LifeInReview: 6 Month Update.

Jul 14, 2008 17:25

It's a fascinating chapter in my life at the moment, an exercise in so many contrasts.

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radiantsun July 15 2008, 01:07:39 UTC
Thanks for the update!

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troyworks July 16 2008, 09:39:11 UTC
Thanks for commenting!

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outlawpoet July 15 2008, 03:08:03 UTC
interesting. I made the opposite switch, shelving my pads and sketchbooks for a tablet pc earlier this year. I've been quite happy with it so far, although I still have a traveling moleskine for moments when I'm not carrying it.

I used okcupid years ago, but never returned. Newly single this year, I thought about it, but wasn't impressed enough back then to return to it now.

I've been eating these fruit crisps: http://www.brothersallnatural.com/index_default.htm are they similar?

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troyworks July 15 2008, 06:32:02 UTC
The bandwidth of flipping and reworking paper is better than tablet PC. But this may be largely because I write really small, in a way I can't easily on current 1024x768 displays.

I find I don't review and reedit as much on a Tablet given the time it takes to shift between images. I'd ideally like to write an app which caches a notebook worth of pages in memory to regain some of this, flip book.

okcupid is better than average. Most dating sites I think have way to little information on a user exposed so matching is mostly footwork. So say a person who is 80% match on me on match.com, they might at least be a woman somewhere near me. A 80% match on okcupid will at least be somewhat recognizable flavor wise. The also appear to improve.

The fruit crisps are similar in that they are fruit and vegetables withtout water. Since kale is lettuce they are lower in sugar than fruits and higher in minerals.

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outlawpoet July 15 2008, 06:55:02 UTC
the display on my tx2000 is 1280x800, which I'll admit is not quite high resolution enough for me yet. I'd like it a bit higher so the pen didn't seem quite so big and blocky.

Microsoft OneNote does a decent job of keeping all my recent notes accessible, with the flipping between them fast enough that I don't mind the slight stutter as i flip between them. It also attempts to shadow all my scribblings with text, so I can run text searches over my notes, which is accurate enough to actually give me hits occasionally, which is worth it's weight in gold, because I often forget where I've put stuff, and I can arrange by date modified, date created, title of page of notes, and run searches atop all this.

It's not perfect, but it's better than I expected it to be.

I'll re-enter okcupid sometime this week.

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weiskind July 15 2008, 05:05:45 UTC
Thanks for the update, Troy!. And Outlaw--Paul and I met on OKC. Just sayin'.

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outlawpoet July 15 2008, 06:13:12 UTC
oh ho! I didn't know that story. Maybe I will remake my profile and see what I can see.

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troyworks July 16 2008, 09:27:32 UTC
Hah, probably more info on me then you get just living down the hall!

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triath July 15 2008, 05:31:43 UTC
It's so good to hear from you! It's great to hear your perspective on things. :]

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troyworks July 16 2008, 09:26:59 UTC
aww thanks! Miss ya!

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istar July 15 2008, 05:34:32 UTC
yay Troy! I miss seeing your updates in the digital world, but it's great that you are fully living in the world of analog.

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troyworks July 16 2008, 09:26:34 UTC
yay M! I miss yall as well. Maybe someday I'll have time to balance the analog and digital life.

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