As the saying goes, “use it or lose it.”
The “it” I am referring to is a hunger for challenge or knowledge. I suspect that the more we become complacent, the less we are willing to take risks – consequently, less chance to grow and become better than what we were. Time for a change?
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It used to be that having a good memory was a good thing. You can, for example, do well in exams, dazzle people with obscure facts and figures, or simply have a better handle on things because it’s easier to mentally associate many ideas and concepts if they can actually be recalled. Unfortunately this also means ghosts from the past cannot be easily shaken off.
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Happened to come across this MTV on youtube tonight – in fact this was the first time I had seen the MTV or the lyrics. This was one of my favourite songs during my PhD days. Really brings back many memories from my trip to Europe, although this song always made me feel homesick at the time…
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While I am now relying on Linux for my daily computer needs (Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit, for both work and at home), I have to admit that in many ways I am just a bit beyond novice in many of the nitty-gritties of using a Linux desktop. Anyway, here is an interesting read on the size of swap space one should use on a modern Linux installation which I found recently.
Linux: Should You Use Twice the Amount of Ram as Swap Space?
There are also many “educational” remarks in the comments section too.
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I have often wondered what it would be like to participate in an open-source project but felt uneasy because of a lack of confidence in my programming skills. Well, after some discussions with another team member from Donorweb to open-source some of our past work, here is my first project that is hosted on Google Code. Hopefully by announcing it here, I will be “forced” to keep putting in some effort into the project. I hope that it will be useful to the community at large.
http://code.google.com/p/donorweb-wp-themes/
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