I’ve resigned from my current gig and am looking forward to finishing up in another couple of weeks. It’s a fairly cushy gig, but I’ve finally had enough of all the things I don’t like about the place and have decided that I need to focus more on my own… Read More
Ever see one of those magician shows where the guy will memorise a whole bunch of random things and then recall them a while later in order, or reverse order, or do some other amazing memory demonstration? I attempted to learn some of the mnemonic tricks to it a while… Read More
I resigned from my job last Friday. I finish up in a month. I’ve got another gig to go to, but I’m only going to be working 4 days a week at it. I’ve taken a slight pay cut so I can pay myself one day a week to work… Read More
I’m really enjoying Bill Clinton’s autobiography My Life. As I mentioned in a previous post, I think he’s a really smart guy and the book is serving to reinforce this opinion. It’s quite long, mostly due to the extraordinary detail he goes into on virtually every topic. He writes well,… Read More
Today is one month since I started the sleep experiment. I stopped writing about it for a couple of weeks mostly because I was busy with other things. I would say that the experiment is a success as I am now acclimatised to getting up at 7am when I don’t… Read More
Some comic fun for today: xkcd. Found during my travels over the intarweb. I realised I’d seen it before when I saw the Pi comic, but hadn’t traversed the rest of his work. It’s quite funny even though it’s drawn rather crudely. I’m inspired again to learn to draw, but… Read More
This is awesome. Someone has knitted a jumper (sweater, in ‘merikan inglish) for a tree. I love the magazine cover photo that was done of it. Finding this has made my day. :) Read More
Day 11 started well. The routine of getting up early is now well established and I’m heading for bed when I get to the appropriate level of tiredness, so I’m sleeping well. I feel great in the morning and if I work on the right sort of stuff I can… Read More
The experiment is going well, despite my being a bit slack in getting up this morning. I listened to the radio for a bit, waking up a bit slower than usual. I think it’s the colder weather, since it’s nice and warm in bed of a morning and there’s a… Read More
It’s been a week of the experiment now, and I’m not having much trouble getting up around 6am. I automatically get tired around 9:30pm and I’m asleep quickly once I go to bed. I’ve generally got more energy during the day, though I have noticed one thing: after getting home… Read More
