The Creative Itch
Posted by Qrystal on December 1, 2008 at 19:08.
Category: Life. Tags: creativity, future.
Creativity has no bounds, certainly no right/left restrictions, its rather an approach to how to…solve an itch, whether that itch be how to express something one feels/thinks that needs to be said, how to express things better for others, or how to pay ones rent without a ‘normal’ job. [...] Continue Reading…
My Mind on my 30th birthday
Posted by Qrystal on December 1, 2008 at 4:23.
Category: Life. Tags: .
I keep thinking about the future, and what I will be doing in it. I contemplate the things I will do for income, and the things I will do with the income. I want to work to live, not live to work! I want to enjoy my work. I [...] Continue Reading…
Non-Prophet Religious Organization
Posted by Qrystal on November 27, 2008 at 2:17.
Category: Concepts. Tags: humour, reality, religion.
The Church of Reality is a non-prophet organization.
I recently discovered the Church of Reality, and I am totally amazed. What a great collection of musings on what a modern, thoughtful religious notion could entail! I’m not done reading yet, but so far I haven’t found anything that [...] Continue Reading…
Heating and Cooling Degree Days
Posted by Qrystal on November 26, 2008 at 17:36.
Category: Concepts. Tags: data, finances, weather.
To analyze your building’s thermal efficiency, it is useful to review historical temperature data, particularly the heating and cooling degree days. To that end, I just found an incredible website: DegreeDays.net, where I found a table showing my local daily heating degree days, with various baseline temperatures, so I can [...] Continue Reading…
A Nature Calendar, for a Good Cause
Posted by Qrystal on November 25, 2008 at 13:06.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: nature, photography.
I love having a beautiful calendar. Doesn’t everyone? I, personally, always choose a nature-related theme for calendars, because it just seems right that the seasonal shifts be represented by images from the natural world.
This year, I could go one step further: instead of just representing nature [...] Continue Reading…
On the Forwarding of Emails
Posted by Qrystal on November 21, 2008 at 4:38.
Category: Advice. Tags: humour.
This comic gives the definitive answer to the ever-present question, “Should I forward that email?”
Now please, forward this informative comic to everyone you know and get them to forward it to everyone they know, so we can stop the forwarding madness once and for all! (I mean, of [...] Continue Reading…
My First Unicorn
Posted by Qrystal on November 20, 2008 at 22:09.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: nostalgia.
Original 1984 My Little Pony Collection – now available at Hasbro!!
The little girl inside my heart is squealing with delight at recognition of her beloved first pony ever, Windy! She’s the one in the middle. The unicorn! *gush!*
Farewell, Phoenix
Posted by Qrystal on November 10, 2008 at 21:59.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: astronomy, nostalgia, science.
Phoenix Mars Lander sent its farewell transmission from Mars today:
01010100 01110010 01101001 01110101 01101101 01110000 01101000 <3
(Translation: Triumph and Love.)
After that, the only messages in the tweetstream were ones labelled as coming from Phoenix mission ops, explaining that “Phoenix is no longer communicating with Earth.” Poor little droid! [...] Continue Reading…
Thesis Struggles: Analyzing the Cause
Posted by Qrystal on November 6, 2008 at 12:41.
Category: Life. Tags: academia, future, procrastination, thesis.
If you’re filled with strong negative emotions – particularly when they don’t make sense to you, you’ll do what it takes to avoid those feelings. Hence, procrastination and paralysis when it comes to scholarly writing.
So says Gina Hiatt of AcademicLadder.com. I’ve been subscribed to the free newsletter from [...] Continue Reading…
Be Scared, get Extra Candy!
Posted by Qrystal on October 31, 2008 at 4:09.
Category: Advice. Tags: halloween, humour.
According to the Halloween Candy Code, this symbol sketched in chalk at the bottom of a driveway advises fellow trick or treaters to “Be Scared Here for Extra Candy Portion”. What a brilliant idea! Credit for the idea, according to the above site, is this tweet from [...] Continue Reading…