Things is pretty killer to-do list style productivity software for the Mac. It has a companion iPhone application that is pretty fantastic as well. What it doesn’t have, is the ability to sync itself across multiple computers. At least, out of the box it doesn’t. I do work both at my home iMac and my laptop, so I REALLY wanted to use Things on both, synced.

Forunately, keeping Things in sync across multiple computers is a possibility using the amazing Dropbox. This was my first experience really using Dropbox, and it’s really fricking amazing. Far nicer than the .Mac service that I actually pay for. I am basing this short tutorial on what I learned here.

1. Get Things installed on both computers.
2. Get Dropbox installed on both computers.
3. Copy the folder at ~[user]~/Library/Application Support/Cultured Code/Things into your new dropbox folder, probably at ~[user]~/Dropbox
4. Hold down the Option key when you start Things. You will have the opportunity to choose the location of the database. Do this on both versions of things (making sure you do your version full of data first).

You now have a synced version of Things! Dropbox updates constantly, so it stays up to date as soon as you enter anything. Very awesome.

WARNING: You will want to only be running one version of Things at a time. Otherwise, the out-of-date version might write to Dropbox and overwrite new changes you have made. You’ll be having a little syncing war, which isn’t good. Run only one at a time.

BUT, on that same subject, Sandra, what can you do to really make the new design “POP”? I want it to really POP off the page. People get many letters every year, and I want ours to be the ones that never get thrown away — just because the POP is literally almost audible. Even in a desk drawer. I want our letters on bulletins boards because of all the POP.

In design it is also very important that you keep it CLEAN. I like the white paper (or is it ecru? egg? not important) but I think the overall design could be more clean. For example, the fonts on the head part should be VERY VERY CLEAN. Maybe times new roman. At least 20 or 50 or more. Again, I do not know what this is in computer picas, but it should be at least two thirds of my coffee cup (see attached). As you know, a clean font is a way to make a design really POP, and times is a font we already have on our PCs, so it will match very well from the HP printers. Also maybe try “mistral” which is also a very clean font. Have fun with it.

I don’t like New Year’s. Faux merriment, excessive drinking, ridiculous resolutions and general malaise. Not to mention Dick Clark.

It’s not because I don’t like drinking, it’s just because I like to drink on my own terms. These “big expectations” days annoy me. EVERYBODY. We are GOING OUT TONIGHT. We are GOING TO HAVE FUN. It is going to be CRAZY.

Obviously my blood sweat and tears all go into creating stuff for CSS-Tricks. No article I’ve ever written for CSS-Tricks has ever made the homepage at Digg. Do I care? No, not really. I have been very fortunate with the amount of traffic and commuity the site has already. And it’s even more than some sites that get dugg all the time. So obviously in the design blog niche, it isn’t a huge deal.

What is a little annoying, is that content I have created HAS made the homepage. Three times, in fact.

1. 4255 Diggs - What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like
   This one was the worst, as it was hugely popular but the link was to an image I created for a blog post that was stolen and reposted elsewhere.
2. 2323 Diggs - Fun CSS Trick - Secret Message
   This one was actually on CSS-Tricks, but it was a simple example page I mocked up for a post. I could have jazzed the page up when it was getting Dugg to make more use of that traffic, but I thought that would have been a little slimy.
3. 2104 Diggs - 12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean
   This one feels good, as it was a direct link to an article I wrote, but it was for Smashing Magazine, not my own blog. I of course love SM and they nice folks over there. It was their idea to title it as a “list” post which I’m sure helped. I refuse to go the “list” route on my own blog for some reason. I feel like it’s a cheap ploy for attention.

I’d like to actually get a CSS-Tricks article on there one day!

What’s the difference between Sarah Palin’s mouth and her vagina?
Only 25% of what comes out of her vagina is retarded.

1. Go through process of connecting Tivo Box to Amazon. Not too awful, but a bit laborious.
2. Find movie to watch, select it, confirm that you want to buy it.
3. Uh oh! Problem with credit card. Of course it didn’t ask me which credit card I would like to use, it just picked an old expired one for me. Thanks.
4. Wait for email to arrive about the problem… Go to computer, log into Amazon there and correct the purchase.
5. Wait for movie to arrive on TiVo. Takes quite a while, since you can’t start watching it until it’s fully downloaded.
6. From that point you have (30 days?) to start watching it, and once you do, you only have 24 hours to complete it.
7. OK FINALLY. Ready to go, play movie. NO SOUND.
8. Try to figure out how to contact Amazon about the problem, but don’t see any clear method.
9. Write bitchy blog post about how the service sucks.

“Oh, I am so sure that this new solution will solve everyone’s problem with the system and no one will complain about anything ever again.”

“Sounds great as long as we can figure out a playoff system where each round has a corporate sponsor and a system of unreliable computers helps decide an unclear national champion.”

HD Basic
HD Plus
HD Preferred
HD Preferred Plus
HD Premium

My god. Reminds me of the Microsoft Vista options. Do you need Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate?

I’ll tell you what I need. I want HDTV service, I want all the channels you can give me and I want to not be confused or ripped off.