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Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
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According to this article, multitasking is less efficient than single tasking, and reduces the energy that the brain has available for completing each task. This isn't really a surprising result (especially if you understand how multitasking works in an operating system), but it's nice to have my experience backed up with actual studies. [Ted Leung on the air]
I wonder whether it is possible that associated adrenaline rush that the article mentions could explain my desire to multitask. It takes real effort for me to keep my train of thought on one track. |
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I had an old stereo receiver that I wanted to hook up in my basement, but I didn't want to pony up the cash for a new CD player so I improvised. I mounted two shelves on the wall; the top shelf holds my receiver, the second ... [Mac OS X Hints]
A handy tip for using AvH's Java Rendezvous implementation that I mentioned a while back.
I need to submit the Tomcat integration idea to LazyWeb, as I'm turning out to be too lazy to do it. |
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