This article really hits a couple things I have problems with in the tech industry’s measurements of things.

http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2010/01/21/technology/circuitsemail/index.html?8cir&emc=cir

This week I need to hunt down if anyone can really see the difference between 60, 120, and 240 Hz TVs (and if we spent several hundred extra dollars this weekend).

If you follow this blog you might have noticed that I haven’t been doing so well at keeping up on my resolutions from last year. Because of this, I have decided to take a different approach at making myself “better” this year.

Based on an article from unclutterer instead of making several resolutions all at once it’s easier to make one or two resolutions at a time and stick to it. That way you can focus on these things and make them a habit by doing them every day.

Each quarter I will be working on one or two things that will make myself better. I will start out by resolving to be less tired (unfortunately, I’m going to steal this one directly from the author of the article) and read at least an hour a day. My plan to achieve this is to go to bed every night at 9 PM and read until 10 PM. Assuming I fall asleep quickly, this will give me about 7 hours of sleep every night which is better than the range of sleep that I get now.

I find two things interesting about this video.

1. This guy can shoot an anvil into the air.
2. There are so many people doing this that he can call himself a champion.

This is why Christopher Walken rocks.

I’m always amazed that people have time to create these kind of things.

It feels good to finally see this.

To: Scott Malcolm Warren 111

From: DEGREE and CERTIFICATION

Subject: Conferred Degree

Congratulations!

With the approval of Engineering, Michigan State University has
conferred your Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Effective
immediately, any transcript that you request will include your degree
title and date. It will take approximately four to six weeks for your
diploma to be printed and mailed to you. If you owe money to the
University, your diploma will be withheld until your account is
cleared.

Thinking back I’m amazed that this doesn’t happen more often.

This is a really cool video and statistically there must be more like it.

• Peanut Butter Recall – Why Not Make Your Own? : Eat. Drink. Better.
  This explains how to make your own nut butter (which I may be trying soon).
  (tags: reciepe butter nut)