some random interesting looking things gathered from my flist this morning

[derien]

Someone who locked their post pointed out RescueTime, which looks like an interesting way to attempt to make myself more productive. When I went to install their application, however, I was confused by the way they call it a Windows app and use the little flag logo but when it's getting ready to run the installer mentions that it's not signed by a known source. I don't like installing applications from sources I don't know. Who has used this, liked it, and can vouch for it not gobbling my computer's resources or reporting back to Microsoft on everything I do? And anyhow, will it help me if I always leave my email and LiveJournal logged in while my computer is on?

Completely unrelatedly, innocentsmith pointed out Fanlore, which I haven't perused as yet, but have added to my favorites under 'writing.'

Comments

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

It's definitely not reporting back to Microsoft (it IS talking to the RescueTime site), and I haven't noticed a slow-down of anything but Launchy, and that may be because I just installed a new version of Launchy.

It does, since it only records the program that has focus. That is, if you're logged in but, say, writing in a Word document for an hour, it'll record that (minus the, say, 12 seconds you looked at email or whatever). It's already helping me.

You can read more over at lifehacker.com if you're nervous.