Stormy Weather - The Kooks || Always Where I Need To Be - The Kooks
The Handshake - MGMT || Golden Skans - Klaxons
Viva La Vida - Coldplay || Leavin’ - Jesse McCartney
Against The Tide - The Radio Dept. || Throw Some Ds - Rich Boy
Don’t hate. This changes so often, but currently this is what I’m into. What are you into?
This was a pretty eventful weekend. Got to hang out with the friends, played some golf, some tennis, and managed to move my ass up to ‘Hard’ on Guitar Hero. We also had some more storms over the weekend, which I heard produced a tornado somewhere in eastern Minnesota (correct me if I’m wrong). And now today, the weather was great! 82 degrees and sunny, something I would personally describe as the perfect weather. Today I also got a new puppy! We’ve named him Tucker. Here’s my new puppy!
Cute huh? Anyways, we’re now about 5 days from my road trip to Indiana to see my best friend which means we’re in June! Finally! My Birthday month. A lot happens this month. I hope this week flys by. I will be leaving on Saterday morning at around 5am. Have a good week everyone!
(Currently Listening to: Kids by MGMT)
In Paul Graham’s newest essay, (Cities and Ambition) he talks about how different cities have different ambitions and that great cities attract different people.
Fist of all I need to say, that I absolutely love his essay’s. I have acutally sat down and read each one of them intently and have gained so much from each one. Each one is packed with passion and intelligence, and they’re each spoken which such clarity and aptitude, and adore that. So definitely look forward to me ranting much more about the essay’s to come and possibly even past essays.
Anyways, in the most recent essay, he speaks about how each different city sends you a different message. For example, in New York, you get the message of fashion and wealth, and how there, everything is based around money and materials, and trying to be better than the person next to you. In Boston you get the message of intelligence, so you’re trying to be smarter than the person next to you. In San Francisco you get the message of trying to live a better life as well as a little bit of wealth and fashion. Each city you go to usually sends you a clear message about it self after awhile. And this essay kind kind of hits me, because within the next few years I’m going to be moving out of my parents house and will be on my own. Just something I need to start thinking about, and which city’s ambition will fit my personality. Until next time, have a good one.
“Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery. A study in the February issue of the Oncologist reports that cancer patients who engaged in expressive writing just before treatment felt markedly better, mentally and physically, as compared with patients who did not.”
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Well I’ve known about del.icio.us for some time now but have just started using it for a few days now. I follow a blog by Ben Casnocha and he uses his del.icio.us account quite frequently and I’ve followed all of links that he’s posts and have finally decided to create an account for myself. My account is del.icio.us/zingwat. Add me to your network!
2 reads that I’ve found interesting this week? They’re linked on my del.icio.us account as well, but I’ll tell you about them here just because they’re so damn interesting. 1 is this blog called Engineering @ Facebook. I found this on my daily visit to Hacker News. Here’s a little bio:
We are going to use this space to tell you a little about the code and systems that power Facebook. We thought it would be fun to share what goes on behind the scenes to ensure that the site scales smoothly and that we continue to provide the best overall user experience. Expect to see technical details, architecture discussions and maybe even some code samples. You should also stay tuned to find out about ripstiks, daft punk and a lot of other small things that make Facebook Engineering tick.
The second interesting read I’ve found this week is Johann Hari’s experiment with smart drugs. I found this on reddit this morning and basically it covers an experiment he did with Provigil calling it, “Viagra for the brain”. He goes on to explain what it did for him and truly, one of the most fascinating stories. Here’s an excerpt:
It was in March, in the drizzle, that I realized my brain was burned out. Like a rusty engine, I could hear it chug-chug and splutter – but it would never quite start running at top speed. That’s when I stumbled across a small story in an American scientific magazine. It said there was a spiky debate across America’s universities about the increasing use by students of a drug called Provigil. It was, they said, Viagra for the brain. It was originally designed for narcoleptics in the seventies, but clinical trials had stumbled across something odd: if you give it to non-narcoleptics, they just become smarter. Their memory and concentration improves considerably, and so does their IQ.
Link your del.icio.us accounts and post links to your favorite 2 articles that you found this week in the comment section. Have a good weekend!
Damn, this pisses me off. An all time high for my car. This sucks. A kid’s got to eat.
I’ve created a new Quote Page. Be sure & check it out, it will be periodically updated whenever I find decent quotes to post.
