Don’t be Afraid to Suck
Posted by Qrystal on August 4, 2008 at 19:52.
Category: Life. Tags: draft, stuck, thesis.
Don’t be afraid to suck. It’s easier to fix something that’s broken than it is to fill up an empty page.
So says Wil Wheaton, in discussing some of the steps he goes through when struggling through a project. Most of these steps are particular things that make him feel [...] Continue Reading…
Smelly Old Emails
Posted by Qrystal on August 4, 2008 at 16:36.
Category: Advice. Tags: email, humour, inboxzero.
Stop thinking of emails like precious family heirlooms, and start treating ‘em like pints of milk. Perishable, time-stamped milk that becomes a little less fresh every day until it smells kind of funny and just needs to be dumped.
Merlin Mann, at Inbox Zero: Better Practices for staying (near) zero. [...] Continue Reading…
Random Act of Kindness Received!
Posted by Qrystal on August 2, 2008 at 22:34.
Category: Life. Tags: .
So, I got a flat tire on my bike today. Really flat, not one of those slow leaks that you can deal with just by filling the tire with air every day or so. No, when I filled this tire, it was totally flat again in just [...] Continue Reading…
I Should Make a Life Manifesto!
Posted by Qrystal on July 29, 2008 at 17:23.
Category: Advice. Tags: decisions, direction.
Whenever I have a tough decision to make I ask myself, “What would someone, who lived their life by the darwinifesto, do in this situation?
Great advice here from analogDARWIN, about how to make one’s own life manifesto. I am very keen on making myself a Qrystalifesto!
Remove Purple Fringing From Photographs
Posted by Qrystal on July 28, 2008 at 20:21.
Category: Concepts. Tags: photography.
I can’t believe I never thought to look for advice on how to Remove Purple Fringing From Your Photographs until today! My good old Canon Powershot A75 has only a few flaws, and one is that it is susceptible to purple fringing. Now that I know how easy it [...] Continue Reading…
Phoenix Tracks the Midnight Sun
Posted by Qrystal on July 24, 2008 at 11:06.
Category: Concepts. Tags: astronomy, time.
Yesterday, Mars Phoenix shared another gorgeous image with the world: the Midnight Sun on Mars. (I can’t help but think of Phoenix as having a personality, because of the first-person perspective tweets I follow on twitter!)
Tuxedo and his evil twin
Posted by Qrystal on July 24, 2008 at 8:17.
Category: Life. Tags: cats.
I’ve been mentioning offhand (via twitter and facebook especially) my recent concerns for our darling cat, Tuxedo, but I’ve never quite gotten around to explaining what’s going on. Some people have asked, and so I’m writing this post partly for them, and partly for other people who haven’t [...] Continue Reading…
Inspired by a Blog
Posted by Qrystal on July 23, 2008 at 22:58.
Category: Advice. Tags: direction, future, myself, purpose.
How to be an Original covers three main topics:
* Discovering WHO you are – Authenticity
* Deciding WHAT you want – Goal Setting
* Learning HOW to get there – Self Improvement and Productivity
About | How to be an Original
I almost cried reading the purpose of this blog. I am missing [...] Continue Reading…
Trying to Become an Early Riser
Posted by Qrystal on July 23, 2008 at 21:54.
Category: Advice. Tags: sleep.
23. Avoid Naps. It’s a proven fact that nappers sleep worse at night. Naps break critical sleep cycles that keep us from getting the proper types of sleep we need.
24. Track your progress. Use a goal tracker like Joe’s Goals to simply track how you’re doing. Visually seeing your [...] Continue Reading…
Joys of Being an Introvert
Posted by Qrystal on July 23, 2008 at 20:40.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: humour, personality.
via www.toothpastefordinner.com
The joys of being an introvert far outweigh the loneliness. Yay introverts! :)