2
Sep
2011
graphing legend status
I’ve just finished doing a 31 day challenge of doing 31 Bikram yoga classes in August. It was pretty hard going, especially about 3/4 of the way through when I was just feeling tired all the time, but in the last week it seemed to get a lot easier as I could feel it coming to an end. I liked the arbitrary nature of the challenge, no good reason for doing it other than because it was there.
18
Aug
2011
What else isn’t a con?
A few weeks ago I got sick of being constantly sore after exercise and I bought some protein powder from some nice french chaps in Kings Cross. I’d always thought of it as a massive con, but miraculously I felt fine the next day after an epic gym session, so I kept going, and I’ve felt great after everything I’ve done since.
Whilst this sounds like a ringing endorsement of the wonders of nutritional supplements, really it is a combined shriek of frustration and an a big ah-ha moment. It all leaves me thinking “well if this isn’t a con, then what else isn’t a con too?” I’ve had a few suggestions, with “Jesus” being the most worrying 
(If that’s all real then I’m stuffed!)
We talked about this recently at the Sydney Less Wrong meetup, and one guy admitted to discovering that he’d been tying his shoelaces wrong all his life. We didn’t manage to work out a way to find out how to tell if your brain is lying to you about non-cons and things that you are telling yourself that you are doing right, but are really doing wrong. I’m starting to really distrust my brain.
What else isn’t a con? Any suggestions? I don’t want to miss out any more on the good stuff.
9
May
2011
nerdy videos
Being a bit of a massive nerd I’ve amassed a few music videos that I like to watch when I’m in a particular mood.
And just for good measure; a sea shanty.
21
Feb
2011
Canyon pics
Canyon pics, posted with vodpod
Here’s some pics from the trip to the Blue Mountains.
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21
Feb
2011
kettle
This is something I’d meant to post a really long time ago but got distracted by having to, well, do stuff. We’ve got a pretty normal looking kettle, and when you fill it up it feels like you fill it for a pretty normal amount of time, but I was interested to see how much we were actually putting into it (I was reading Sustainable energy without the hot air at the time, so it all makes sense).
It turns out that we were putting about three times as much water as we needed to to make two mugs of tea. What this little experiment did show was that one of the jars that tomato paste comes in is just right for two mugs of tea, so the jar lives by the kettle now.