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Five Things – 2017-10-08

2017-10-08

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Movies >
- Commando – (1985 movie)
  – recommended: Great action.
- As Good as It Gets – (1997 movie)
  – recommended: A really great, well-rounded, unique movie, especially for guys, as it has a single moment of clarity that will help them understand women.

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Linux >
- Linux distributions
  – Updated with my early timeline notes.
Movies >
- Pearl Harbor – (2001 movie)
- The Fifth Element – (1997 movie)
Software
- Firefox > Firefox – how to fix the FireFox2 tab close buttons
  – Yay for completely-obsolete notes!

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As Good as It Gets – (1997 movie)

2017-10-08

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As Good as It Gets - (1997 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/

A quirky and grating writer finds himself pulled into the lives of ordinary people.

A really great, well-rounded, unique movie, especially for guys, as it has a single moment of clarity that will help them understand women.

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Five Things – 2017-10-07

2017-10-07

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Movies >
- Highlander – (1986 movie)
  – not recommended: I love it, but I doubt it would be a great watch for someone today.
Unplugging was completely rewritten.
- Its original contents were moved to Unplugging–2007-05-27.
- I figure ten years and a rewrite is long enough to justify archiving the original.

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Games >
- Updated with Flash games.
- Tower Defense Games
World of Warcraft >
- World of Warcraft programming
Linux >
- Sharing an X11 desktop

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Five Things – 2017-10-06

2017-10-06

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Movies >
- 12 Monkeys – (1995 movie)
  – recommended: A great movie that combines many interesting themes.
Software >
- xlunch
  – disliked: A desktop/launcher which was too annoying to get working.

Updates ∞

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- Many more Windows 10 programs are being installed in this manner, with key software being cached locally.

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Highlander – (1986 movie)

2017-10-06

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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/
was Highlander-Official.com

A centuries-old man is embroiled in a sword-fight between other immortals.

This is one of those movies which forged my young self, but I cannot recommend to others. It definitely feels dated, and I doubt its ideas would be particularly shaping to others compared to the other movies created since this one.

In a sense, you could also see Unbreakable – (2000 movie).

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Unplugging

2017-10-06

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Projects > Time management >

You are chained to things that make you unproductive. Unproductive not only in terms of your responsibilities but also your desires. They are a strain not only on your time but also on your peace of mind.

Unplugging targets a wide number of associated things, freeing up time and considerations to be put toward things which are specifically-desired. Instead of effort being put toward problems, passion is put toward desires.

This action is meant to take the whole day, and be regularly repeated. It is meant to be a defined branch of time management and a fundamental philosophy.

The right way to go about all of this would be to print this off. Better yet, write it all out by hand; make it yours.

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This original concept was written quite differently: Unplugging–2007-05-27

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That borg-eye is never seen.

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/
was uphe.com/movies/12-monkeys

From a future destroyed by plague, a prisoner “volunteers” to be sent back in time to fetch pre-infection samples.

A great movie that stands apart both from its contemporaries and even from movies of today. It touches upon a lot of topics I find interesting in movies.