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First Steps

Today is the first day for my new plan of not watching TV at 8pm, and here I am watching TV while I wait for my food to cook. I’m happy with that, though, since the project management system is looking good and I want to take some time to write up my first experiences [...]

Posted 05 January 2009 † John § Mind Tricks § Rails ‡ Comments (0) °

Defeating Failure

The New Year’s Resolution I kept for the longest time, one I made in High School and didn’t break until 2006, was to not make any New Year’s Resolutions. I didn’t keep the one I made in 2006, and I don’t think I’ve ever kept any of the ones I made when I was younger [...]

Posted 29 December 2008 † John § Mind Tricks § Software ‡ Comments (1) °

Confession.

I have a dirty little secret. Admitting it in public could subject me to ridicule and potentially even hurt my future career prospects – but I’m going to do it anyway. I’m really apathetic and lazy. Okay, for some people who know me that’s not a secret – I do, after all, own the ‘apathy.org.uk’ [...]

Posted 23 November 2008 † John § Mind Tricks § Software ‡ Comments (4) °