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What Melatonin Feels Like

Sep

15

2014

If you haven’t had a good night of sleep in a while, you’ve probably forgotten what Melatonin feels like. Melatonin is the counter-regulatory hormone to cortisol and is largely responsible for the sleepy feeling you get to prepare you for bed. In healthy individuals, melatonin release occurs at sundown and steadily gets stronger until you ...

Installing New WiFi card into Hackintosh

Jun

19

2014

I have a Dell Latitude e6510 laptop which came with a Broadcom 1501 wireless card which is completely incompatible with a hackintosh installation. I can tell you definitively after hours of research that the only solution to this problem is to replace the wireless “card” with a compatible model. The desirable model for me was ...

Solved Mac OS X 10.8.5 WiFi failure with Simple Rollback

Jun

19

2014

I was experiencing major problems with the Mac OS X 10.8.5 update I solved them by rolling back to 10.8.0 (via USB stick) and then updating manually to 10.8.4. Symptoms after updating from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5: Mac OS is slower to boot up Keyboard and mouse and external USB devices do not work for 10 ...

Hedonic Treadmill Access Granted

Apr

23

2014

I updated my phone from an iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5s. I managed to move all apps, contacts, data, everything, except audio. Why no audio Apple? It was a huge disappointment that I couldn’t transfer the audio from my old phone to the new one without syncing with a PC that is in storage ...

Diet vs Autoimmune Disorders 2

Apr

6

2014

When I mentioned it was my birthday and that I would be spending it alone in an unfamiliar area, a person I just met took me to the beach in San Pedro, CA. We talked all night looking at the ocean, talking about life. At some point they began to tell me about their health problems. ...

Happy Birthday To Me

Apr

5

2014

It is my 30th birthday today. I’ve carefully taken inventory and yes, I still have all my limbs. I’ve never given birthdays appropriate attention or fanfare. They have a tendency to creep up on me and happen amongst the existing, all-important plans I’ve already made. Therefor I never imagined on this day I’d be on ...

Negative Feedback

Mar

27

2014

Today, as a #developer , I had to deal with some negative feedback on one of my Chrome extensions. A user believes my software isn’t working properly and did not provide details for how to reproduce the issue. The user has been contacted (no response yet) and there is no way to remove the negative ...

Going to Volcano

Feb

21

2014

I’m going to Hawaii next week. Specifically I’ll be residing in Volcano, HI, by way of Hilo International Airport. Fishing is on the menu, and perhaps hunting as well but I’m not certain of this yet. I’m also going for a run. Although I’ve not done an endurance run in months (strength training has been ...

Paleo Quickstart

Feb

12

2014

The biggest factor in getting someone to change their diet is adherence. If an individual is opposed to eating certain food items such as meat, or if making too many changes too quickly is a confusing problem, or if asking a person to give up certain foods is asking too much, these tips will help ...

Setting the Mood with Ambient Sound

Jan

17

2014

My environment is awash with different mood-establishing ambient sounds I’ve recently picked up. Here is my collection. Tibetan Healing Sounds 11 hours – Tibetan bowls for meditation, relaxation, calming, healing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5dU6serXkg (Recommended by G.N.Pappas) Rainy Mood / Thunderstorms http://www.rainymood.com/ Coffee shop chatter http://coffitivity.com/ I find those to be my top 3, and they can be ...