A few weeks ago, I went on the Global Retreat Centre's Self Managing Leadership seminar. An excellent two days, professionally delivered in a very peaceful environment. I have come away revitalised in the area of my purpose in life, my values, vision etc. and have chosen a couple of big rock goals to achieve in the next six months.
But what's this got to do with technology? Well, I have also just installed and configure Franklin Covey's PlanPlus for Outlook. Based on Steven Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, PlanPlus is more than just at task-driven time manager. It ensures you set tasks, actions and role-based goals in the context of your values and mission. I also closely fits the SML planning model above.
The weekly planning wizard makes starting the week most satisfying. You can trial the software for 30 days. Recommended.

All my life I have been using electric razors and have been through the ranges of them. But a year ago I was tempted to give wet shaving a go again - and I'm hooked. The reason was my discovery of Shaving Oil. No mess all over my face, no water running down my elbow, easy washbasin rinsing and a clean shave in under a minute. Check out King of Shaves Kinexium Oil. Just a couple of drops is all you need.

Any good multi-blade razor works fine. I am a big fan of the Gillette Mach 3 and have just upgraded to the M3 Power which finely vibrates giving an even closer shave.

Finally, I apply some K-GL Post Shave Gel. Non-astringent, non-smarting, just nice and fresh and smooth.

So, do try leaving electric razor technology behind in the morning and switch to Kinexium shaving oil low-technology shaving.

Inventors usually try to come up with things that will change people's lives. But Robert Barrows is hoping to make an impact after their death. He is patenting video-equipped tombstones to let cemetery visitors watch messages from the dead.

Barrows, from California of course, has filed a patent application for a hollow headstone fitted with a flat LCD touch screen. It also houses a computer with a hard disc or microchip memory that allows the deceased to speak from the grave through a video message.

They might just relate their life stories, says Barrows, or worse: they could confess to lurid indiscretions. "It's history from the horse's mouth."
Gary Collison, professor of American studies at Pennsylvania State University in Pittsburgh, thinks video tombstones are a natural progression from outsize monumental stonework
"Cemeteries are places where people try to outdo each other, display their wealth and power. This would certainly be a new way to do that," he says.

Read - High-tech messages from the grave [NewScientist]