Friday audit: tear the right column, sort slips into "deployed / stranded". >70 % unused = red flag to compress abstraction; rewrite each slip until it hits name-clock-metric. Photograph the keepers, feed them into a running Google Sheet with columns: when, what, where, result, Δ. After 30 days the sheet must hold ≥90 entries; filter by "delta >15 %" and you command a personal playbook.
Re-use the same snippet on Gumroad: duplicate the ScribbleMint PDF, upload as a $0.99 "pay-what-you-want" item, add a twenty-five suggested price. Gumroad’s discovery feed pushes annotation files to 4 300 active "meta-learning" tag followers; conversion runs 3.8 %, so a century of eyeballs ≈ 28 before fees.
Stage a 30-Minute "Terrible Fix" Sprint to Defuse Mental Blocks
Set a visible timer to 30:00. Round up four people max; add one extra body only if a domain expert is non-negotiable. Issue one command: "Barf out the most pointless fix for the bottleneck." Zero editing allowed—read it as-is.
Transform Botanical Ribbons into Ink-safe Patterns for Box Protos
Snap a trans-lit sycamore leaf at 1:1 magnification, f/8, 1/250 s, ISO 200; the transmitted light zaps specular glare and etches every tertiary vein down to 8 µm width. Open the RAW in AF, clone the layer, crank "Clarity" +35 and "High Pass" 1 px to harden edges, then dive to "Channels," Ctrl-click the red channel for max contrast, and cache the selection as a mask. Flip the selection, flood with 100 % black, trash the background; you now possess a pure monochrome vein map at 600 ppi.
Reset Router DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to Fix "Download Quota Exceeded"
Override the router’s default DNS with 8.8.8.8 (primary) and 8.8.4.4 (secondary) to bypass ISP-level caching that tallies quota against your IP. Open a browser, feed the gateway (commonly 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1), log in, and locate "WAN" or "Internet" settings. Delete any auto-assigned DNS entries, key the two Google addresses, apply , and reboot the router. Refresh the client lease on each machine: Windows – open Command Prompt, run ipconfig /flushdns then ipconfig /renew; macOS – sudo dscacheutil -flushcache && sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder. The new resolver bypasses the previous count, letting the same file kick off again without waiting 24 h. If your ISP routes IPv6, repeat the change in the IPv6 DNS fields using 2001:4860:4860::8888 and 2001:4860:4860::8844. After the swap, purge browser cache and cookies to nuke the old quota cookie, then resume the transfer.
Scribble a 3-Line Journal Entry While Barefoot to Anchor New Concepts
Plant yourself on raw soil, grass, or sand; note the precise temperature, texture, and moisture against your soles. Write three lines: first, the physical sensation (e.g., "28 °C grains shift under arch"); second, the mental image triggered (e.g., "dune crests resemble code loops"); third, the action you will take within 24 h (e.g., "prototype looped animation at 11:00").
Which 3 page-turners rewire cognitive biases fast?
Open with Will Storr’s 160-page journey: Storr embeds with creationists, then isolates the "hero-maker" script hijacking every brain. Turn the final leaf and you’ll interrupt the same ego screenplay in your next Twitter spat.
Limit each line to 40 characters; read it aloud before standing up to lock the association between skin data and idea. Repeat daily for five days; on day six, review the quintet—themes expose which substrates most reliably seed workable prototypes.
sc stop GoogleDriveFS
sc start GoogleDriveFS
On Windows 11 with VBS enabled, add the folder to the exclusion list of Windows Security → App & browser control → Check apps and files; VBS can keep directory handles for 30 s
Replace the existing resolver with primary Google Drive Share link To direct link DNS 8.8.8.8 (first) and secondary Google DNS 8.8.4.4 (secondary). On Microsoft Windows, run cmd as admin, run netsh interface ipv4 set dns name="Ethernet" static 8.8.8.8 then netsh interface ipv4 add dns name="Ethernet" 8.8.4.4 index=2; swap Ethernet for the current adapter name. Mac: networksetup -setdnsservers Wi-Fi 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4. Linux systemd-resolved: edit /etc/systemd/resolved.conf to read DNS=8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 then systemctl restart systemd-resolved.
Update an outdated file without breaking the old link
Control-click the file in the online folder → «File versions» → «Upload new version». The link remains unchanged; students still access the same address, but the viewer now pushes the updated PDF. Zero re-posting in the course system, no mass email corrections.
Limit cache ceiling to 20 GB in Settings → Preferences → Local cached files to stop purge. Keep "Duplicate locally" unchecked—streaming mode keeps disk usage under 5 % while still allowing pause/resume.
Morph Assumptions into Testable Cards in a 5×5 Grid
Jot every assumption on a 3×5 card, one sentence. Slot the first twenty-five cards into a five-by-five grid on a corkboard. Label columns A–E for user segments; label rows 1–5 for risk severity. Rate each card 1–5 for evidence strength; drop the score in the bottom-right corner. Anything ≤2 remains on the board, ≥3 migrates to a "icebox" pile; you now possess a wall-sized backlog of falsifiable bets.
