ALL BALLOTS MUST BE DROPPED AT THE COURTHOUSE. IF YOU MAIL THEM AT THIS POINT THEY WILL NOT COUNT! Pass it on.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
!! DO NOT MAIL YOUR BALLOT!!
ALL BALLOTS MUST BE DROPPED AT THE COURTHOUSE. IF YOU MAIL THEM AT THIS POINT THEY WILL NOT COUNT! Pass it on.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
"Probably the Funniest Cat Video You'll Ever See!"
I never really liked cats, but this video raised them up a notch. They're frieking hilarious. A friend and I were watching a bunch of silly animal videos when I was all doped up on oxicodone last week. It was interesting that almost all of them shared footage that was also used in other videos. Some clips were in almost every video. There is a whole genre out there of just collecting other people's footage and editing it into a montage. I was thinking about doing my own "The Best Sarah Palin Montage You've Ever Seen!" I could even play Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert, throw some witty and snide comments in and make my own news show! The live audience and the guests would be a problem.
Join the International Traveling Community
I'm pretty stoked about joining this site. Have alot of work to do to develop my profile, but how great will it be to host people from around the globe at my house while I'm in school? And then be able to travel anywhere and stay with really cool people on the journey? I think I may have given some in Interactive the impression that you have to pay $25 to join. The site is completely free. Verification is just an extra measure of security that is available, to assure people you are who you say. Only 11 out of the 88 couchsufers in Durango have paid the fee and only 9 have been fully verified. Here's the site:
Couchsurfing.com
Brain Drain
Well, 69 is definitely my favorite way to boost brain power, especially if combined with 73, 75, and 71. No explanation needed!
If you have no idea what I'm talking about here's the link:
Boost Your Brain Power
I feel as though I at least attempt many of the items on this list on a regular basis, just because they seem like healthy things to do. But doing one thing at a time has really been my focus recently. I feel like I'm most effective when I focus all of my energies on one task - even if it's a menial one. When I try to do too many things at once, like I'm Microsoft Windows or something - it all ends up being half-assed. I know that's probably obvious, but I find myself too often trying to balance too many things in one moment of time. So I guess it's really about time management. Focus all of my energy on writing the paper, then posting on the blog, then doing physical therapy, then searching for good new music, then focus on making some bread. Instead of trying to do all or most of them at the same time, some sort of ADD juggling act, which I seem to be fond of. It's amazing what my mind can actually accomplish when I focus on something. I think that's the secret with the monkey game (see last post). It just takes focus. I don't think you can perform very well if you are talking on the phone or cutting your toenails while trying to remember what flashes on the screen for an instant. First you have to let your mind take a mental polaroid, quickly absorbing the big picture and then immediately take note of as many individual numbers as you can, the high and lo, and the order. If your eye doesn't catch a number but you remember where 1, 6, 8, and 9 are, then you can take a pretty good guess at where that other number goes. So simplify and focus on what's in front of you - what's happening right now.
If you have no idea what I'm talking about here's the link:
Boost Your Brain Power
I feel as though I at least attempt many of the items on this list on a regular basis, just because they seem like healthy things to do. But doing one thing at a time has really been my focus recently. I feel like I'm most effective when I focus all of my energies on one task - even if it's a menial one. When I try to do too many things at once, like I'm Microsoft Windows or something - it all ends up being half-assed. I know that's probably obvious, but I find myself too often trying to balance too many things in one moment of time. So I guess it's really about time management. Focus all of my energy on writing the paper, then posting on the blog, then doing physical therapy, then searching for good new music, then focus on making some bread. Instead of trying to do all or most of them at the same time, some sort of ADD juggling act, which I seem to be fond of. It's amazing what my mind can actually accomplish when I focus on something. I think that's the secret with the monkey game (see last post). It just takes focus. I don't think you can perform very well if you are talking on the phone or cutting your toenails while trying to remember what flashes on the screen for an instant. First you have to let your mind take a mental polaroid, quickly absorbing the big picture and then immediately take note of as many individual numbers as you can, the high and lo, and the order. If your eye doesn't catch a number but you remember where 1, 6, 8, and 9 are, then you can take a pretty good guess at where that other number goes. So simplify and focus on what's in front of you - what's happening right now.
Beat the Chimp
Alright, so another one from the brain homework for interactive, but they're interesting. I only got 2 right the first time, then 4 but after a few I was hitting 7 consistently and 8 once. A few more tries I may be smarter than a monkey.
Test Yourself Against The Monkey
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Homunculus
"The little man in the brain." So this is a representation of the proportional amount of sensory and motory space in the brain devoted to each body part. It's interesting that alot of people when asked wheter they would lose a hand or foot answer hand (except for artists and musicians) because they fear losing mobility. But this picture makes it obvious, they're your MVPs. Imagine if humanity had tried to develop the modern world without hands. Surprised the junk is so small, at least on the sensory side - not at the lack of motor skill though.
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