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I’m thinking about some tidying, straightening, and reflecting before 2010 hits. Hopefully by listing it out I’ll make it more likely that I get through a bunch of it. Here are the things I hope to get through in the next 10ish days:

• Read through and clear out my to read, to watch, to listen to, and to look at piles


• Same same for pile of magazines and things – recycle as many paper catalogs and magazines as I can bear to part with


• Archive my 2009 received and sent email


• Clean out online storage, Google docs account, and laptop drive of anything that’s not worth holding on to indefinitely


• Consolidate and revisit my backup scheme


• File any needed 2009 papers, shred older stuff that I don’t need any more


• Bring my WP install and all plug-ins up to date


• Make a few practical and a few more directional resolutions for next year


• Take a fresh look at Extraface.com and the blog, and see if any adjustments might be needed


• Remove and sell, recycle, or donate some of the attic clutter

Possibly more later.

Update: I asked my network via Aardvark (@vark) what digital tidying they are doing to prepare for the new year. I’ll paste some of the answers here:

Ryan A, from SLC –

“1) search HD for files I no longer need, including duplicates, empty folders, installers, tryout software I never bought,

2) remove Preference files for files as per above.

3) archive pictures I no longer need immediate access to. Same with photos.

4) backup my financial records for the year.

5) purge email folders of unnecessary stuff

6) run all maintenance scripts ( which should have been periodically run throughout the year), fix permissions (LINUX, Apple). Optimize HD.”

Marie from Tucson –

“…oddly enough, yesterday i started burning CDs to back up one computer. i’ve got a problem with ubuntu and need to reinstall the OS. don’t want to loose anything. i’ve also been reading Chris Guillebeau’s annual review and those of others. thinking i will make one of my own and pop it into a time capsule for my nieces. “

This has been stuck in my head since last night’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. As a favor to anyone who may be suffering the same plight, I iPhone ringtone-ified it:

http://www.extraface.com/detritus/flip_flip.m4r

Please accept this in lieu of a Friday heh this week.

A bumper crop, making up for a couple of weeks’ slack:

• Tooth Extraction Succeed:
  


• The Chad Ochocinco Rules – The thinking man’s trash-talker.


• Miracle Whip v. Colbert: Round 1 – Really like Miracle Whip’s style here in their opening salvo. I don’t think the ads they ran in response quite delivered on the tone that comes through in the letter, but I give them a ton of credit for responding with custom creative in the first place.


• Google Wave Expectations And Reality – Heh.


• Fred And Me – What appears to be an entire blog comprising photos of people with Fred Durst. [via gerard]
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• Instant Chewbacca’s Gonna Get You – Gonna look you right in the face.


• Kool Keith And Seltzer Maneuvers – He’ll never be Dr. Octagon again in music, but he still is in interviews.


• Internet Height/Weight Chart – Rob at Cockeyed has a fantastic project going where he is listing out heights and weights based on the visual reference of anyone who sends in their photo, height, and weight. So for example, here’s what 5′6″, 165 lbs looks like.


• I Keep Misplacing My Now:
  Umm, will do.
  


• Why There’s No Other Tim Tebow In The NCAA – Apparently, you can blame an abortion for that. [via capnken]


• MS Bing As A Verb – @Bigeasy provides a usage example.

• YouTube Comment Or E. E. Cummings? – With an answer key so you can put your knowledge to the test. [via @dylan20]


• Art On Money For Money – Brilliant. “My latest art project is pulling in the money quite literally. I’m currently doing a series of pieces on dollar bills. Not only is this a fun art project to work on but so far I’ve sold almost half of the pieces I’ve created making this a brilliant hundred dollar idea, I’ve sold 5 of the 11 pieces I’ve created thus elevating my professional credentials as an artist. It’s rather exciting.”


• A For Hehfulness On A Parent/Teacher Conference Form – “Topics I would like to discuss” include “How to emulsify a sauce without starches or egg.”


• Being A Dave Has Secret Benefits:
  


• 1999 Called – A heh for anyone who lived and worked on the World Wide Web during its first ascent:
  


• Animal Tattoos For Talking Hands – I love this because it’s like a simplified and purchasable version these hand paintings from several hehs ago. Could I get away with just an Animal Tattoo as a Halloween costume?


• Bell Biv Dafoe – Now you know.


• Two hehful tumblelogs I’ve started to read – Rappers That Suck and Lamebook.

• Swimming Is The Best – @gavinpurcell and family auto-tune a masterpiece via the I Am T-Pain iPhone App.


• Cutest Garbage:
  [ via one of my new favorites, Badder Homes and Gardens]


• Sniff RFID Reader Dog – “Sniff comes in a cute Snoopy-like design, but he is actually an RFID reader. This digital pup can vibrate and make noises in response, making it endearing to whoever lays eyes on it the first time around.”


• Merlin’s Open Letter To Adobe Developers – I wanted to highlight this passage in particular: “One (sometimes one of the extremely few) of the benefits of the annoyingly rabid Mac community is that we do talk to each other a lot, and we do absolutely have equivalents of pro wrestling’s faces and heels. Right now, Adobe is not regarded as a hero. No. Right now you’re the heavy guy from some country we don’t like who’s always with the folding chairs.”


• Mr. Ray Lamontaigne:
  Hate the music, love the shirt.
  [via cpenney]


• Pomplamoose, Single Ladies (Beyonce Cover) – If you haven’t seen this already, it should make your Friday:
  
  [via ohword.tv]