Home Row Enforcer

HA! Tricked ya into learning, ya lazy brain!

I seem to better retain a topic after I have jotted my own notes.

Is this because I wrote it down, or I'm seeing it in my own handwriting, thus personalizing it?

It would be an interesting test to have textbooks and instruction manuals customized into your own handwriting... There are web sites like this one who will turn your handwriting into a font for a nominal fee. Once you have the font on your PC, all you have to do is apply the font as your default.

Would your attention span for reading be increased by even a small percentage by having the text in your own handwriting? Or would this trick work only briefly, and then the bonus would diminish as your mind realized it was being bamboozled?
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Don't Hate Me Cause I'm Beautiful...

We've finally received a few PCs running Vista on the work floor, and I had the opportunity to spend some time clicking around. Only just now - hey, it's only been out a year - who cares if we have a few hundred customers using it?

It's uncomfortable and awkward getting to know a new OS - It's like coming home from a 3rd shift in the ER, trying to creep quietly around the darkened house, only to discover your good lady wife has rearranged all the furniture - you trip over the couch, break a lamp, and now the baby won't stop crying.

For example, there is no 'Add/Remove Programs' in the Vista control panel! WTF! Why take something perfectly intuitive and change it to 'Programs and Features'?

It IS pretty though...
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Crap crap crap crap!

Your sweetie has just called to say she's leaving work. You played it cool on the phone, but you know you're in trouble. You have the guts of her PC in your lap, in at least eight pieces.

It all started because you thought she would really appreciate a RAM upgrade, and you wanted to check out the motherboard before you went online and started browsing the IT stores.

Wow, look at how dusty it is in this PC case. Looks like she's never cleaned it since you bought it for her! ...And it's been a few years, so maybe you should replace the power supply just to be on the safe side. These USB ports look a little bent up, too - looks like she's been popping the Shuffle in and out a little roughly. You could install new ones.

In the midst of oh-so thoughtful maintenance, time has gotten away from you, and SHE'S ON HER WAY HOME.

Crapcrapcrap! You know the first thing she does when she gets home is to check her email. And her horoscope. And a zillion other things - you don't want all those cookies and applets clogging up your laptop, do you? No. Much more importantly, you don't want to hear that 'What did you do?!' sigh of feminine annoyance, do you? NO!

Get to work son - you have 27 minutes to get that box humming.