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[Aklyon]

An interesting article about how the net has changed, and is changing, the manner in which we read and think.

The title is a bit of a stupid hook, but I think the article itself was pretty neat, especially towards the end.

How am I supposed to read something this long, when the internet age has curbed my attention span?

By having seen it already in the past.

[Vector]

Rewatching GitS.  I can actually understand it this time!  Surprisingly, even though I haven't studied for 4 years or so, my Japanese is also a lot better than it used to be.  I'm also happy because I'll be watching that and Last Exile with my housemate

I also had this amazing dream about being sent to military school in China... but it was old China or something, because it was so beautiful, and clean, and clear.  There was this fantastic run along a giant lake that reminded me so much of my very, very early childhood, when I'd go hiking with my parents every single week and see the most beautiful places with no other people around.

Now it's time to get reading on those two gothic literature studies.  Let's see if I can't finish both today.

[Duke 2.0]

 My dad got a chicken to make blood rice.

 Dad you have never killed a chicken before. What are you doing. Dad stop this we don't even have a place to keep it. Do you even know how to make blood rice.

[ToonyMan]

My dad got a chicken to make blood rice.
 Dad you have never killed a chicken before. What are you doing. Dad stop this we don't even have a place to keep it. Do you even know how to make blood rice.

Wow that sounds like something my Dad would do.

[Gunner-Chan]

I just read the latest update log from Terraria, looks like they're doing some good work on improving the game honestly, I don't really see shadowmews problems with this one patch here.

Also watching DC play some games I remember, to give Raocow a bit of a break, mostly because grrr wanna see A2MT!

[Kay12]

I'm at our cottage with my family, something I haven't been able to do for several years because I've been busy studying, working or being a conscript...

I was suprised in a really pleasant way when I noticed that my little brother builds really good fires. He got the sauna warmed up in no time.

You silly finns and your saunas :b Hope your having fun though.

Can't argue with that being silly and everything, but on the other hand, I'm only 30 feet away from the biggest, cleanest lake in all Finland. Why exactly am I posting here instead of skinny dipping?

And yeah, I'm having much fun, thanks

[Mindmaker]

Everything went well, thank god.
Didn't even need to empty my can of crazy before her, since she interrupted me and said it was ok.

Maybe it'll be able to go back to the way it was before.

[RedKing]

I also had this amazing dream about being sent to military school in China... but it was old China or something, because it was so beautiful, and clean, and clear.  There was this fantastic run along a giant lake that reminded me so much of my very, very early childhood, when I'd go hiking with my parents every single week and see the most beautiful places with no other people around.

Heh...reminds me of hiking the hills around Hangzhou, overlooking Xi Hu (West Lake). The hills are up above the layer of ground smog, so the air is clean and clear, the trails are mostly empty of other people (an absolute fucking rarity in eastern China), and you're walking on remnants of stone roads that were probably laid down when Hangzhou was the Imperial Capital 900 years ago.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

An interesting article about how the net has changed, and is changing, the manner in which we read and think.

The title is a bit of a stupid hook, but I think the article itself was pretty neat, especially towards the end.

How am I supposed to read something this long, when the internet age has curbed my attention span?

By having seen it already in the past.

Read it all the way through. Very interesting read, if a little unsettling.

[Lysabild]

I'm at our cottage with my family, something I haven't been able to do for several years because I've been busy studying, working or being a conscript...

I was suprised in a really pleasant way when I noticed that my little brother builds really good fires. He got the sauna warmed up in no time.

You silly finns and your saunas :b Hope your having fun though.

Can't argue with that being silly and everything, but on the other hand, I'm only 30 feet away from the biggest, cleanest lake in all Finland. Why exactly am I posting here instead of skinny dipping?

And yeah, I'm having much fun, thanks

I remember visiting the cleanest lake in Denmark a long time ago, was a lot of fun swimming in it. Hilariously, it was close to Himmelbjerget which I think you'll agree with me is a funny thing if you check the link :b

But yeah, use that time wisely, don't squander it like I'd do!

[RedKing]

Poor Denmark isn't exactly well-endowed in the topography department. 

[Lysabild]

Poor Denmark isn't exactly well-endowed in the topography department. 

We make up for it elsewhere

[RedKing]

Poor Denmark isn't exactly well-endowed in the topography department. 

We make up for it elsewhere

That map is a damned, dirty lie.

[Johuotar]

Yogscasts minecraft video series. Weird turn from tutorial to series of story/random gameplay videos.

Now I want to build my own Yogcave!

[Solifuge]

An interesting article about how the net has changed, and is changing, the manner in which we read and think.

Though I anticipated it, I found myself wanting to abandon the essay midway through, in favor of clicking hyperlinks and looking up some of the original thinkers the author was quoting. >_<;

First world cultures have largely become cultures of "instant gratification", and I'd have to say I can agree with his assessment of recent changes in the human mind, even in myself. The article provided a bit of self-awareness of my own scatterbrained research habits... often when writing an essay I will go for a "quick solution" by browsing hyperlinks from arguments related to the one I'm making, and cannibalize what's already been written.

In the future, I'm going to try to spend more time contemplating, and less time skimming and absorbing. Thanks for the article!