http://jeffwinkler.net Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. Sun, 04 May 2008 20:23:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've been working through Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. It's amazing. Per the NYT: "The technique is more or less as streamlined as this: Mix flour, salt, yeast and water. Let it sit a bit, refrigerate it, take some out and let it rise, then bake it. The ... http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/05/04/artisan-bread-in-5-minutes-a-day/ Inspired by Redfin's Walkscore, I've done a GreaseMonkey script to link to Yelp from Redfin listings. (thanks rouftop and Navtej!) It looks like this: Install the Firefox plugin Greasemonkey Restart Firefox Install the YelpFin Greasemonkey script Find some Redfin listings and click the link that appears below the address http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/04/15/yelpfin/ Posting from Google DocsGdocs can post to your blog. Very nice.As long as I'm posting to test, some Friday links:Paradox of choice - why abundance of choice is making us miserable.Business Technology : Bigger Computer Monitors = More ProductivityPete Seeger's Banjo http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/03/14/172/ When using Google Docs, the default Firefox menu is overridden. No sweet spellchecker goodness. Using Tools/Options and unchecking "Disable or Replace Context menus", you can get both menus. Confused? Try the movie - 1:54, with sound. http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/03/09/using-firefox-spellcheck-with-google-docs/ This made me laugh hard... bodes well - Howdy and welcome to RescueTime- We'll make this short and sweet... Here's your login info (store it in a cool dry place): Username: jeff@server.com Password: As IF we would send you your password in cleartext! http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/03/09/great-validation-email/ My last post was about full-screen text editors. The goal is to reduce options and choices, encouraging focus and flow. Turns out, there is a more general solution - Clutter Cloak. Invoke it with a keystroke - CC obscures everything on the screen except the child window immediately under the ... http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/03/08/hide-distractions-with-clutter-cloak/ Recently I was looking for a tool to put up a full-screen writing surface: green letters on a black background. This is the sort of tool programmers love to write -- like Diff tools. I found a half dozen tools, some free and cross-platform. For now, I'm using Q10. Its lean size ... http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/03/08/full-screen-writing-apps-writeroom-for-windows/ ... would be a great band name. http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/03/06/cherry-picked-intellegents/ Some very geeky humor...hope they don't mind hotlinking. My faves: http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/02/25/noise-to-signal-geek-webcomic/ no Guice or Dependency Injection jokes from the peanut gallery... http://jeffwinkler.net/2008/02/22/factory-pattern/