March 2010
3 posts
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Paradox of Choice
Common belief: more choice is better. If you have many choices the chance of one of the choices being the most appropriate for you is higher. If you make the right choice, the result will be aligned with your intentions.
This is a fallacy. When you have more choice, a few things affect your ability to make the best decision. First, your time to make a selection is divided amongst your choices....
Chance
Chance is not the absence of causality but rather the achievement of one end while seeking another. (Taken from Aristotle)
[excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard] (Rosencrantz has been flipping a coin and it has come up heads every time.) Rosencrantz: Eighty-nine. Guildenstern: It must be indicative of something, besides the redistribution of wealth. (He muses.) List...
August 2009
2 posts
Birthday Essentials →
Unite (part of the Opera web browser) →
Unite has a bunch of extra tools that let you share files, photos or whatever with anyone through a website provided by Opera.
Just downloand and install the software. Enable the services you like.
For each sharing service provide a folder location and there is a way for you to control who can access this stuff. Then share the URL. All done.
June 2009
35 posts
WatchCassius, or Cashus, walking.
Saturday, June 6
Turned out to be quite a day.
I had my brother’s truck for the day, after we exchanged vehicles yesterday, so I wanted to put it to good use. I loaded up as much brush as I could take (though it looks like I’ve got one more load, for later). I also picked up some treated landscaping ties to make the garden boxes in the back. Busy day.
At the end of the day, I went over to...
Update
No pictures today.
Dallas and I took down a couple more trees in the back. He’s not sure when he’s going out to the rigs so he figured he’d help as soon as possible. He brought over the chain saw. Our backyard is filled with tree branches. We took a couple loads to the county yard already and there’s likely a couple more to go. I’ll take a picture this evening.
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March 2009
1 post
