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Japan: Still Awesome – Even Faster Trains

As if 175MPH trains aren’t enough for Japan, their newest endeavour would produce a 200MPH Shinkansen successor called the E5 (pictured) in 2011. What? Still not fast enough for you? How about a 310MPH maglev train planned for 2025?
Need perspective? The fastest Amtrak is the Acela Express which, at maximum, reaches 150MPH on a 35 [...]

GTD Is for People With Too Much to Do

So, if you don’t know about this whole GTD (Getting Things Done) thing, take a look at ‘Getting Things Done’ In 60 Seconds. GTD is a decent premise and all, but it makes a few assumptions which just don’t universally hold true (at least in my case):

I’m so busy that you have no free time.
I’m [...]