Perl
It’s so easy to write, but it’s not always easy to read.
I’m learning Perl right now. My Dad says it’s a worn language: “write once, read never.” I agrizzle.
My knitting blog is now located at the Needle Exchange!
Diablo 3 looks awesome
My brother is really into Diablo so he sent me this. I’m not a big gaming fan, but it looks really sleek.
The game play looks hardcore. Anyone know who did the score?
How creative are you?
This is my latest web experiment. Find out how creative you are with this Creativity Test! Type in as many creative and unusual ways as you can think of to use the objects you are given. A percentile score is calculated based on your answers. This test takes an average of 20-40 min to complete. By taking part, you can win one of four $25 Amazon gift certificates!
I’m a multi-multi-multi-tabber
On average, I have about 15-20 Safari tabs open at one time*. My brother commented that this was ridiculous, but it makes sense to me now. Every once in a while you will find a little story about someone that is just like you, that has your quirks and does things that you see in yourself, and you feel comfort that there are people going through what you’re going through and have succeeded. Most of the time when I read Female Science Professor, it’s to know that there are other folks that are dealing with science-y girl-type stuff, but in this case, the comfort is in hearing this story of her experience with “an ADD”.
After I was finished editing, I glanced over to see what my companion was doing. He had said that he was going to work on a manuscript, but when I glanced at his laptop, he was reading a political blog. Seconds later he went back to his manuscript, wrote a sentence, then checked some news headlines — then he went back to the manuscript to write another sentence or two, then he checked the weather online, then he went to some journal websites to scan the tables of contents, then he wrote a sentence, then he jumped up to get something to drink, came back and wrote a sentence, and so on. It was amazing. In the course of a few hours, he made progress on the manuscript, and entertained me with pieces of information gleaned from his internet expeditions.
Having ADD has long been a source of frustration for this person. There are times when it has made him extremely upset and angry with himself. The medications that he has tried over the years worked in that they helped him focus, but they also kept him awake for days on end and had other side effects that scared him. So now he just lives with it and, although he hates his inability to focus, if he keeps going back to his original activity, even if he can’t sustain that activity for more than a few minutes, he gets things done. In fact, he gets a lot done. He published 10 papers last year and wrote at least 2 successful grant proposals. And he is very well informed about the news and weather.
I’ve been off medication for the past month and there are some days that are the absolute worst. It’s also hard because I don’t know which side-effects to attribute to the birth control and which to attribute to the Adderall, but I will say that some side-effects have recently abated that I had initially associated with the birth control and that I now know are from the Adderall. My personality is also a lot different; I feel less anxious when interacting with people when I’m off the ADD meds, and my jokes are funnier (either they’re getting a better response overall or I’m telling the ruder ones more often). That said, I can’t write a computer program or an essay for shit anymore. I’ll have to suck it up, I think! Essays don’t write themselves. Still, it’s a relief to see people in my situation doing the same things and still being successful. I won’t have to take Adderall for the rest of my life! Just the next 4 years. I’ll set the last bottle on fire on the evening after My Defense.
* This is my sly way of announcing that I’ve switched from Firefox to Safari. I feel like a weight has been lifted! I use Safari! Firefox is a memory slut!
