How to Beat Information Overload

Before we have all those fancy new email technology, can we simply tell the companies get rid of the aging MS Outlook and exchange server, move to a cooperate gmail server. Having powerful filter, tags and search function can help us organize our email a long way.

My solution to the problem of email overload is have two computers at work. Run your email client in your windows machine and work on your UNIX machine. When you really concentrate coding in UNIX, you will simply ignore the emails coming to your Laptop. If the email is urgent enough, you will get a phone call or someone will show up at your queue.

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Fantasy Hockey 2009

This year I did not do much home work in the drafting this year. My strategy is stay away from injuries. Players with no injuries from previous years tends to play more careful have have less injuries in the future. No matter how good the player is, I got no points if he is injured. It is better play safe than sorry. I rather have an average player who play every games in the season than have a excellent player who is out half the season. Here is my 2009 fantasy hockey line up.

Kiprusoff, Miikka (G – Calgary)
Pavelski, Joe (C – San Jose)
Sedin, Henrik (C – Vancouver)
Sedin, Daniel (LW – Vancouver)
Bieksa, Kevin (D – Vancouver)
Streit, Mark (D – Anaheim)
Krejci, David (C – Boston)
Doan, Shane (RW – Phoenix)
Timonen, Kimmo (D – Pittsburgh)
Boyes, Brad (C – St. Louis)
Hartnell, Scott (LW – Pittsburgh)
Zajac, Travis (C – New Jersey)
Michalek, Milan (RW – Ottawa)
McCabe, Bryan (D – Florida)
Nabokov, Evge (G – San Jose)