In Other Words

Almost OK

My finger seems to be doing a bit better today, though it still hurts some to type (enough to be a bother, not enough for me not to try). These last couple of days have made me realise how much effort people waste when they can’t blind type. I’ve decided that it cuts so much time off my work to blind type that if I couldn’t do it yet I would force myself to learn, despite the effort that would go into it.

Not only does blind typing increase your speed four or five fold, it also makes it so much easier to write complete sentences (rather than words, which seems to be what you do when you type with only a few fingers) and to retain an idea of where you are trying to go. Not being able to type blind feels to me like trying to write a letter with your wrong hand (if you can’t blind type try that, to know how much easier blind typing is).

Anyways though I’m still struggling a bit, I feel I need to say something on here, even if it’s a whole lot less than normal. There is a whole heap of things I want to mention and that I will try to expand on in the next couple of days.

First off there is the new PM’s ‘increased liberty’ bit, which was covered by a whole heap of newspapers, including the Today and the Straits Times. They both reported on the increased freedom that Singaporeans have now received, but they both said things just a little bit differently (they actually contradicted each other on a number of points). Here is the Today paper article and here is the one from the Straits Times. Which one to believe? Probably neither, but that is something I’ll discuss at a later date.

Then there is AVP, which will certainly get a better examination, but for now suffice it to say that it’s good as long as you don’t actually expect any real acting.

I’ve also started an ‘idea book’, which consists of a hard copy hand written booklet of ideas I’ve gathered over the years. Most of them won’t make their way up here, but some of them might be worth mentioning (just have to make sure nobody steals ‘em, you bastards).

Lastly I want to gear up and get some viewpoints in about the presidential elections in the US and the GOP convention in NY. So enough to talk about (and that just from missing three days) so check back regularly in the next few days. (I probably missed something of importance, but I’m sure I’ll stumble back across it as I get on my soap box about these other affairs).

Oh yeah, and of course I’ll be doing some catch up work on my sil… uh… interesting facts.

Interesting fact: If you’re ‘typical’, you can guess someone’s sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.

posted by Symbol @ 25.8.04