One of the things I’ve wanted to do for a while is learn to play chess. I’ve started playing against Scott, my brother-in-law, at Sound Chess. It’s a chess-by-email website that I can’t recommend enough. (You actually play on the website, and it sends an email to your opponent that it’s their turn to move. [...]
So, my two months off are winding down, and I’m trying to cram all the things in that I didn’t get done in the last seven or so weeks: namely, I’m trying to exercise and read. I was supposed to go for a bike ride today, as part of the ‘a little bit every day’ [...]
Today, I made the leap. I deleted my Facebook account. Of course, I didn’t really delete it. I requested that they delete it, and, in fourteen days, they say they will. I’m not sure why they have to wait so long, but I’m glad to be out. Now I just wonder what I’ll do for [...]
As a part of my drive to do the things that are important to me with my time, I’m in the process of leaving Facebook. After all, it doesn’t count as important to me. I’m wondering, though, if this blog counts as important? I mean, I think I get more out of my offline journaling, [...]
I suppose it really ought to be the first step in becoming who you want to be: understanding who you are now. But, well, I don’t think I have been. There have been a few reminders lately that I’m not as smart as I think I am. Whether it’s not being able to focus as [...]
Two hundred and forty-seven, it turns out. If you were wondering how much I’d gain in the U.S., the answer is three and a half pounds. But there’s more to the story than that. I started out motivated to keep my weight constant and went either jogging or biking (nearly) every day, alternating. I was [...]
Have you heard of StumbleUpon? It’s a browser add-on for Firefox (and maybe more) that leads you to new websites that it thinks you’ll be interested in. Learning from how you react (thumbs up, thumbs down) to the websites it shows you, it learns what interests you and what doesn’t. It’s so addictive that I [...]