How’s that donor database of yours? 
admin via Zen and the Art of Nonprofit T on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. Mostly because, although I actually know the field pretty well, it’s at the 10,000 foot level, rather than the 50 ft level that clients really need. And I know there are plenty of folks out there who know the field really well at 50 ft, and can step in with the best advice.
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Breaking a Bad Habit Shatters the Rung Beneath You
guest via Zen Habits on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Sean Platt of Writer Dad.
I’ve always thought of life as a spiraling staircase, gracefully wrapping around time and achievement, as opposed to the blunt vertical found on a ladder. Comparing life’s ascension to a set of stairs is often apt, but there are moments when life as ladder is f
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The Two Okinawan Diet Rules (or How I’m Getting Leaner During the Holidays)
Leo via Zen Habits on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Article by Leo Babauta. (Follow me on Twitter.)
Like many people, I tend to overeat during the holidays, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. It’s kinda part of the tradition to consume huge amounts of food, you know?
And like many others, I also tend to g
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My visit to the Apple Store
Antonio Cangiano via Zen and the Art of Programming on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Two days ago my MacBook Pro’s screen turned black. Following what I assume was an unsuccessful firmware upgrade, my laptop stopped displaying anything on its LCD. It would boot, greet me with a chime and I could even login and adjust the volume, all without seeing a
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Want to Save the World? I’ll Tell You How
Jonathan Mead via Zen Habits on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead.
Our planet isn’t in very good shape right now. The air is polluted. The ocean is becoming plastic soup. We’re in a financial crisis.
Things don’t seem to be
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A Time for Gratitude
Leo via Zen Habits on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Article by Leo Babauta. (Follow me on Twitter.)
The holidays are a time of celebration for many — good food, lots of parties, gift-giving, family and friends, — but they can also be a time of mass consumption and hyper-consumerism.
I think with all the stresses of this seas
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Reading Access Databases with PHP and PECL
(unknown author) via Zend Developer Zone on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
You’ve already seen, in previous articles, just how easy it is to read and write Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with PHP and PEAR. But spreadsheets are just one way of representing structured data – the other, of course, is to use a database. Well, guess what? If your database happens to be Microsoft Access, PHP has you covered there as well!
In this article, I’ll introduce you to
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Secret Features
Peter Stern via Zenbe Blog on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
I have a secret.
Last Wednesday night, when I should have stayed home and gotten rid of a cold, I instead went out to a big gala event to celebrate the secret renaming of the Tri-Borough Bridge to the Robert Kennedy Bridge. Hey, I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and it was to support a good cause!
It was great to see Alec Ba
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Five Great Ways to Conquer Your Fears
guest via Zen Habits on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Doug Heacock of Underpants Office.
It is a rare person who lives without fear of one kind or another. You may fear heights, or spiders, or new situations, or rejection–whatever your fears may be, you can either let those fears form boundaries beyond which you can’t move or
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The Impact of The Hip-Hop Vote
Zentronix via zentronix: dubwise & hipho on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
We now have some idea of how hip-hop may have impacted the presidential election. According to stats from CIRCLE, those under the age of 45 delivered all of Obama's margin of victory. Those under 30 formed the core of his victory. 23 million young voters came out, and nearly 16 million voted for Obama. He won by 9 million votes.Youth
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My Most Recent Failures and What I’ve Learned
Leo via Zen Habits on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Article by Leo Babauta. (Follow me on Twitter.)
Recently I read an old post about why another blogger doesn’t like Zen Habits, and it centered around the idea that she thought I was preaching to readers as if I’m perfect. And I thought to myself, “Boy, I hope people don’t thin
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6 Seconds To Relax
guest via Zen Habits on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Sarah, a psychiatrist of How to Cope with Pain.
Ever have one of those days when it seems there’s not a minute to catch your breath, let alone meditate or relax?
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“Ask Leo” Your Blogging and Writing Questions; Plus Some Other Great New Content
Leo via Zen Habits on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
For the writers and bloggers among you, feel free to join us over at Write To Done where I’ll be starting a live Q&A session in a minute or so … that’s 5:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time today (Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008). Again, that’s 5:00 p.m. today in New York.
I’ll be answering any questions you might have about writing and blogging in the comments of the “Ask Leo” post. I
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Living Simply: The Ultimate Guide to Conquering Your Clutter
Leo via Zen Habits on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
Article by Leo Babauta. (Follow me on Twitter.)
For many years, I was a packrat,
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How to Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half
Jonathan Mead via Zen Habits on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead.
While I’ve never been a big fan of fear mongering, it’s clear that the US economy is in a little more than a slump. There are many ways we can live more frugally, and that includes spending less on groceries and being more conscious of the things we buy.
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毅行香港之 照面
ZenVee via ZenVee on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
与香港的第一个照面，并不是尖沙咀或者中环永远需要仰视的钢筋水泥丛林，却是满目葱茏的山峦，夹杂其间几栋楼宇，都市？乡村？在出
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Ask the Readers: Could You Give Up Email?
Leo via Zen Habits on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
President-elect Barack Obama may soon have to give up not only his (gasp!) Blackberry, but all email correspondence as well once he becomes president, the New York Times reported recently.
For Obama — just as it would be for many of us — that is a huge sacrifice. Some of us might opt not to become presid
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Zend Framework 1.7.0 is now available
(unknown author) via Zend Developer Zone on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
Zend Framework 1.7.0 has been released and is now available from the Zend Framework download site
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Dynamically Generating PDF Files with PHP and Haru
(unknown author) via Zend Developer Zone on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
When it comes to working with different file formats, PHP is like a Swiss Army knife: it has a tool to handle almost anything you can throw at it. JPEG images, XML files, Word documents, ZIP archives…you name it, and there’s a PHP extension to handle it!
This incredible versatility also applies to the topic of today’s article: the PDF, or Portable Document Format. Not content wit
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Zend Framework 1.7 has been released!
Rob via Zend Framework in Action on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
Zend Framework version 1.7 has been released and can be downloaded now.
From the release announcement, key features include:
Zend_Amf with support for AMF0 and AMF3 protocols
Support for dijit editor available in the Dojo Toolkit
Zend_Service_Twitter
ZendX_JQuery in extras library
Metadata API in
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