MythTV and TiVo Series 3 Comparison: Battle of Open Source and Proprietary DVRs: DVR playground

"Does an open source solution like MythTV stand a chance against the marketing power and research behind the TiVo Series 3? We decided to pit these two completely different DVR solutions against each other and compare in a non-biased way."

18 Ways to Stay Focused at Work

PMD

PMD scans Java source code and looks for potential problems like:

• Possible bugs - empty try/catch/finally/switch statements
• Dead code - unused local variables, parameters and private methods
• Suboptimal code - wasteful String/StringBuffer usage
• Overcomplicated expressions - unnecessary if statements, for loops that could be while loops
• Duplicate code - copied/pasted code means copied/pasted bugs

Mindfulness: The practice of being “here”

"Well, here you go: one rank Western novice’s collection of blurbs and excerpts on an ancient (yet oddly timely) method for easing yourself back into this moment — any day, at any time, and in anything you choose to do."

David Seah : Taking A Look at Getting Things Done

David Seah, of the Printable CEO, summarizes GTD.

NPR : Didion Brings 'Magical Thinking' to Broadway

The first chapter of Joan Didion's novel is available online here.

Personal Development for Smart People - Steve Pavlina

"This site contains enough free personal development material to fill several books. Don't let that overwhelm you though because no matter where you begin, it will only take a few clicks to find something of value to you."

Download of the Day: Create better passwords with Pwdhash - Lifehacker

Download of the Day: Create better passwords with Pwdhash - Lifehacker

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