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Synthesizing Happiness

What do you call the process of looking a the brighter side of things – when you see the glass as half-full instead of the other way around? Positive thinking? Sure, we can call it that.

But what if it’s something you clearly had not wanted, but just convinced yourself eventually that it was all for the best? Here are the two top examples which illustrate such a scenario:

  1. Any person (most of the time, it’s the woman) who has settled for less than what they had really wanted in a partner.
  2. Any parent who thinks their child is perfect – bonus points if the child has an actual mental or physical handicap.

It’s those people which these two words are perfect for: Synthesized Happiness.

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Red vs Blue

I got to download all 5 seasons of Red vs. Blue, a Machinima series by [Rooster Teeth productions.]0 It’s so addicting to watch, that I thought it was worth spreading.

It’s only about 2-4 minutes per episode so even the most attention-span-challenged individual can find the time to watch it.

I’ve compiled scenes I thought were funny to give you guys an idea what RvB is about.

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Forcing a Time Machine size limit

After getting my Time Capsule, I’ve now started using Time Machine (TM) to backup my data.

The “image” file TM uses is variable. Upon the creation and first backup; it starts out small (or whatever size the data you’ve just backed up). It does however grow over time as it tries to retain copies of old files as well. So basically the bigger the space it can work with, the further “back in time” you could restore your files as it were.

Now that’s all fine and dandy, but they should really give the user an option to specify how big they allow this image to be. And I’ll explain in a sec why this is something you’d want… as well as how to accomplish it. Read More

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Headphone talk

As I promised Arjay, I’m posting a blog entry of the story behind my new headphones. But first, let me give a brief “history” of my life and pricey headphones so that readers can make more sense out of this entry. Read More