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Comment on Learning To Type in Colemak by Matt

Matt — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:39:51 +0000

That’s right, I’d forgotten that you’d actually gone for it with Dvorak.

Apparently you can change the iPad layout with an external keyboard, but not the on-screen touch keyboard. I haven’t tried it yet.

Comment on Learning To Type in Colemak by Nate

Nate — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:49:23 +0000

You inspired me to use dvorak a few years back and I found it really interesting. I even changed my keyboard at work, which REALLY confused my co-workers when they tried to use it!

The jaw-clenching is not abnormal and does go away. Also, at least with Dvorak, you can keep the command keys the same which I found very helpful, but I guess those keys are still the same anyway on Colemak. I really enjoy these types of practices – when I was learning Japanese I actually wrote a lot with my left hand because they write right to left… Unfortunately it didn’t improve my writing at all.

I haven’t used Dvorak in a while, hopefully Colemak sticks better for you. Can you change the keyboard on the iPad?

Comment on Prospective by Matt

Matt — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:33:40 +0000

@Ren Thanks for those authors: it’s great to have some places to start! I agree that prayer & meditation are not mutually exclusive – I see a lot of overlap between the two, and I’m sure that the way some people practice prayer is much more akin to meditation than the striving style I too often practice.

Comment on Prospective by Ren

Ren — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:03:29 +0000

I’ve been studying mindfulness myself over the past year. It’s really incredible and, in my opinion, is very much in line with Jesus’ teachings, and isn’t so far from prayer than one might think. If you’re look for resources, I’d suggest checking anything written by Jack Kornfield. He’s very insightful and also accessible. Thich Nhat Hanh is also great, as is Elisha Goldstein (I read E.G.’s blog here: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/ and I also have a workbook by him dealing with stress reduction).
Best of luck to you and happy new year!

Comment on Retrospective by Matt

Matt — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:17:36 +0000

@Maria Masochism is when you take pleasure out of inflicting pain on yourself. Otherwise, thanks. Always great to get the perspective of people who know me. And enjoy the iPad!

Comment on Retrospective by Maria

Maria — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:22:53 +0000

what does masochisic mean? am i? i read it and it’s great. i don’t see you as a cynic. well maybe. but mostly just a deep thinker and very careful, sometimes too much about your actions being completely untouched by hypocrosy. you didn’t mention it directly but i like the part about doing things out of ritual. simply because you know you need to do them. you make a decision almost a vow inside yourself (which has multiple parts) and with God’s help, do them against your other wills. love is like that as well. deciding to love, sans emoticons. wow. what a huge topic.
keep writing. if that means getting less sleep…well….that’s where i live too.
p.s. i am now writing and surfing on my (our) new ipad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on Motivation by Becks

Becks — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:54:30 +0000

We had the motivational type ones everywhere at school and I hated them. The pictures were pretty, and the quotes sweet, but I was desperately trying to keep my head above the overwhelming odds of dropping out (75% of my class dropped out before grad), and those posters seemed to mock my pain. Demotivational posters at least make me laugh!

Comment on Write drunk; edit sober. by Matt

Matt — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:10:33 +0000

Thanks for chiming in David: just the type of fastidiousness I enjoy! My original source did mention that the quote was unverified, but its chief virtue is that it is the type of thing Hemingway would have said, and with his characteristic brevity.

Comment on Write drunk; edit sober. by DavidA

DavidA — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:26:23 +0000

“Write drunk, edit sober” sounds good, but the problem is that it’s not by Hemingway. The quote is all over the internet being attributed to EH, but no one ever gives a source in Hemingway’s works or conversations. This is because the quote is almost certainly by a novelist called Peter De Vries. He published a novel called “Reuben, Reuben” in 1964, where the main character is based on a famous drunkard poet, Dylan Thomas. On page 242 the character says this:

“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”

http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=bks&tbo=1&q=%22sometimes+i+write+drunk+and+revise+sober%22&btnG=

The book is out of print I think, and I only found the quote because it was quoted at that link in The Writer in 1966. Oddly enough, some people online attribute the quote to Dylan Thomas, again without giving a source in Thomas. They don’t realise that they are quoting the words a novelist put in the mouth of a character based on Thomas. Occasionally the quote is attributed to Mark Twain, again without a source. I have no idea why people attribute it to Hemingway, since there is no source for it. Hemingway is a famous name, so the quote spreads like wildfire because of that I suppose. However, there is no source in Hemingway’s works or conversations, so it’s not his quote unfortunately.

Comment on Motivation by Steve langston

Steve langston — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:06:45 +0000

Ha. Funny. keep up the good work.