Category Archives: Personal

Doing things or getting things done (and gone)

By Sharpy | Published: July 12, 2010
Steph: If I am feeling discouraged, I add things to my list that I can do quickly and boost my feelings of achievement, or break up big tasks into multiple tick boxes so I can tick at least some :D Me: [...] if I add little things to my list then tick them off, that [...]
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My new MacBook Pro (15″, 2.53 GHz Core i5, w/ Hi-res antiglare display)

By Sharpy | Published: April 28, 2010
Got a shiny and new MacBook Pro today. It’s a beautiful machine: incredibly durable, a dream to type on, great antiglare display, powerful graphics and processor, and more battery life than any Windows laptop owner could probably dream of. It’s everything I need, and more. I’ve had my trusty white late-2007 model MacBook for two [...]
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The complexity stick

By Sharpy | Published: February 7, 2010

Humanity has a habit of glorifying complexity. "Gritty" movies are hailed as masterpieces, whilst wonderfully simple stories of love and loyalty perform poorly. I wonder if someone hit me with the complexity stick too many times. I wonder if it was me.

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Where have all the minutes gone?

By Sharpy | Published: August 31, 2009
Last week my body decided it didn’t like me very much any more. That made me sad.
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What on earth is wrong with James?

By Sharpy | Published: April 20, 2009
Well, it’s been a while, but I’m back again. I hadn’t realised that two months could go so quickly—you’d think I might be used to that sort of thing by now! My theory is this: the reason each year feels shorter than the last is that with each new year there are more years past [...]
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