Saturday, February 13, 2010

I had a breakthrough in my lucid dreaming experiment last night. One of my reality checks is to see if I can put my finger through my hand; if I can then I'm very likely dreaming. Well, last night I did a check and I could put my finger through my hand! However, I knew this wasn't possible and I kept doing it until I made it my finger not go through my hand. So, although I convinced my dreaming brain that I wasn't dreaming even though I was, the constant reality checks seem to be taking.

Friday, February 12, 2010

So, I've been getting a salad from the cafeteria for the past few days and they charge by the ounce. Then I thought it would be interesting to rank all the food in the buffet by density, to be able to get the most volume of food for the cheapest. Then I thought this would be a good project for another day.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I switched my work computer to use the Dvorak keyboard layout. I did a quick test to see my typing speeds. For comparison, I can type 60 words per minute using the usual QWERTY keyboard. As of today, I can type 16 wpm on the Dvorak. I'll let you know if it improves.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

I finally completed my first case mod. It actually only took about 8 hours (after 5 years of thinking about it). I wanted to put it in a small chest I had, but it was an inch too small for the microATX board I was using. I went to the thrift store and found small box with a removable glass front. After a bit of drilling and sanding, everything seems to be working. I'll have to monitor the temperature to make sure there is enough air flow. It's now sitting on the kitchen cabinet hooked up to a 17" widescreen LCD 720p monitor. Now let's see if it gets used.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

In seems like in most things I do in life, I get to a certain point and quit for some reason. I'm trying to figure out if it's motivation or lost of interest. However, these don't seem to explain it since I usually start seeing the benefits in the projects at the time I quit, which I would think would motivate me more. For example, this blog. I'm able to post quite a bit and then stop, but after reading the history and seeing the point of doing this, I regret not keeping at it.

Another example. Back in high school and then again a few years ago, I was looking into lucid dreaming. I got so far as to recognize when I'm dreaming and begin to control it on a regular basis, but then stopped, right when I was seeing the benefits of all this practice. Now, after somehow being reminded of lucid dreaming again, I'm back to practicing. Let's see if it sticks.