A Step-by-Step Guide to Having an Incredibly Efficient Day – I am a sucker for productivity articles. But holding off on my coffee til 9:30? That’s crazy talk.

Glazed Hand-Crafted Doughnuts Arrive in Sydney, glazed doughnuts, broadsheet sydney – Broadsheet – Heh. Hipsters. Also, they claim to have invented the concept of cereal milk glaze. Somewhere Christina Tosi is rolling her eyes…

Help article: What has changed in the latest tracker update? – Whoa. I just checked my Fitbit app and was confused to see it had sleep data for last night. I forgot to click the button to put it in sleep mode, but my graph is there. So I checked the latest firmware upgrade and discovered that the Force now does this automatically. That’s really cool! (The update also included the long-awaited Caller ID feature, which is pretty sweet. I keep my giant iPhone in my handbag and never hear when it rings. Now my Force vibrates and displays the caller name. So tomorrow, right?)

Updated to add: Whoa! I also figured out I can trigger the clock face just by double-tapping the Force. Not clicking the button; just hitting it. So cool! I really should read the actual release notes when I install upgrades…

Landing on a comet: A guide to Rosetta’s perilous mission : Nature News & Comment – “Never before has a space mission put a lander on a comet.” That is so amazing. You can watch live online or follow along on Twitter.

On Monday after work I went along to the Information Night for Random Hack of Kindness – Sydney. RHoK is an international initiative that started five years ago that aims to provide a way for people in tech – coders, BAs, designers, PMs, marketers, legal, entrepreneurs, whoever – to help make the world a better place. They have two Hack weekends a year, and the next one is happening on November 29th and 30th. The goal is not to win a prize or churn out a quick hack, but rather to build real solutions that can be put into place. (So obviously the weekend is just a starting point!) I would highly recommend anybody who’s interested to go along to the next event. A few notes I took last night:

• Two hack weekends a year, preceded by ideation and info nights
• Hack weekend goes from 9am-8pm Saturday, then 9am-3pm Sunday (when they head to the pub) – they provide beer/pizza on Saturday night
• Regular “RHoK and Rholl” nights throughout the year to follow up and deliver real solutions

Why should you participate in RHoK?

1. It’s a safe space to try out new tech, new role, new way of presenting yourself. If you’ve ever dreamed out about changing your job, this is a way to try it out and get experience.
2. It makes you feel good, obviously.
3. You get to meet other people with similar interests and goals. And being in a community of those who want to do good makes it easier to do good!

The projects that will be worked on at the November Hack weekend:

• Something to do with NGOs operating in Mekong
• Self-driving solar powered boats to check on buoys tracking global warming – also want to create a website to the public can follow along with the project
• Autistic children – maybe an iPad app or storyboarding tool?
• First Stop – way for disaster survivors to easily get services – started as a response to Blue Mountains bush fire. They already have prototype of low-powered wifi modem (using Raspberry Pi); goal is to deploy in emergency zones with app that allows survivors to register details easily and quickly to qualify for aid
• First Robotics Club – program for students K-12 – inspiring next generation of scientists and engineers – looking to improve website and come up with ideas to get more exposure in schools

If you’re interested in taking part, just go to the meetup site and sign up. There’s no requirement that you have to be a coder or consider yourself a “hacker” or even be a techie at all, really. If you want to help use technology to make the world a better place, your help will be welcome.

Unfortunately I’m going to be in Tasmania during this coming Hack Weekend, but I will definitely be at the next one.

Portraits for Cats Fundraiser # 3 – The Feline Foundation – I’m tempted.

‘The Evil Dead’ Series From Sam Raimi Ordered By Starz, Bruce Campbell Stars | Deadline – What a world we live in, right?

Nike x Liberty Collection A/W 2014. GAHHHH. Oh Santa Claus, can I PLEASE have these for Christmas? Thanks.

Dear Mark: Kerrygold and GMOs, Primal Jainism, and Saffron as a Supplement – I did not know saffron was an ingredient in laudanum. Huh.

Bono, One Direction to fight ebola with Christmas · Newswire · The A.V. Club – Dear Sir Bob, You are the WORST. Signed, Everyone else.