Table of Contents
- Blog Posts
- Adderall (21)
- Adderall - A Cautionary Tale
July 15, 2007, 17:44
Overall, my experience with Adderall has been wonderful. Life changing. I did, however, recently have an experience - a reminder - of how powerful the tiny…
- Adderall - Just over a Year
June 19, 2008, 03:16
I can't believe it, but it's the truth. Was it really that long ago that I wrote my "Day 1" post?! Anyway, I was looking at webstats for the first time…
- Adderall - Six Months
January 16, 2008, 02:58
Well, here we are - at approximately the 6 month mark. Six months without daily naps. Six months of 16 hour days; 16 hours of living. Well... at least 14 hours…
- Adderall - Starting Week 4
July 3, 2007, 04:09
So here I am at the beginning of week four. It's 8:55 monday evening, and the effects of my last dose are only now starting to wear off. I can feel the…
- Adderall - Subtle and Profound; Beneficial and so very Dangerous
December 12, 2008, 12:22
I know - the title is a mouthful. Maybe a bit overly dramatic. But - if anything (in my life) deserves a dramatic title, it's Adderall. I've now been…
- Adderall - The [Almost] Epilogue
February 24, 2009, 11:56
Well, it's been miserable saying goodbye to Adderall, to say the least; it has turned into a long and drawn out process. I've "quit" several times, actually -…
- Adderall - The [Real] Epilogue
June 17, 2009, 16:54
Coming up on July again. July 4th of 2007 - all of my "4th of July" memories are secondary to my "4th of July on Adderall" memories. Indeed, almost all of…
- Adderall - Week 3
July 3, 2007, 03:44
The previous Friday, I'd tried prolonging the effect of Adderall later into the day by simply taking my first dose much later. I am usually ok in the morning,…
- Adderall Holiday
July 9, 2008, 19:21
Currently in day two of a break from Adderall. I've never had a difficult time concentrating - unless it was at a boring job for an 8 hour day (who…
- Adderall Observation
March 27, 2008, 00:26
In response to an email from family member asking "So, what's up with you?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
- Adderall, Week Two
June 29, 2007, 03:02
I wasn't exactly feeling optimistic when I woke up at around 7:00 on Monday morning. I was convinced at that point that things would be back to normal. By…
- And Then... There was Light!
June 26, 2007, 01:07
Let me tell you how a typical day goes for me. It starts at about 7:00. I get up after 6-8 hours of sleep, and go to work (office job). I yawn my way…
- Day One
June 26, 2007, 01:49
My doctor's appointment was scheduled for 12:00 noon on a Tuseday. The work day was typical, and by late morning, I was fading. Cue the teary eyed yawns. …
- Day Three
June 29, 2007, 02:03
The same as day two, I woke up on day three feeling "yucky" - having gotten only about 3 hours of sleep. But also the same as day two - I didn't feel sleep…
- Day Two
June 26, 2007, 20:16
Day Two started at 6:00 with the odd sensation one gets when one goes to sleep as the sun is coming up. That miserable, unnatural feeling, where you…
- Illegally importing prescription drugs
July 31, 2007, 04:53
As you might know, if you've read the first couple posts in the Adderall category, Adderall is actually a second choice alternative. What I really want is…
- Motivation (or lack thereof)
October 9, 2007, 20:26
If you've read any of the Adderall category of this blog (or have taken Adderall yourself), you know what a profound impact it can have on motivation. The…
- Post Adderall - Year of the Motivational Famine
January 11, 2010, 06:06
So it's been about a year since I said goodbye to Adderall. And it has been one @%^@%! boring year. Every now and then I manage to get caught up in something…
- Provigil vs. Adderall
May 15, 2008, 04:03
I know, I know - I couldn't come up with any clever titles for this post. But that actually makes a point. A point about Provigil. But first, I will rewind…
- The Dark Side of Adderall
November 12, 2008, 01:44
It doesn't take much browsing of drug forums and viewing search queries to realize that the most sought-after information regarding Adderall is related to…
- The First Weekend
June 29, 2007, 02:15
Day four marked a dramatic change in my reaction to the Adderall. I took it right at 7:00 after an OK night of sleep. Sure enough, in 30 to 45 minutes, I felt…
- Adderall - A Cautionary Tale
- Blogorrhoea (12)
- 5 Easy Ways to Express Racism even an American could use!
August 29, 2008, 00:48
1. Use "Vodka" and "Russian" in the same sentence. 2. Talk in an exaggerated Australian accent. 3. When someone drops a coin, say "you're going to have…
- 8 Important Lessons for becoming Popular on the Interweb
July 30, 2008, 09:15
I like del.icio.us. It's usually the first place I go when google fails me after 2 or 3 pages of search results. But the most valuable thing I've taken away…
- Humans
November 28, 2008, 20:37
Humans are truly amazing. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death
- Meta-Lifehack
September 2, 2009, 14:59
Stop reading inspirational blogs; stop reading about how to be more efficient; stop reading "20 lifehacks you can't live without." Nike says it best: Just…
- Negativity
July 30, 2007, 19:26
Simon and Paula. The evening news. The office talk around the water cooler. The family gossip over the dinner table. When you step back and observe - it's…
- Random Thoughts - Amusement and Amusement rides
October 10, 2008, 09:44
Amuse: a feeling of delight at being entertained http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=amusement Muse: To think or think about carefully and at…
- Raving Blogger Slams Media, Jilts Blogosphere
July 31, 2008, 02:25
If you're reading this, you have just unwittingly partaken in a demonstration of excellent headline-writing. Or you stumbled randomly across this blog and…
- Smoking in Movies?
July 26, 2007, 04:42
There's this little oddball topic that bothers me occasionally. Occasionally as in... hmmmm, every other Friday night on average, around 8:00 pm or so. I…
- Thanks for your support!
August 19, 2008, 07:05
I receive tons of supportive email from this blog. I actually had to code a hueristic filter to auto-file it into several categories, so I can just look at…
- The Magical Pathfinding Brain
October 11, 2009, 00:54
I was watching an 18 month old walk around yesterday. Since I've been obsessed with pathfinding lately, I couldn't help but be amazed at how, with no apparent…
- Web 4.0
May 11, 2008, 19:04
I remember thinking a couple months ago, "Web 2.0 is such a buzz term, and has been for about a year. I bet I could secure a spot in internet legend by simply…
- Whinefest
April 16, 2010, 16:10
iTunes is a virus. Norton Antivirus is a virus. WordPress is incessantly yelling at me to "Please update now." I don't want to have to update software…
- 5 Easy Ways to Express Racism even an American could use!
- Bloody Cool (5)
- eval() for Actionscript 3
August 31, 2009, 04:33
Quite a long time ago I came across this page: http://riaone.com/products/deval/. Being in the thick of BoxCAD, I bookmarked it with the intent of exploring it…
- One neuron at a time...
January 17, 2008, 21:37
Consider these points: 1. In a few years, we are able to write a program that perfectly mimicks one single neuron in the brain. (Not currently possible, as…
- The Magical Pathfinding Brain
October 11, 2009, 00:54
I was watching an 18 month old walk around yesterday. Since I've been obsessed with pathfinding lately, I couldn't help but be amazed at how, with no apparent…
- Vision & Neurology & Stuff
August 14, 2007, 01:36
You may not have heard of Oliver Sacks (or your knowledge of him may be limited to a brief mention in psychology 101) - but most people have heard of the…
- Why RC Helicopters are such a cool hobby
August 3, 2007, 04:57
The first time I ever saw a remote control helicopter - I wanted one. That would've been from the age of about 8, I think. The place was Hobby Town USA. The…
- eval() for Actionscript 3
- BoxCAD (6)
- BoxCAD 2.0 Alpha
July 31, 2008, 02:53
BoxCAD 2 has officially dethroned BoxCAD 1. It is still very alpha, but there are so many cool new features, and I have so little time to work on it, I…
- BoxCAD now dumping AS3
September 30, 2008, 05:50
Well, after many moons of delay, BoxCAD now generates pristine AS3 code. Only for fundamental objects and constraints (none of the fancy stuff yet, like…
- BoxCAD Retirement and Source
November 14, 2008, 07:32
Well, this is kind of sad - like saying goodbye to a long-time friend for good. BoxCAD will be back - but only in name. As the complexity of the applicatio…
- BoxCAD Update
August 29, 2008, 00:39
BoxCAD is in a bit of a transition right now. It started a few months ago as a scopeless actionscript learning project, and gradually morphed into a potentially…
- BoxCAD Update & New Logo
September 18, 2008, 08:51
Nothing is quite as frustrating as not being able to find the time to clean up the last 0.1% of a large project... such that it's actually usable. There's…
- Verlet Forays
September 18, 2008, 08:18
Before there was BoxCAD... There was... RBS! (Rigid Body Simulator) About a year ago, I had an idea for a funny little game in Visual Basic (yes,…
- BoxCAD 2.0 Alpha
- CAD (4)
- A Study of the Effects of Extenuating Circumstances on the Accuracy of Revision Cloud Drawing
October 15, 2008, 01:43
Revision clouds. There are very few people who can create a nice, shapely revision cloud in AutoCAD on the first attempt. I am not one of them.
- AutoCAD and the Current Drafting Paradigm (will the geekdom never cease?)
February 6, 2008, 22:12
Preface: I decided to add a new category to the blog for CAD. A year ago, the thought might have nauseated me. But having become self-employed and…
- AutoCAD's Evil F1
September 19, 2008, 22:41
You're in the zone. Your vision has tunneled to the screen, and nothing else happening around you even starts to penetrate your consciousness. Your left hand…
- [Engineering] Office Tidbits
September 25, 2008, 14:40
Observation: You know you've been spending too much time on the computer if you spill coffee on your khaki pants, and your first impulse is "CTRL…
- A Study of the Effects of Extenuating Circumstances on the Accuracy of Revision Cloud Drawing
- Health (4)
- Finish line is in site...
May 24, 2007, 00:55
Here we are - the beginning of week 3 of 4.5 weeks. The end of vegan (plus) month is in site! But the truth is - the longer we've gone on, the less I've…
- One Week Down - Three to Go!!
May 9, 2007, 05:15
Yes - we made it - one week of vegan (plus)! No sugar, no caffeine, no meat… just fruits, vegetables, nuts, and some whole grain bread and brown rice.Not…
- Random Reflections - ADD/ADHD
July 20, 2007, 15:11
ADD - does it "exist?"I've never really given much thought to ADD; I never had any reason to. I've heard various opinions touted (and spouted), but never…
- VEGAN MONTH!!!.... :(
May 2, 2007, 04:08
Well, here it is - May 1st - day one of our vegan(plus) experiment! What is vegan(plus), you ask? It's vegan plus no sugar and no caffeine (I just now made…
- Finish line is in site...
- Programming (18)
- AS3 A* pathfinding class
October 9, 2009, 18:26
UPDATE: newer demo and source at http://www.brainblitz.org/anthony/as3-pathfinding-and-game-source. Here is a* (a star) again, a little further along.…
- AS3 A* pathfinding demo
September 24, 2009, 04:11
Demonstration and code for the A* pathfinding algorithm
- AS3 A* pathfinding demo, with primitive multi-unit avoidance
March 23, 2010, 01:29
And here I thought I was doing good because I had basic pathfinding implemented. Pffft. Turns out, that is only half of the story. The other half is unit…
- AS3 Pathfinding and Game Source
April 25, 2010, 09:11
Here is the somewhat-polished version of my pathfinding/game application, all heavily commented in tutorial format for your analyzing pleasure. New to the demo…
- BoxCAD Retirement and Source
November 14, 2008, 07:32
Well, this is kind of sad - like saying goodbye to a long-time friend for good. BoxCAD will be back - but only in name. As the complexity of the applicatio…
- BoxCAD Update
August 29, 2008, 00:39
BoxCAD is in a bit of a transition right now. It started a few months ago as a scopeless actionscript learning project, and gradually morphed into a potentially…
- D.eval() Reloaded
September 2, 2009, 00:48
An evolved version of the simple D.eval() app in the previous post can be found on this page. Yes, it's so cool I had to make a page just for it. Again,…
- eval() for Actionscript 3
August 31, 2009, 04:33
Quite a long time ago I came across this page: http://riaone.com/products/deval/. Being in the thick of BoxCAD, I bookmarked it with the intent of exploring it…
- Getting started with FlashDevelop and haXe
April 26, 2010, 21:37
Now that I've reached a bit of a milestone with the pathfinding stuff, I'm taking a break to play with some other items on my to-do list. One of those items is…
- Handy Dandy PHP/Form/MySQL Utility
June 24, 2008, 05:52
Always looking for excuses to write little utilities, I have ignored the fact that similiar or equivalent functionality may already be a part of my web…
- I hereby declare war on XML and CSS
August 8, 2008, 10:02
XML and CSS...Both are absolutely incomprehensible phenomena to me. I don't really have a lot of experience with XML, so I'm not really qualified to have an…
- New Flash Projects
June 22, 2008, 16:11
A couple of projects I've been using to learn flash: BoxCAD Tetris / Scores At least for the tetris one, I'll be posting the code in a tutorial…
- Note to Self: flash.net.URLLoader is not very forgiving.
March 30, 2008, 23:09
After spending the last 30 minutes trying to figure out why a flash app I'm working on was not recognizing the first of several variables in a url encoded…
- PHP tips (from one sick programmer to another).
October 16, 2007, 16:24
Me: I almost murdered php last night. V: well thats no good V: what were you doing? Me: I was going to show you but now I can't ftp into V:…
- Simple Game Controls / Sprite Sheet example (AS3)
May 16, 2009, 01:25
This is a bare-bones code example demonstrating "perfect controls" (key-presses and releases are completely independant of each other), and simple sprite-sheet…
- Tetris Guts (a tutorial on Flash game programming (AS3))
June 22, 2008, 21:03
I'm pretty new to flash/actionscript - and this tutorial is more of a "learning log" than well developed material. Just keep that in mind! *** SOURCE…
- The 1337 hAx0r Chronicles - Episode I
October 23, 2007, 17:45
Me: I knew it. Me: "DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Rockies officials planned to relaunch their sale of World Series tickets Tuesday after the team said its first…
- Verlet Forays
September 18, 2008, 08:18
Before there was BoxCAD... There was... RBS! (Rigid Body Simulator) About a year ago, I had an idea for a funny little game in Visual Basic (yes,…
- AS3 A* pathfinding class
- Uncategorized (7)
- D.eval() Reloaded
September 2, 2009, 00:48
An evolved version of the simple D.eval() app in the previous post can be found on this page. Yes, it's so cool I had to make a page just for it. Again,…
- I have donated money to something
September 12, 2008, 00:38
I couldn't help it. My hands involuntarily moved and clicked the mouse, entered my paypal login stuff, clicked some more, and suddenly - just as I realized the…
- Negativity
July 30, 2007, 19:26
Simon and Paula. The evening news. The office talk around the water cooler. The family gossip over the dinner table. When you step back and observe - it's…
- New free game music (and other FLStudio stuff)
March 25, 2010, 20:58
I added a few things to the much neglected music portion of this site: A couple of new FLStudio tutorials and Three royalty free background tracks (aimed at…
- Purpose
April 24, 2007, 02:04
The purpose of this here blog is primarily as an exercise in self-discipline, to track my other exercises in self-discipline, and to occasionally blather on…
- Smoking in Movies?
July 26, 2007, 04:42
There's this little oddball topic that bothers me occasionally. Occasionally as in... hmmmm, every other Friday night on average, around 8:00 pm or so. I…
- The Information SuperLandfill (and other assorted thoughts)
September 6, 2008, 01:59
We commercialize the goodness out of EVERYthing. First Christmas, and now search engines. Search results for most topics would instantly become far more…
- D.eval() Reloaded
- Adderall (21)