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Designed by architect Manuel Aires Mateus, this residence is located in Portugal, in a high point, overlooking the city of Leiria.

The home was divided into two distinct areas, one for socializing and one for sleeping. The bedrooms are positioned below ground, with access to private patios that lead to the backyard.

It is not equipped with conventional windows. Instead it features voids in the ceiling which attract light indoors.

I simply love it.

Square – Accept credit card payments with your mobile phone:

Speaking of the present-future, this sure feels like it. I have been using Square to accept credit cards on the spot for my consulting business for a few weeks now both on my iPhone and my iPad. Though I have known about it for quite some time it was an article about it’s founder, Jack Dorsey (also founder of Twitter), that pushed me over the edge to try it.

Seriously, folks, this has been a game changer. It is super simple, minimal, fast, and the money transfers into my bank account in just a couple of days. Every time I use it it feels like a magic trick, especially as I see the wonder and delight in the eyes of my clients. It actually makes it fun for the customer to pay and makes the freelancer feel like a “real business”.

Once you sign up, the reader is sent to you for free with no commitment. The fees are already more than generous at a flat 2.75% which, if you have ever used any other credit card processing, is a bargain. That said, right now they have a promotion where the first 30 days of fees are waived for new signups.

If you have any business at all that excepts credit cards for payment and an iOS device, you need this.

Enough Episode 22 — Terry’s Minimal Mac:

Hide your wallets, folks. In today’s episode of Enough – The Minimal Mac Podcast, we are joined by Terry Lucy of The Bro Show. Terry is not only a new MacBook Air 13 inch owner, but also new to the Mac itself. We asked Terry on to discuss why and how he is keeping his Mac minimal and his observations from a switcher’s perspective.

Also, a programming note, we have a lot of great and diverse guests coming up on the show. If you have not subscribed yet, today would be a good time.

Using Wunderlist to Make Decisions | David Seah:

So while I like my paper notebooks, I’m now trying something different: using a cloud-based To Do list application to maintain the “big picture” on ALL of my projects, and then opportunistically assigning time to them as it strikes me. In other words, I’m trying to create a constantly-changing buffet of benefit-producing opportunities.

You all should be aware by now that I love peeking at other peoples productivity and organization systems. I have followed David’s work for a long time so looking at how and what he uses to keep it all together is a real treat.

TipToe - Search, view, share the web [Sponsor]:

TipToe is an innovative new search app for the iPhone. Unlike the Google based search in Mobile Safari, it is designed to deliver only the best results with no ads, spam, or content farms. It aggregates search results from Bing and Blekko with some artificial intelligence built on top. The built in browser allows you to navigate through the results without having to return to the search page. You can even share links via email, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instapaper, Read Later, or open it in Safari. More so, TipToe does not track your searches and respects your privacy. Don’t be evil, indeed.

I’ve been using it for all of my mobile searching for a few days now. It’s wicked fast and only $.99 cents. Go get it.

Apple iPad 2 - “We believe”:

What we believe in.

The new commercial for the iPad 2.

Mac Mini Vault [Sponsor]:

I’d like to take the opportunity to give a big thank you to Mac Mini Vault for sponsoring the RSS Feed this week. Despite my general disdain for April Fools Day, I think their special offer for today is pretty fun. Go ahead, click the link. No Rickroll. I promise.