This post was triggered by watching a video about PhysicsGirl and how she’s been suffering from Long Covid / myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome:
What do I hope people get out of it? Well, as my blog says, this …
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Any sufficiently advanced…
A co-worker has one of those cute quote things added to his email signature and today’s is “Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.”. That prompted me to Google and I found this:
…Arthur C. Clarke, (Clarke’s
Dress riddle
I have to imagine everyone has seen it by now, the dress that appears to be blue/black to certain people and gold/brown to others, well it seems it has to do to what kind of light you are most used …
Updated construction website
I finally got off my butt and updated our construction web site. Last weekend we were hoping to prime/paint the pavilion, but, once again it took longer than expected to put the finish coats of spackle and sand, so it …
On the job hunt once again
A week ago I was told that my services were no longer needed, don’t let the door hit my ass on the way out. The glorious life of a contractor! It wouldn’t be so bad if we weren’t so diligent …
This tickled my fancy
Mobile Marketing from xkcd:
To me this really speaks to the phrase ‘think outside the box’. Problem: customer wants to increase visits to their website. Solution: trigger a wave of website visits by playing on the viral aspects of social …
Your mind, with a full belly
The Older Mind May Just Be a Fuller Mind
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/the-older-mind-may-just-be-a-fuller-mind
A very interesting take on ‘cognitive decline’ and how it might be a measurement artifact. I sort of discuss it in a post on why thinking takes longer as you …
Poor memory makes room for creativity?
Memory is the Enemy of Creativity
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/memory_is_the_enemy_of_creativity/
Scott’s blog entry sort of speaks to me. I have often thought that if I had been born with a better memory for details I would be a lot less creative. Because I …
Yet another plug for exercise…
Exercise as Potent Medicine
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/exercise-as-potent-medicine/?_r=0
I have noted many times that exercise is good for you (just a few examples):
…Now we know where you are in real time! And you paid for that!
Close-In Surveillance Using Your Phone’s Wi-Fi
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/11/close-in_survei.html
Schneier’s blog post contains links to other articles, but to me the more interesting was reading the comments. Of course, infosec people will whine, bitch and moan, but for the average user this …