Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1 available
I just saw the news that Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1 is now available. The link was hard to find off mozilla.com, but a quick google turned up the Release Notes page which contains the download link.
So why am I mentioning this? Well, because I haven’t been able to get Thunderbird 1.5 to run reliably on my new laptop (a Dell running Ubuntu Edgy), but I’m not exactly thrilled with Evolution just yet either. (I’ve actually been using mutt lately, if you can believe that; though it’s not the silver bullet either.) I haven’t spent much time in Thunderbird, but I’m hoping that it’s extensibility helps the customization a bit. (At the moment, I’m really missing Mail-Act On’s ability to bind a filter to a key-command in Apple’s Mail.app.)
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A few books I'm reading now:
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
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The Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways To Do Less And Accomplish More
A few books I'd recommend:
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan -- A fantastic overview of the field of Economics. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson -- a true tale of scientific thinking throughout history. You'll be amazed by how much we still don't know.
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner -- a fun read offering a somewhat different way of looking at society. Answers questions like "Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?", and what qualities in a parent matter for the success of a child later in life?
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen. I'm a bit of a GTD freak since reading this, but productivity == $$ (whether you can simply get more work done in a given time, or work less by focusing on the right tasks.)