Holly non-cleartype fonts, my eyes are bleeding! Why, oh why are people so cruel, so uncaring, so unkind?
http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
No matter how many times this is posted, I can't upvote it enough.
Actions That Made Me Happier
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#32I like the phrasing of the title, i.e. keeping track of what actually works. One tip that's helped me: when something makes you feel good, add it to feelgood.txt. Over time, you'll start to see patterns (vs. the random, fallible memories/ideas we have about what makes us happy). Every few days or so I'll have a random entry [7/23/09: felt good to chill with Andreas. played games, chatted, had bfast, etc. hospitality.…
I have something very much like your feelgood idea. I made a tab for myself on http://bulletxt.com where I record all the things that I like to do and every now and then, I look at it to find out what else to do. Currently on my list: kayaking, Scrabble, comedy club, and theme parks.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would probably not stop at the power cord. Why not get a second laptop? Though syncing stuff might be a pain, depending on the nature of your work. Source code might be easy to share with git.
So, basically two extra-light desktops? Is this satire?
Or get two desktops. I just assumed nobody is buying desktops anymore.
I have a laptop even though I don't commute to work with it. I like to take it along when traveling occasionally. Is this very funny?
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#34In the "removing small frustrations" category: getting a second power cord for my laptop. It makes me happy twice a day when I don't have to fish my cord out to bring it to work/home.
Getting a second usb cable for my iPhone had the same effect for me. One stays plugged into the wall with the charger, one stays by the laptop for syncing. Life is great.
The joy of having a Zune cable at all 5 of my computers is awesome - I got all of them at monoprice.com for under ten bucks - I LOVE that website!!
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#35I had the pleasure of spending a week with a group of techies in Montreal (referenced in the post). Definitely a nice and interesting crowd to hang out with (and have a drink with (which did NOT == get blitzed)). Once I read Montreal, that part clicked a bit more. The value and pleasure in such does depend on the crowd and attitudes. Back here and at the corporate job, having drinks has usually been about awkwardly c…
Ya Montreal has a great night life. It's really easy to have fun and talk to new people.
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#37Makes me want to go to one of the SV/SF Hackers and Founders meetups. On drinking with co-workers: point taken, but if you are actually having mood problems, watch the alcohol intake. It's a depressant.
You're thinking of the wrong definition of "depressant". Alcohol is a physical depressant.
FWIW, I get a very noticeable mood depression the day after I drink, even if I do it moderately enough that I don't have any other hangover symptoms.
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#38I'm proud to say I've done all of these. I think the "drink with co-workers" is a super-good point and I wish more people were more honest about it!
The cultural norm, at least in the US, is to make friends at work. I like my coworkers and teammates, but after spending 8 hours with any group of people, I just want to chill at home. I think sometimes my teammates wonder why I don't always go to team outings; I like to spend the 5 hours I have after work w/ my girlfriend, or hobbies. I think some people just don't have any kind of social life outside of work, so that's where they do their socializing.
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#39I like the phrasing of the title, i.e. keeping track of what actually works. One tip that's helped me: when something makes you feel good, add it to feelgood.txt. Over time, you'll start to see patterns (vs. the random, fallible memories/ideas we have about what makes us happy). Every few days or so I'll have a random entry [7/23/09: felt good to chill with Andreas. played games, chatted, had bfast, etc. hospitality.…
I like that. A lot. I'm going to create a feelgood.txt on my work computer right now. I'm also thinking about creating a feelbad.txt - so I know what to avoid in my life.
Awesome, I didn't even think about having a feelbad.txt list! I might need to do that too, attacking the problem from both sides.
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#40I like the phrasing of the title, i.e. keeping track of what actually works. One tip that's helped me: when something makes you feel good, add it to feelgood.txt. Over time, you'll start to see patterns (vs. the random, fallible memories/ideas we have about what makes us happy). Every few days or so I'll have a random entry [7/23/09: felt good to chill with Andreas. played games, chatted, had bfast, etc. hospitality.…
I have something very much like your feelgood idea. I made a tab for myself on http://bulletxt.com where I record all the things that I like to do and every now and then, I look at it to find out what else to do. Currently on my list: kayaking, Scrabble, comedy club, and theme parks.
Nice, I have a "Funstuff" list which are things I like to do: drawing, karate, acoustic guitar listening...
It's funny how we need to write these down, but we do. Off the top of my head I can "forget" that I like to draw when I'm bored. In a similar way, sometimes we have to "remember" what makes us happy.