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Gnomes, trolls, bears, rabbits and squirrels. This world is going a little bit mad. Hope everyone's okay. -
Looking for exotic animals (esp. foxes) to be filmed in Seattle area
I know this is a long shot, but does anyone in Seattle have any exotic animals they wouldn't mind being filmed by the incredibly talented Matthew Brown in the near future? He's looking for a fox in particular if possible.
Matthew has worked with the likes of Imogen Heap and around the world - he's the real deal. -
Open Letter to iTunes App Store support
The following is an email I just sent to Apple iTunes support :-
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Sorry to bother you again, but I just discovered the following application in the Canadian app store by Method Apps called Exodus International, which is a "gay cure" app that pretends to help gay people by telling them that their behaviour is wrong and needs to be ( Read more... ) -
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One of my favourite XKCD comics and one of many catalysts for where I am today: www.xkcd.com/264/. It's a five-parter. Thanks queueball for sharing it with me over 3.5 years ago, just by saying the simple phrase: "tiny interesting choices". -
Life
I really hate waking up in the middle of the night in pain. I'll be frank, over the past week or so I've been experiencing some of the worst pain of my life, and I mean that literally, not figuratively. I've been trying to just deal with it and put on a brave face, but there comes a point when you just have to share because you need the support ( Read more... ) -
Adding diplomacy to Risk without backstabbing
I played a very interesting game of Risk 2210 last night with my Mom and my brother. After I looked at the initial placement, I realized that my brother easily had the strongest position on the board and I debatably had the weakest. I knew I had to do something we had never done before playing Risk: introduce diplomacy. From playing a couple of ( Read more... ) -
Book summary - How We Decide - Jonah Lehrer
Chapter 1 - Quarterback in the pocket - “feelings”
· reason doesn’t exist without emotions, “reason is the slave of the passions”
· emotional brain has been refined by evolution over 100 000 000+ years
Chapter 2 - The predictions of dopamine - responding to negative + positive feedback
· dopamine release is huge in ( Read more... ) -
My life
It was only after a three hour walk and a respite at a Starbucks on Church Street in Toronto that I received the epiphany that I'd unknowingly been looking for: this is my life and I can do whatever I want and make whatever choices I feel like. There are no mistakes. This is my life: I am accountable to no one. -
Happiness
I'm getting closer to finding out what I need to be happy. 5 things :-
1) A job I enjoy doing.
2) A book I enjoy reading.
3) Music I enjoy listening to.
4) A game I enjoy playing.
5) To be healthy enough that I can enjoy myself. -
Dear Diary
Dear Diary,
Today was a perfect day. If I could have more days that went like today did, I'd be a happy man.
Keenan