October 2009

SingleTasker Saturday: TwitterPeek

SingleTasker Saturday is a new feature here at The Simple Llama. Every Saturday, I’ll feature an item that does, well, just a single task. These items go against everything I believe in, and are meant for everyone’s amusement. I don’t intend to purchase any of the SingleTaskers, and I don’t recommend that you do either. [...]

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No one owes you anything

The entitlement mentality is one that seems to spread by the day. You deserve a good job. You deserve to own a big house in a great neighborhood. You deserve a 90″ television, hooked up to digital cable with 600 channels. You deserve access to the greatest doctors in the country. You deserve a carefree [...]

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Carnival of Minimalism – Tiny Llama Edition

Look, up in the title bar. It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane – it’s a tiny llama! That’s right, I finally got around to creating a favicon for Simple Llama. Now, whenever you’re at this site, you get to see a tiny blue llama on the tab. And, of course, it will appear [...]

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Transparent Toaster

The Transparent Toaster is one of those devices that’s so basic, I almost have the urge to feature it on Singletasker Saturday. As you can see, it toasts just one piece of bread at a time. However, it’s simplistic, elegant design changed my mind. If ever there was a minimalist toaster, this is it. The [...]

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Redefine your needs

Over the years, as we make more money, we have a bad habit of buying more stuff. Bigger house, bigger cars, fancy new furniture, bigger TV’s, and so on. Lifestyle inflation, it’s called. Nearly all of us are guilty of this phenomenon, even if we don’t realize. If you’re shaking your head and saying “Not [...]

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Giving up on Ideas

You can learn to give up things. You can learn to give up commitments. You can even learn to give up people that keep you from living the simple life that you dream of. But a skill you need to learn is that of giving up ideas. Why would you ever want to give up [...]

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