Living Efficiently

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by jgalvez • 16 years ago

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sz• 16 years ago

Great post but arrgh, use this to read it: http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/

BobbyH• 16 years ago

He applied this CSS rule to all elements on the page: "letter-spacing:-0.1em !important;". This is why the page looks so cramped.

He also applied this to the body text: "font:140% 'Inconsolata', monospace;" I presume the site looks good in Inconsolata for those who have it installed.

This site is a good reminder to check your site on another computer. Also, make common font choices, or at least default to something specific that looks good.

jgalvez5• 16 years ago

My bad. It uses @font-face to import that font. It does really look great in Inconsolata, IMHO. I just thought everyone around here would be on a browser that supports that already. But I'll consider making the CSS changes.

jfb• 16 years ago

It still looks like crap, even with Inconsolata.

EDIT: It's a good read, though, as noted above.

danilocampos• 16 years ago

Ha, I came to the comments just to see if anyone else felt the same way.

I just overrode letter-spacing in my browser's CSS debugger. Thanks for sharing that link.

jgalvez5• 16 years ago

Okay, fixed that. Hope looks okay now.

KevinMS• 16 years ago

I guess I missed the uglyness, but otherwise its a good looking website.

alecco• 16 years ago

Mercola is a hack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Mercola

jgalvez5• 16 years ago

Uses all kinds of cheap marketing and scare tactics? Sure.

I just see his blog as a health news digest. He learns about recent discoveries about Health and Fitness, researches them in detail, comes up with a way to make money off them (and he's right to do so), and writes articles. Some articles are good, some are ignorable. In any case, valuable presence on my subscriptions list.

Got any suggestions for an alternative Health News source that is as prolific as Dr. Mercola?

carbocation• 16 years ago

The wikipedia article does a good job of summarizing why he is an unreliable source for health and nutritional advice. Having nutritional research filtered through him is not something I would find acceptable, and it's unnecessary. If you have access via, say, a university or workplace, I would recommend bookmarking and reading nutrition journals on a weekly basis. Even if not, the free abstracts/summaries will at least be less biased and often equally informative.

Also, many journals now offer free podcasts, some of which are very good. Nutrition is not my main area of interest per se, but for other medical topics these are invaluable and I suspect the same is true for nutrition.

abraham• 16 years ago

I especially enjoyed the linked article Do It Now by Aaron Swartz: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/doitnow

raju• 16 years ago

The article he links to in Men's Health [http://bit.ly/auvNqa] is an excerpt from "Born to run" by Christopher McDougall - http://amzn.to/c9w7Co - Great book, makes for a great read.

bballant• 16 years ago

"I turned these and other activities into necessary and weekly scheduled tasks.." I hope you scheduled some time to be spontaneous.

jgalvez5• 16 years ago

Hehe, well, I should probably elaborate that a bit more.

The thing about limiting the things you're supposed to give your attention to in a single day is that it begins leaving a lot of room for doing whatever you might feel like doing throughout the day. And by controlling the things you're most likely to spend time on, you create an opportunity for new activities to find their place in your schedule. Like spending time outdoors, learning a new language, all those things you always wanted to do but never "had the time".

knarf_navillus• 16 years ago

Ironically, his productivity bookmarks have supplied me with so much reading material that it's unlikely I'll get anything done today.

misterbwong2• 16 years ago

Many of my habits are trending towards what's in the article as well. Specifically:

1. My todo list fits between chunks of my life, not the other way around - I keep a running diary of things I want and need to do. There isn't really a timeline because I just do them when I can. If it's written down, it'll get done. TBH my productivity has skyrocketed since adopting this. It's a bit like structured procrastination: http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/

2. Keeping to a regular rhythm - I find that as I've grown older, a regular light/dark schedule helps me to be refreshed and more productive the next day.

3. Keeping fit - I've cycled through many of the diet and exercise plans out there but my fitness plan has basically boiled down to "Work out every day. Eat 3 smallish meals and 2 snacks. Don't eat bad food except maybe once or twice on the weekends."

bambax• 16 years ago

YASHP! Yet another self-help post.

karlzt• 16 years ago

want to get things done?

use this: http://userstyles.org/styles/28042

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