October 2008

Multitasking: A young person’s game?

October 30, 2008

This morning NPR ran a feature about a neuroscientist whose research shows that people reach their peak ability to multitask—defined as doing more than one thing at once—in their twenties, that young children are incapable of multitasking, and that as we age we lose the knack of handling several trains of thought or attention at [...]

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Mysteries of blogging

October 29, 2008

Tina, my associate editor at the Great Desert University and partner in crime at our business enterprise, e-mails to report that our Copyeditor’s Desk site appeared among WordPress’s fastest-growing sites. It arrived at number 64, after a reader stumbled one of Tina’s recent entries. Isn’t that amazing? Our readership is anything but huge, and so, [...]

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Qwest update

October 29, 2008

Yesterday while I was at work Julie called from Qwest’s corporate headquarters in Denver. She left a phone number that, believe it or not, dialed straight through to her, unfiltered by any gate-keeping robots. Butter would not have melted in Julie’s mouth. She was soothing, she was apologetic, she was smooth. Julie revealed that when [...]

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Moments of Fame

October 28, 2008

Hallowe’en comes to the Festival of Frugality at Living Well on Less, where some very weird characters appear at the Monster Mash. Funny’s report on the fall garden (you have to live in Zones 9 or 10 to appreciate it) appears in this round-up. For those of you who live in more normal climates, check [...]

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Another day, another dollar

October 28, 2008

Once again we were told a big announcement of layoffs would come down today. And once again, no such horrible fiat occurred. I am beyond getting myself worked up over this stuff. Who knows how much truth lurks in these rumors, and really: who cares? There’s not a thing anyone can do about it. If [...]

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Cassie’s dog treats

October 26, 2008

We’re about out of the fancy home-made treats I got at the dog bakery (yes!) last time I visited the upscale shopping center where the Apple store is located. Cassie likes the things and they appear to be unadulterated (or so the sales staff says), but the cost is ludicrous. Contemplating one of those little [...]

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