Text logging in Metapad too
[Notepad] can be used to make log files. Give it a shot: Open Notepad and type .LOG on the first line, then save the file as whatever you want. Now every time you open the file the current date and time will be appended to it, which make it super-quick to create simple texty log files for whatever you want. Of course, every word processor and many text editors have shortcut keys for inserting the date, but simplicity does have its appeal.
I don’t use Notepad because it’s totally featureless. My typical simple plain text edior is Metapad. So, I tried the same (above) trick, and it works in Metapad too!
Update: This is a nifty GTD feature and an easter egg (not easily found feature). I have a habit of writing readme files in every work folder, so that I know what’s going on there, which file is the latest and sometimes, some progress report. So, this feature would save me a keystroke. Good.