Sunday, December 28, 2014

Avoid Online Procrastination

How do you avoid procrastinating online? Don't. Avoid procrastinating by first procrastinating.
Actually embrace it when you feel the need--just make sure it's done before you start!
How?
Sometimes when I get online, I feel a need to check facebook or just watch a funny YouTube clip.
But is doesn't always turn out so simple (usually not so brief). So instead, I start off topic on purpose.
Go check the weather, HabitRPG, or an email account. Just make sure the couple selected sites you can consistently go to have an end. YouTube does not; Facebook--not really.
By getting that urge out it will be easier to relax into the flow of work.
Lastly a warning, know--really know--when to take breaks. Burnout will ruin tenacious and even flexible routines. That should be an ultimate goal: developing a routine to stick with.

Friday, December 12, 2014

Anki Medicine: ANES204 Medical Education in the New Millennium (Stanford.edu)

https://class.stanford.edu/c4x/Medicine/ANES204/asset/Give_Your_Ideas_Some_Legs_2.pdf

Our eyes can deceive us. Our eyes alone don’t provide enough information. We need more sources, more sensory appeals, more perspectives to understand the nuance and context of what we see.

Sometimes we need other people who can guide us toward correcting our mistakes and misconceptions.

We often are resistant to information that contradicts what we think or know until we disprove it ourselves.

LEFT OFF

https://class.stanford.edu/courses/Medicine/ANES204/Fall2014/courseware/7b2f57682bdc493bbce3a436d554516e/52c316e37f3e4077a64a3f659c8bb57b/

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Pineapple Express

Hannskarl Bandel

Michael O'Shaughnessy

By 1994, Ice received less publicity and became removed from the public spotlight. After becoming more interested with the Rastafari movement, Ice became a vegetarian,^[50] grew dreadlocks and talked more openly about smoking cannabis.^{[si.com/vault/2003/05/12/342795/ice-shift-once-celebrated--and-then-ridiculed--as-rapper-vanilla-ice-rob-van-winkle-has-found-peace-and-fulfillment-in-a-return-to-motocross-racing]}(Vanilla Ice)

Pot Collective Sprouts In Retirement Community

Kennedy: Are We Ready For Big Tobacco-Style Marketing For Marijuana?

Colorado Tries Hard To Convince Teens That Pot Is Bad For You

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/24/315445124/pot-vape-pens-the-crack-cocaine-of-marijuana

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/18/302992602/pot-smoke-and-mirrors-vaporizer-pens-hide-marijuana-use

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/14/311861890/edible-marijuana-treat-theres-now-a-food-truck-for-them

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/08/26/343432131/colorados-pot-brownies-have-a-new-ingredient-warning-labels

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/06/16/322580314/entrepreneurs-buzzing-over-medical-marijuana-in-florida

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/10/347359436/heavier-teen-pot-smoking-linked-to-problems-in-young-adults

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/25/282631913/marijuana-may-hurt-the-developing-teen-brain

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/05/20/310108721/poll-yes-to-medical-marijuana-not-so-much-for-recreational-pot

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Once you try crunchy you never go back to creamy.

(Although, I am indifferent on hard or soft shell tacos.)

Once you start online/mobile flashcards you'll forget about the index cards.

https://ankiweb.net/ ~online
http://ankisrs.net/ ~download for computer (so can put images in)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ichi2.anki ~Android

I use all three, but the mobile version the most. It's great when walking between classes, waiting in a line or waiting for a friend to come eat. I've made so many flashcards this month that I now have to set aside time to actually finish major decks (as I have almost every subject imaginable)

A bit of advise though (which I learned as a flashcard:)
1. Don't learn if you don't understand.
2. Learn before you memorize.
3. Build upon the basics.
~supermemo.com/articles/20rules.htm
(that was all from memory--even though I've not seen that card in weeks/months)

Also, think of the rule of three: 3 min after, 9 min after (or just 10 min), 30 min after, 90 min after...and so on with multiples of three; the rate of forgetting is very high initially (try to think of the rate as forgetting as a steep exponential decay graph:)