If you've been reading this journal for a while, you probably know that I've been taking singing lessons. (Comparatively few of you have heard me sing recently; those who have say that the improvement has been noticable.)
And even if you've only been reading for the last week, you'll know that ( Read more... )

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A recent post on PBS's MediaShift blog titled 'Technology Sabbath' Offers One Day to Unplug seems particularly good as a follower to my last post on managing attention: Lately, I’ve been experimenting with taking one day each week away from work completely. You might think this would be an easy task as there’s a “weekend” each week that allegedly ( Read more... )

...is skipping. They only seem to last a year or two; probably has something to do with dust. I'll go out and get a cleaning kit, but I don't expect it to help a whole lot.