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Archive for Monday 31 Mar 2008
Laptop speakers
Monday 31 Mar 2008 by Orphi the AweKid.
A philosopher once asked: “Do we gaze at the stars because we are human? Or are we human because we gaze at the stars?”
Pointless, really. Now, is it possible to purchase a laptop that has built-in speakers that actually function “well”? That is a question!
At the weekend, I purcased a set of external speakers for my laptop. There was quite a selection of speakers available, most quite small. Small is good, but… of the speakers which actually have a technical specifications section, almost all reported their frequency response as “220 Hz – 20 kHz”. Which isn’t too good.
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The words of The Book
Monday 31 Mar 2008 by Orphi the AweKid.
So, I started reading Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain the other day.
I can’t draw very well at all. I had always assumed that there was some “trick” to it, some special technique that makes the seemingly impossible task of reproducing several billion lines with mathematically precise position, orientation, curvature and scale somehow tractable. So I took a course of drawing lessons. As a result of this, I discovered that… there isn’t any technique at all. You have to just practice, over and over again, endlessly, for many decades, and then, maybe, you’ll become a mediocre drawer. (Despite our teacher’s bold claim of “by the end of this class, you’ll all be able to draw well”. That didn’t happen!)
This book boldly asserts that once you learn how to enter the mystical trace-like state of the True Artist, you will instantenously become able to draw anything you desire with astonishing realism and effortless ease. In just a few days, this book will show you how to enter The Trance, and then everything will magically happen for you.
Yeah, right.
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Back to work
Monday 31 Mar 2008 by Orphi the AweKid.
So, after having an entire week off work due to a cold, I’m now back again. The scene of devastation I came back to was… well not actually as bad as I’d feared, but still not good.
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