Tim Dobson

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9 posts

Motivation | Is it hidden under a rock?

Motivation | Is it hidden under a rock?

16 November 2012

When I watch one of of my favourite motivational videos A Story For Tomorrow, the narrator starts "You are on a quest, to search for the same thing that everyone is searching for." But what are you searching for? What are you looking for in life? What are you waiting for? Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysics […]

Howto cheat at life: Learn to be positive

Howto cheat at life: Learn to be positive

15 June 2012

I recently came across this very entertaining TEDx talk. Take a look: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M Shawn Achor – "The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance" As you can hear, being happy makes a massive difference. It's possible to predict how successful 75% of people will be, not based on their IQ, but how happy they are. […]

Does anyone else think you're a prick?

Does anyone else think you're a prick?

8 April 2012

First they came for the pricks, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a prick. Then they came for the knobs, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a knob. Then they came for the tits, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a tit. Then they came for the arseholes, but […]

Hackers and Repetition

Hackers and Repetition

17 January 2012

Sometimes reddit throws up some fantastic stuff about life and work. This graph really highlights what's frequently referred to as the first hacker virtue "Laziness". Instead of being content to do a task manually, they want to sit around and do less of that, thus the second hacker virtue "Impatience" comes in to play. The […]

An analysis of the physics depicted in My Little Pony

An analysis of the physics depicted in My Little Pony

8 September 2011

My Little Pony, as you've never seen it before. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVfidujxRg Yes, pun intended.

The Scrollwheel (for desktop support heros)

The Scrollwheel (for desktop support heros)

7 September 2011

A while ago I saw this fantastic comic on reddit about unwilling tech support heros. Turns out someone has made an animation of it: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa9DLxDtPtc Non-techies, sometimes, it might be good to ask one of your techie friends if there's anything you can do that would make your computer use more efficient. 🙂 Having seen […]

Can't touch this? (Atomic physics version)

Can't touch this? (Atomic physics version)

7 September 2011

I came across this super awesome description of how matter touches… or rather doesn't touch. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE8rkG9Dw4s

Dogs are awesome

Dogs are awesome

6 September 2011

This is so true.

Dirty piano beats

Dirty piano beats

5 September 2011

Increasingly, I've been seeing dubstep remixes of popular tracks pop up… or be used for the backing track to videos, so imagine my surprise and delight when I saw a remix of a popular dubstep track on keyboards… By remix, I mean "cover" and by "keyboards" I mean, classical piano! Skrillex – Scary Monsters and […]

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