Friends

I had a blast sharing fun moments, pizza, diet coke, thoughts and laughs with an assortment of great friends last night. We crashed Stelios's place (my brother, Sug, GeorgeG, yours truly), had throw-in-the-oven-wait-for-a-while-and-devour snacks while the pizza was on its way, drank Carmack Potion to our health ( GeorgeG is an ale person), played games on Xbox 360 and put our laptops to good use. I had to leave early for I had to drive back home ( 1 hour + drive ), but I was told they all had even more fun later on, as they all jumped into Warcraft till the wee hours of the morning. Next time we should probably try our luck with DnD (dices, figurines, the whole thing). Good times.

Saturday, 13 September 2008 11:53 am

How to deal with Burnout

I have been meaning to outline the benefits of keeping your body's health in sync with your mind's for a while. Ancient Greeks knew all about that. Put it simply, they practiced their own 'healthy mind in a healthy body' doctrine religiously. But I digress. If you are having trouble dealing with stress, anger management, fighting off productivity loss, severe burnout related problems, do your self a favor. Put aside a tiny portion of your time, on a daily basis, dedicated to body exercises ( it doesn't have to be weight lifting ). Keep it going for a week and the aforementioned problems will slowly fade away. It worked for me. As a side benefit you stand to lose some weight and feel good most of the times - even if it would seem impossible prior to to getting yourself to exercise. It is literally making me a better person. Good luck!

Favorite RPGs videos : Wonderful 'forgotten' RPGs. I have some very fond memories playing and reading about them.

Sunday, 25 May 2008 1:34 pm

"Burned Out"

I am browsing some code I wrote a couple of months ago, and, for the life of me, I can't really understand how I built it, how I thought of the algorithms and data-structures I used. Often enough I get to this point, whereas I just can't get my mind to recall things, process input and produce output efficiently ( i.e think straight ), help me focus and, indirectly, provide me with confidence and motivation.

That otherwise malfunctioning mind is leading me to believe this is all due to me overworking the crap out of it, coupled with a good dose of depression and insufficient stimulation of my pleasure center. I remain hopeful that I will restore its efficiency someday soon and along with it, stabilize my sanity and feel good, maybe even happy if I am lucky enough. What a clusterfuck.

Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:21 pm