http://www.jimbala.net/jbala Sysloggin' one day at a time. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:43:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/05/24/towel-day-is-may-25th/ This was on the bottom of my SoBe bottle cap today. 50 points to the first person who can, without referencing any source outside their own skull, leave a comment telling us where this quote is from (sadly, I already know so this is just for fun): NEO-MAXIZOOMDWEEBIE http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/02/21/sobe-bottle-cap-qoute/ While not your usual step-by-step instructions, it provides more information than I think 98-99% of the U.S. population has that's required to know what's "good" and what's... not good. The February 2006 issue of Gourmet magazine has a nice ranked list of chocolate (available in the U.S.) that they tested in ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/02/20/how-to-identify-good-chocolate/ Excerpt: Creating Passionate Users: Mediocrity by "areas of improvement" How many times in your life (school, career, relationships) have you been told about your "areas of improvement"? How much time and energy have you spent working on those areas? If you're a manager, how much emphasis do you put on those areas ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/02/19/mediocrity-by-areas-of-improvement/ Excerpt: WWdN: In Exile: Seeking a potential Marrow Donor One of my fellow Los Angeles Poker Bloggers, StudioGlyphic (who won the WPBT Winter Classic last December) is looking for some help for one of his friends, whose girlfriend is very sick with cancer, and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/02/11/wwdn-in-exile-seeking-a-potential-marrow-donor/ Excerpt: Jupelo - Who Be Me? The Most Basic Basics Goal 1: Spend an entire year at Walt Disney World and record every second of it for you to see. Goal 2: Begin building the world's largest Disney collection (there's more to this - see below). Goal 3: Not go insane. http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/01/11/julpelo-spend-a-year-and-100k-at-walt-disney-world/ Excerpt: Play Again Games : MonopolyHomeRules Monopoly Home Rules These optional rules may make Monopoly a whole new game for you. Please let me know if you have played any good home rules that I have not mentioned, or if you play with any of these rules tell me what you thought of ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/01/11/monopolyhomerules/ Excerpt: Creating Passionate Users: Crash Course in Learning Summary Here's a PDF (500k) with a two-page summary sheet (with the graphics as icon/reminders) of the full post I made previously. Do NOT look at this until you've read the earlier (big) post... it's not meant to be stand-alone. http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/01/05/summarypdf-crash-course-in-learning-summary/ Excerpt: Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory So, as promised in an earlier post, here's a crash course on some of our favorite learning techniques gleaned from cognitive science, learning theory, neuroscience, psychology, and entertainment (including game design). Much of it is based around courses I designed and taught at ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2006/01/05/crash-course-in-learning-theory/ Xmas tree @ Pier 39 San Francisco http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2005/12/10/xmas-treepier-39/ It will "hurt the economy", eh? He probably means his personal economy. The problem isn't going away and the country's economy will probably be hurt worse the longer it takes the oil-mongers in Washington (DC) to realize that there won't be one to hurt before too long. ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2005/12/09/bush-flat-wrong-on-kyoto/ I... I... Um... Cool! Hehe... HW-PORN - Girls with Network Equipment http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2005/12/08/hardware-porn-girls-with-network-equipment/ I've known for a long time that the best way to learn non-technical things and create artistic thingies was to get my logical brain the hell out of the way. This puts that idea into a very digestible, and vastly more useful, form. Excerpt: Creating Passionate Users: Creativity on speed One of ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2005/12/07/creativity-on-speed-as-in-fast/ For all my procrastinating and/or overwhelmed-by-the-details friends, please for Heaven's sake read this article (comments too; there are some gems) -- and use it! You know you need to. :) Excerpt: David Seah - Much To Do About Task Tracking However, when it comes to my personal time, I'd rather be more ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2005/11/12/much-to-do-about-task-tracking/ Excerpt: Cognitive Daily - What are we doing when we look away during a conversation? In face to face conversation, we often look away from the person we're speaking with. Somewhat paradoxically, the closer people sit to their conversation companions, the less often they look at them. But other factors influence how often ... http://www.jimbala.net/jbala/archives/2005/11/12/what-are-we-doing-when-we-look-away-during-a-conversation/