GNOME 2.20 will hopefully be able to format stuff

For the last three months or so I’ve been working on a replacement for GFloppy called “gnome-format”, and despite it being stalled for two weeks or so, I’ve finally started making progress on it again. Here’s the latest screenshot, including what I like to call the “OMG THIS WILL HAX UR USB!!!11″ messagebox

Ignore the “Filesystem type” dropdown, it’s busted

Getting stuff done – some thoughts

Recently I came to a pretty useful epiphany today. I’ve always been (and this blog will attest to it) pretty lazy when it comes to finishing projects. I’d come up with this awesome idea, hack on it for awhile, then it’d be a chore and I’d give up. However, here’s the thing that brought me out of at, so far:

1. Make a detailed list of everything left in the project
2. Line them up in order
3. Make a to-do list with due dates, preferably in the same list that you put everything else in (I’m a fan of rememberthemilk)

For some reason, people with ADD (or at least “people with ADD who are also Me”) need a due date, something to put them under the gun. Unfortunately, you also need to be given a task that’s not impossible, so hence the splitting into small pieces. So if you find you have lots of cool projects you’ve started but not finished, take one of them and try this; maybe it will help.