File this under to do– get into mindmapping with Freemind:

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download#Latest_beta_vers...
http://www.pronovix.com/blog/time-management-and-mindmapping-getting-thi...
http://drupal.org/project/freemind

It's April 14, and that means it's time for Ben to start doing his taxes.

Working on a spreadsheet to put in major expenses for

This did not work for reasons unknown.

=SUMIF(D2:D6; 'Household'; C2:C6)

This says it should:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_SUM...

Use the commands listed below from your phone, the web update box, or your favorite third party application.

• @username + message directs a twitter at another person, and causes your twitter to save in their "replies" tab. Example: @dhakimzadeh you all seriously need a Cone of Silence

I did this (in the agaric room, but I think it can be done anywhere):

/msg chanserv REGISTER #agaric secretpass AgaricDesignCollectiveChatRoom

And got this:

benjamin-agaric: REGISTER #agaric secretpass AgaricDesignCollectiveChatRoom
[5:30pm] ChanServ: #agaric is now registered to ben-agaric.
[5:30pm] ChanServ:

Select a file of the type you want to set a new default application for opening.
Press Command i or select Get Info from the File menu.
Under "Open with" select the application and press Change All.

Mac! not Linux! http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsnip/

Glipper, installable through the graphical package manager, is only a clipboard history and isn't doing it for me.

Gnomish ones:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcmapplet/

http://slipperysnippets.blogspot.com/

Just inside Vim
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2152

So if you've found this you may as well get yourself a cookie now, in fact go and grab a whole box, and you can eat them in bed too, because after you read this your life will change.

Well, at least if you're trying to make WAMPServer run in Windows Vista

How to set up Ubuntu so it works with Ben's head.

Clipboard history:
sudo apt-get install glipper

Graphical diff/merge tool:
sudo apt-get install meld

More Ubuntu Configuration Tips

from Dan:

CompizConfic: Check off, under extras, Windows Preview, to see the windows when you alt tab.

Our goal: Manage the [scientific knowledge base]

hypothesis
contains 40 statements
including: A claim
which has:
qualifiers
supporting evidence
relationships with other statments in the knowledge base

not a complete RDF graph because we are pruning some information
first level, claims (C)
then in the outside level
H stands for hypothesis

Presented to us by Eric Neumann, Clinical Semantics Group

C-SHALS, this smaller conference, pre-competitive, more interesting public discussion than some other major industry events. Two day event.

Sponsored by pharmaceutical industry.

Gets very exciting, a lot of energy, semantic web but different emphasis.