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E-Mail Productivity Tip

We’ve all been there, you took a couple days off from work. Maybe you even took a week to go on vacation. And now you have to pay the piper. Because even though you were away from work, the work kept going on without you and now you have a gazillion emails waiting for you.

Here’s a quick tip to help you deal with that inbox in no. time at all. These instructions are written for Microsoft Outlook, but similar steps will work for most email systems.

  1. Open your Inbox
  2. Press Ctrl-A (on Mac, Use Command-A)
  3. Hold down the Shift* key and press Delete
  4. Click the “Delete” button.

And just like that, you’re completely caught up on email!

* Note: Using the Shift key on step 3 is critical.

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Extreme Sports

If you see a human run up the wall… that’s parkour.

If you see a dog run up the wall… that’s barkour.

If you see a cat run up the wall… that’s parpurr.

If you see an elephant run up the wall…. I want one of whatever it is that you’re drinking.

Google cannot decide

Looking for a download link, I did a Google search for “emacs“. To my amusement, Google asked, “Do you mean vi?”

Screenshot of the results of a Google search for "emacs". Google asks, "Do you mean vi?"

Emacs and vi both have die-hards among their users, so this could be a somewhat contentious suggestion.

But wait, what if you search for vi? Yep, Google asks, “Do you mean emacs“?

Screenshot of the results of a Google search for "vi". Google asks, "Do you mean emacs?"

(For completeness, I’ll note that what’s generally distributed as “vi” is actually a lookalike called “vim.”)

Keyboard Cat

The Register reports a VA hospital in Kansas had its IT systems knocked offline because a cat jumped on someone’s keyboard. I’ve certainly heard of cats being blamed for typos (and had the parrot do similar), so I’m left wondering whether any of my feline-affiliated friends have experienced this level of cat-astrophe.

A cat typing on a computer keyboard, wearing a hoodie; it's face is partially obscured.
The Register: VA hospital’s IT snafu blamed on cat’s keyboard surfing

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