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Monthly Archives: January 2005

Irony

January 11, 2005 at 13.42

This comment was written in response to a misinformed linguistic Nazi troll on a recent Slashdot story. > Not quite ingenious but certainly not ironic. I’m getting so amazingly tired of Alanis Haters Anonymous getting on everyone’s case for not understanding the word “irony,” when in fact, ironically, they themselves do not understand it. Irony … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Humor, Interesting | Comments (0)

IM

January 11, 2005 at 01.02

Instant messaging is officially the best way to learn to type. Of course, having a beautiful girl with whom you can instant message helps. You don’t want to miss anything just because you are a big nerd. By the way, I use iChat AV. For all of you deprived souls still using Windows, at least … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Personal | Comments (0)

Uberman’s Sleep Schedule

January 10, 2005 at 16.01

Holy canoodles, how is this for weird? Monophasic sleep, which is how most people sleep, is divided into five stages. Polyphasic sleep causes the brain to bypass the first 4 – 4 1/2 stages and instead slip almost immediately into a short stage of NREM, followed by a lengthened stage of REM. The thing is, … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Interesting, Personal | Comments (0)

Dvorak, Day 7

January 10, 2005 at 15.15

Tonight will be the one week milestone in my quest to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout. I am slowly but steadily becoming more comfortable, and therefore faster, with it, but I still have yet to even come close to rivalling my Qwerty typing speeds. Like I said before, it takes two weeks to learn. I … (Continue reading →)

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iTunes Library

January 10, 2005 at 09.14

In light of my previous post, you can find an HTML version of my iTunes Library (created with iTunes XHTML Playlist) on my band’s website. We haven’t played since July 2004, but I am ever hopeful that we can still play music together. UPDATE: The domain is no longer active. Plus, maintaining a 7000+ song … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Music, Personal | Comments (0)