A brief dump on a bunch of stuff:

• I’m getting things done. It’s working pretty great for me, but I think I’m stressing Deirdra out with it.
• I like to map stuff out on my whiteboard, then take a picture with my phone to refer to later. In the last few days I’ve gotten myself unstuck on some old lingering projects this way.
• In talking about productivity stuff, Merlin Mann said on a podcast something like “In order to find what works for you, it helps to understand why the old stuff doesn’t.” That falls neatly in line with my experiences over on The Forge with rpg theory. In a similar vein, Leonardo da Vinci said “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder or a compans and never knows where he may cast.”
• I attended a two-session seminar last weekend at a local Hapkido school. The first session covered Hapkido applications of cane, rope, and short stick and was taught by GM West, the school owner. The second session was classical judo stuff, taught by Dr. He-Young Kimm. It was a pretty good experience. I had a lot of fun, despite the bruises.
• I bought another Moleskine notebook to use as a reading journal. I haven’t gotten around to starting it yet, but I haven’t finished reading anything of consequence since I got it, either.
• I’ve toyed with the idea of creating a personal status page with stuff from last.fm, flickr, and info distilled from some of my tracking files, but I haven’t made a decision yet. It wouldn’t really be of any benefit to anybody who reads through an RSS feed unless I had some sort of weekly dump like the automated del.icio.us post. I suppose that wouldn’t be too hard to automate, though.
• My garage is clean for the first time in well over a year. Just don’t look in the tool room. At least I can park inside if I want to, though.