I routinely see the bicycle cops in downtown Denver Colorado use their handcuffs to chain their bikes to poles etc. while eating lunch in my favorite downtown diner (Sam's #3 at 15th and Curtis, just one block from the Denver Performing Arts Complex). I thought that was pretty clever (and a good application of multitasking tools) the first time I saw it.

Although the idea of a life countdown clock may seem a little macabre, I do believe in setting deadlines in order to achieve focus, and I guess this includes in my own life. I blogged on this topic in One Hundred Books in which I came to realize that, at age 51 and at my current rate of consumption, I would have time to read only about one hundred science fiction novels. Truly things like the countdown clock make you realize that life really is too short.