to make things easy on yourself. If you know that you are going to repeat a task many times, especially tasks that you don’t like to do very much, it is best to figure out a way to make it as easy as possible to succeed at it. Rewards are also good.

Perhaps you’d like to begin exercising each day and you can’t seem to find the time or the motivation to do it. Why not purchase a Kinect or a Wii that let you use your body as the controller? Play a game and get a workout all at once. What about mundane tasks that you don’t want to deal with like filing your taxes quarterly? Perhaps you could spend one night getting your finances set up into a spiffy piece of software that will help you do it quicker then, every time you file, treat yourself to your favorite restaurant or drink. Maybe you want to do write on your blog everyday? Where is your favorite place and time to write? Do it there and with a rewarding glass of wine next to you. If you have a task that you have to do often and it takes you a long time to do it, always try to find a way to make it quicker to do. Cooking meals is a good example of this. Many people don’t cook for themselves anymore because it takes too long. Why not prepare a bunch of meals on Sunday night with a friend and some music? Freeze or bag up a meal for each night of the week. You’ll save money and time, lose weight, and have fun with a friend.

Stop thinking of all of the things you’d rather not do in a negative way. Start thinking of fun ways to make these tasks easier and more enjoyable to do. Who knows, maybe after a few times you’ll start wanting to do them instead of avoiding them!

This is a fantastic video. That is all.

Kids + Snow = Generally an awesome time (and soreness).

I really like this quote from a recent post on his gaming blog Brettspiel Cafe titled On fun and winning:

“This time investment means a lot can be lost or gained in a players experience and means “fun”, “sportsmanship” and “winning” are put in a crucible over a blowtorch.”

“In a crucible over a blowtorch.” I love that bit. And he’s right. A game that takes a very long time to complete will ultimately mean a wane of interest to win or have fun.

The bit where he puts dimwits and poker players in the same sentence? That I can not agree with for I like poker.

A few of the more notable omissions on this list, since they nearly mentioned them but somehow failed to mention them are:

• Harrison Ford never really read for the part of Han Solo but was filling in to help out with the casting of the other characters.  Lucas and Co. couldn’t find anyone better than Harrison and he agreed to play the part.
• George Lucas, although he managed to get funding through 20th Century Fox via Alan Ladd, Jr., managed to pen an unprecedented deal for marketing rights.  This included the creation of toys, tshirts, and other products based off of the movie.
• ILM, or Industrial Light and Magic, the foremost experts in Special Effects and used for a large portion of the movies that continue to be made out of Hollywood (including a division that was spun-off, bought by Apple, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, and is now named Pixar) all came to be during the filming of the first Star Wars film.

Hack away people!

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I’m passing this to Mike Stickel, Chris Fehnel, and Devin Reams.

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To participate, all you need to do is rip out your style sheet for one day, leaving nothing but your naked site to show in all of its semantic glory. I will be participating, TUG.n will be, as will many other sites. Will you?

Vote for CSS Naked Day on Newsvine.com.

Update: I decided instead of participating on cdevroe.com (since I have a very minimal audience), I’m going to try to advocate the movement itself – in other ways.

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Compare my video to Paul Scrivens’ video, and you’ll understand.

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