Archive for October, 2009
I need something to distract me from going mental so here I am writing this. After completing the schematic and printed circuit board layout for the “new pressure transducer,” I carried converting my DCEM test jig design to surface mount, then I started looking through some technical forums and came across a question about noise cancellation for a drill that some bloke is using and annoying the neighbours in the process. After reading some totally daft responses I began working out the wavelengths of certain frequencies of sounds and how they would travel to formulate an argument against using conventional noise cancelling methods used in cars and planes that had been recommended… A brief pause and I realised what a completely f***ing pointless venture this was not to say how bloody sad I must be. So I stopped, closed the browser and twiddled my thumbs before writing this, what I am going to do when I’m finished I have no idea, there’s only one way to find out, bye.
October 29th, 2009
Aaah peace and quite. I’m chilling on a Saturday afternoon, it’s raining outside and the house is empty except me and my sleeping daughter. Had a little extra work recently which is good news although I don’t want too much as I need time such as now. I need to sort my antenna for 2 meters, have the bracket etc., but don’t have the aerial, that gives me the idea to go to Maplin and buy some bits to build one 🙂
October 24th, 2009
I’m feeling a little claustrophobic, I need time to drift. A walk on a windy day amidst fallen leaves uninhibited by time, to lay on the downs and stare at the stars or to wonder infront of an evening sunset and watch the dusk patterns shift as the spectacle gently fades behind the horizon. There’s a difference between needing to have to make time for these things compared to just being there, you cannot soak in nature’s marvel sitting behind a desk or laying in a room with the curtains pulled. Maybe I should think alternately about what I do from day to day?
October 20th, 2009
Multitasking Damages Your Focus
A Wired Magazine article discusses tests performed by Stanford scientists that suggest frequent multitaskers experience decreased cognitive ability even when not actively multitasking–having trouble ignoring irrelevant information, organizing their working memory, and switching between multiple tasks. This suggests that multitasking is actually increasingly bad for you, although the article notes that this study proves only correlation and not causation.
Your Serial Processor (Your Brain) Can’t Actually Multitask
Dave Crenshaw, a time-management expert, calls multitasking, switch-tasking in his book The Myth of Multitasking. Your brain tricks you into thinking you are multitasking by switching very quickly between tasks. He argues that this switching makes it difficult for your brain to focus effectively on any individual task. Although it seems impressive that you are juggling so much, no single task will be done well.
I’ve argued this point for years!
October 7th, 2009
Having been signed off for a week by the old Doc I have kind of moped about a bit getting in the way and upsetting Lisa’s routine. I have been known to be a little spontaneous so this quite possibly wont be the last time routines go out the window, or why not have complete randomness as a matter of routine? I did say to work I would be back in Thursday but was told to ride out my sicknote in case anything happened to me, is that anything to do with Health and Safety or are they just being nice? Whatever the reasons I’m back tomorrow without a doubt.
What’s the matter with me? Essentially nothing, except I’m struggling with certain areas, my diet for one which is a downward spiral, I need to be on top of that to be able to organise it, do you see the potential for failure there? If I eat a regular diet my mood differs, I become a little glum and melancholy and see life as drudgery specifically in areas of responsibilty, I certainly lose my vitality. So I’ve needed the time to get back on top of things which seems to have been worthwhile, all I need to do now is sort out the people at work.
October 4th, 2009
Melancholy: Despite having a negative connotation, melancholy can be viewed as a gift. Instead of being viewed as a trait of the depressed and unfortunate, melancholy can also be seen as a trait of philosophers, prophets, artists, poets, and heroes. Melancholy is a window into ourselves. It allows us to think, ponder, reflect, imagine. If you are able to embrace this phase rather than being swallowed by it, find peace in the momentary pause and look for the gifts left to you by introspection and sensitivity. – Bridgette Guerzon Mills
October 4th, 2009
Terence McKenna had a point, the laws of physics could actually change and how they change would be impossible to anticipate. Who’s to say they haven’t changed before from a previous state, the Big Bang for instance? How about this, there was a complete transformation of the laws of physics all those billions of years ago, about the time of the so called “Big Bang?” If so it would be impossible for us humans to perceive how the Universe was actually created and would leave no thread of evidence to what existed before… ring any bells?
October 3rd, 2009
