January 2012
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Really need to use Wikipedia today?
Calm down dear, it’s only Javascript!
As you’ll discover, if you didn’t know already, Wikipedia is staging a 24 hour blackout which began 0500 UTC today.
So much has been made of the Wikipedia blackout… but what if you really need to use it? In case you don’t know how to get Wikipedia back because you didn’t follow the link to “Learn more” then...
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I want to cuddle...
…a large wolf :/
Originally posted on my Facebook but I suspect there may be others who’ve experienced a similar predicament so I’m sharing my story here! :)
The desire to lie in bed cuddling big cuddly toy increases proportionally to how worn-down I’m feeling.
Lestat de Lioncourt used to curl up with his mastiffs for warmth and comfort but a cuddly toy is going to...
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The Serotonin Experiment: Epilogue
For the full story behind this, see this.
November-Present
Things have got pretty bad. Towards the end of November I was seeing the GP repeatedly, trying to get him to give me something to stop me being so debilitatingly tired all the time.
The only thing he was willing to offer was to increase my dose of sertraline from 50mg to 100mg- because I found that the 50mg dose seemed to stop me...
November 2011
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It's not counselling I need...
endorphinmachine:
I wish there was more support in general for people with ME/CFS.
About the extent of it is “Here try these tablets and if you don’t die in the mean time come back and see me in a month.”
We don’t get offered counseling, any kind of therapy eg. art therapy, no support groups, no nothing.
I don’t know if that’s the case for everywhere else, but where I live it seems to be.
I...
October 2011
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Priorities...
endorphinmachine:
Doing NaNoWriMo this year.
Are any of my followers?
I set my word count goal for 30,000 words. (I set it lower than 50k because of my ME/CFS, it’s kind of unrealistic to think that with my brain fog I’d be able to churn out 1,500+ words a day.)
So anyway, it’s my first year attempting NaNoWriMo.
Urgh. I wanted to last year. I planned to this year. But between health and...
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What Occupy Wall Street’s critics are really... →
wilwheaton:
Critics of Occupy Wall Street have a transparent objective: They want to persuade blue collar whites and ordinary middle class Americans to turn on the movement for cultural reasons — because its optics offend these voters’ cultural instincts — even if they broadly agree with its general principles and critique of what’s gone wrong.
This dovetails with a quote from John Cole I...
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The Serotonin Experiment: Mega Update, Days 11-19
For the full story behind this, see this.
Days 11-19: Wednesday 5th - Thursday 13th October
With the start of term approaching, things had become busy. I was focussing on making progress with my project work- or trying to anyway.
My GP assured me that as a side effect, my jumpiness would subside over time.
While at the Medical Practice, I discovered something annoying: starting this month,...
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That awkward case when...
…there’s someone irritating in a group you hang out with who you just have to put up with
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The Serotonin Experiment: Day 9 & Day 10
For the full story behind this, see this.
Day 9: Monday 3rd October 2011
Heatwave continues. Again not much to say here because I would just be repeating what I said the previous few days! (Too hot, can’t think!)
I noticed that I got a link wrong in the main article. Fixed it now. Not that it matters much because I doubt these posts have that many readers. I’m making these posts...
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The Serotonin Experiment: Day 8
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Day 8: Sunday 2nd October 2011
I was wrong. It was not cooler today. Well, it started off cool first thing in the morning but as the day went on it just got hotter.
I think I’ve noticed something that may be a side effect of this sertraline I’m taking: I seem to be quite jumpy these past few days. Just now I was in the kitchen and I jumped...
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The Serotonin Experiment: Day 6 & Day 7
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Day 6: Friday 30th September 2011
Heatwave continues. Not much to say here because I would just be repeating what I said the previous two days! (Too hot, can’t think!)
Day 7: Saturday 1st October 2011
It felt relatively cooler today than previous days. I say relatively because I was still roasting- it couldn’t have been more than a few...
September 2011
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The Serotonin Experiment: Day 5
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Day 5: Thursday 29th September 2011
Can’t function in this heatwave.
Still getting temperatures in the high 20s (°C). I think I’m starting to acclimatise at least so perhaps tomorrow will be better.
With my windows open, my door open and the fan on, I finally started finding the temperature tolerable. But it’s 11pm. Damn.
This is...
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The Serotonin Experiment: Day 4
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Day 4: Wednesday 28th September 2011
Today was horrible. But not because of the sertraline.
Apart from the initial reaction on Sunday when I start taking the sertraline, I haven’t had any adverse effects. Although perhaps it’s still too early to tell.
No, today was horrible because it was so hot. We were getting highs of 27 °C....
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Serotonin Experiment: Day 3
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Day 3: Tuesday 27th September 2011
I actually missed my dose today because I got carried away with my new found wakefulness and went to sleep late, last night. I then got up today around 1pm. Was tired either because of that or because I missed my morning dose.
I know I shouldn’t have done it but I ended up having a nap in the evening. I woke up...
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The Serotonin Experiment: Day 2
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Day 2: Monday 26th September 2011
Second dose this morning. I’ve been trying to work out whether yesterday’s apparent positive effects were indeed due to this sertraline that I’ve started taking. The scientist in me is mindful that it could have been a placebo effect- that I felt better simply because I had started taking something...
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First look at OnLive
Gamers in US and Canada have now enjoyed access to cloud gaming service OnLive for over a year. Just when we were feeling left out the service was launched here in the UK last Thursday, 22nd September.
Pros
Play a game without having to install or download it first
Easy to try new games: Demos are likewise playable instantly so no more downloading a game demo, installing it and then finding out...
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The Serotonin Experiment: Day 1
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Day 1: Sunday 25th September 2011
I took my first dose this morning.
I actually got my prescription on Friday but the instructions are to take one in the morning so I had planned to take it yesterday morning but I overslept and it was about 1pm by the time I got up. But I had an early-ish night last night and insomnia notwithstanding, I was up early...
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The Serotonin Experiment
Background
I was diagnosed with CFS/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalopathy) at the start of 2010. Not so long after, I wrote a somewhat long post discussing what I was going through and what my plan was.
That was during my temporary withdrawal from my course for the 2009-2010 academic year. Since then I’ve attempted to complete the last year of my degree on a part time basis....
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Heck Ya Doctor Who: Fact: "I Love Doctor Who" is a... →
heckyadoctorwho:
Me and my sister, who are (obviously) HUGE Whovians, went to a cocktail party tonight. Both of us have TARDIS iPhone cases.
While at the party, we were introduced to our father’s partner’s son (who, sadly, is closer in age with my sister).
As we talked with him, he asked “Is that a police box on your phone?”. Expecting to (as usual) have to explain why we have Police Public...
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Tax us more, say wealthy Europeans →
Because we’re in it together.
Talking about “savings” and cuts without talking about tax rises for the wealthiest doesn’t make sense. Cuts may produce so called “savings” in the very short term but are ultimately costly in the long term.
I agreed with Warren Buffett’s article. It’s only fair. It’s in a significant part thanks to society that...
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Shame on you, Sarah Peel... Do your research!
To follow up on my previous post, it seems the article is question has been updated.
It’s still at http://www.bsckids.com/2011/08/90210s-mark-sheppard-joins-supernatural-this-season/ and it’s STILL erroneous, even ignoring the URL.
There’s a big photo of James Patrick Stuart but that doesn’t distract from the fact that it still refers to writer/producer Sera Gamble as a...
August 2011
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“Many things are possible given the time. Many things are possible given the...”
– Someone find having difficulty finding motivation
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Let's Kill Hitler: About River Song... (Spoilers!)
Spoilers! Don’t read this if you’ve not seen the episode…
After River brings The Doctor back to life after he dies, Amy tells her that apparently River used up all her remaining regenerations to do so. I’ve been thinking about how Time-Lords are typically limited to 12 regenerations.
Questions:
How many regenerations did she have left? Did she start with a full dozen or...
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Sims Gone Wrong →
Got a lot of laughs from this Tumblr. I’ve never played the Sims but I’m starting to get an idea of what I may have been missing. XD
(via leymoo)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14) →
Nervous_Testpilot (48)
Lullacry (33)
The Birthday Massacre (31)
Evanescence (17)
Jace Everett (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
The Birthday Massacre (73)
Lacuna Coil (29)
Korpiklaani (9)
Turisas (9)
Nine Inch Nails (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Photography is not a crime!
(via Adam Savage on Twitter)
Preventing people from taking photographs in public spaces is ridiculous.
I imagine the “Terrorism Act” is cited quite often (but not necessarily any specific part) by private security as a reason why photography wouldn’t be allowed, even in public spaces. But it’s a stupid reason. It’s one step removed from insisting that passersby...
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My First Light-Trail Photo
Definitely more of a hands-on learner than a book-learner. With my new found practical understanding of apertures and shutter speeds in photography, the theory of producing light-trail photographs now makes perfect sense. Last night before bed, I put theory into practice. This is what I got:
A nice little exercise involving wide apertures and long shutter speeds. Also, used lens hood to reduce...
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When In London...
The first of these photos was with my phone but the rest were all taken in full Manual mode. I’m getting the hang of it now, so no more “Intelligent Auto” unless it’s some kind of emergency and I don’t have the time to adjust settings.
Was dealing with some stuff back home anyway and the weather was nice so I thought it was a good opportunity to practise photography....
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Tapping the Vein (35)
Texas (22)
U2 (4)
Evanescence (3)
Texas Feat. Paul Buchanan (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
July 2011
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Nobody's perfect
“If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell can’t handle me at my best.”
- Marilyn Monroe
I enjoy reflecting on quotes and different ideas. The above is the key part of a quote I’ve come across numerous times and quite often in people’s quotes section on Facebook. The page for it on Facebook has over 2.8million Likes.
Attributed to Marilyn...
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Reading for Pleasure
Last night I got back to doing something which, regretfullly, I’ve not done in ages. Something somehow always got in the way. Maybe I’ve managed to get into the right mindset again.
I’m reading for pleasure again. If I get into the routine of reading a bit every night for a bit before bed then I can keep this up.
Maybe it’s the effect of living in the suburbs (it’s...