Ever experienced a bout of microsleep during a lecture or boardroom meeting and woke up a few seconds later to find a beautiful line drawn straight down your notepad? Sound familiar? I’ve had my fair share of those during my college days. Try as you might, it’s almost impossible to resist that 3-second snooze, only to wake up and realize that the professor teaching the class is staring right into your eyes. Making it through a typical work/college day is tiring business, and it’s understandable that a much desired afternoon [...]
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Staying Awake During the Day
January 7th, 2010
The Hamster Wheel of Life
Christmas has come and gone, and the merry-making on New Year’s Eve has similarly become a thing of the past. Now, all that’s left is that sickening feeling in my stomach, ushering in a whole new week (or year rather!) of work. Ever got that unpleasant feeling after a long vacation away from the workplace? Ever wondered why good times pass so quickly while the things you dread seem to last an eternity? If you have, you’re not alone. I’m currently struggling with the post-holiday blues, with the thought of [...]
Read MoreJanuary 3rd, 2010
Getting Your Daily Dose of Antioxidants
Drugs, dietary supplements, health foods, you name it! We’re seeing more and more of these being advertised on TV and on the internet. One of the latest crazes seems to be antioxidants, so now we’ve got people extracting and concentrating various antioxidant chemicals from red wine, green tea amongst other things, and putting them into capsules. These supplements are touted as being helpful in combating oxidative damage caused by free radicals in the body. Frankly, I’ve never liked the idea of ingesting unnatural quantities of chemicals in this fashion. Instead [...]
Read MoreJanuary 2nd, 2010
Debut!
A new year, and a new beginning… which we found was an appropriate time to launch this blog. Months of planning and coding has finally bore fruit, giving birth to the blog which you are now viewing. It has been a challenge deciding on exactly what should be written on this blog, whether it should cater to a particular niche, or if it should mirror the million-and-one other personal blogs out there talking about oneself and one’s daily travails. Finally, we decided that establishing a niche would simply be too [...]
Read MoreJanuary 1st, 2010
