Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Meditation is exercise for the mind. In my experience, practicing meditation for several months has the following effects:
Much improved ability to concentrate
The mind feels 'lucid' and calm rather than 'murky' and agitated
Improved memory (things become easier to recall)
Improved creativity
A general feeling of being one step ahead of things (chores and ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Lately I've been spending way too much time on tech news sites like reddit. Whenever I had some free time and thought about doing something productive like reading a book, I would end up gravitating toward one of these time suckers instead. Hours would pass. From time to time I'd ...
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
I've been looking for a good application to manage todo lists -- or Getting Things Done (GTD) as it's called these days. I have been using Remember The Milk but found it annoying. Yesterday I discovered Vitalist and, well, I was blown away. It's as though they had found a ...
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Took my last test of the semester today, in Topology. It came after four days of intensive studying. Sometime during the second day I realized that I had underestimated the breadth of the material, and that I needed more time. So I went into a blitz that involved little sleep ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
A month ago, I bought a pair of headphones on eBay from this seller. I payed 50 GBP for shipping. This is a very high shipping cost for such a small item. It should guarantee delivery within a week. A month has passed, and the item has yet to arrive.
I ...
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
I finished installing Ubuntu on my ThinkPad, and I've been working with it for a couple of weeks now. Here are my thoughts so far.
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Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Highly recommended alternative bands:
Calexico
Voxtrot
PepLab
The Decemberists
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Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Got my new T42p a couple of days ago. After playing around with it for a while (1600x1200 resolution rocks!), now comes the fun part: Installing Linux. After checking up on what's hot in the market I decided on Ubuntu. So now the question is what configuration to use: dual ...
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
Just got my new iPod HiFi (pictures). I'm no audiophile, but I find the sound to be incredibly good, especially for an all-in-one unit. This is my second ever Apple purchase (the first was my Nano), and I'm starting to grow very fond of these guys..
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Thursday, June 15th, 2006
(full story now posted... sorry about the partial post earlier)
Last Friday I was over at my girlfriend's parents' house for dinner. My girlfriend's sister had been nagging me for a while to install something on her laptop, and this time I finally remembered to bring the installation disc. Now, my ...
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