Justin Lloyd's Thinkering

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Listening – Welcome to the Pleasuredome

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This week I am listening to “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Landing a cat! That’s what I was thinking of!

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In any engineering profession there are many ways to skin a cat.

And all of them involve trade-offs.

In a medical profession there are many ways to fix the cat that has been skinned.

And all of them involve trade-offs.

In piloting a plane there are many ways…

okay, this is where my analogy breaks down.

But it is the same principle.

But the point is, there might be many ways to do something with a cat.

And they all involve trade-offs.

A formal education and training will bring you up to speed on those ways and means and the trade-offs involved.

If however your entire profession is based on nothing more than “how you feel” (not how someone else feels because we call that psychology) or “what I reckon” that is the metaphorical equivalent of a few guys gathered around a bar having a talk over a few beers, then I am adamant that you do not need a formal education in whatever it is.

And anybody demanding you have a formal education in whatever it is, is either trying to sell you that education at an inflated price, or they are taking the easy (protectionist) option of demanding a credential that somehow is supposed to validate “how you feel.”

Beware the person who exclaims “I am absolved of all responsibility of the professional misdeeds of this employee because I verified they had the required certificate/credential.”

Listening – Hallowed Ground

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This week I am listening to “Hallowed Ground” by Violent Femmes

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Read – The Malifestro Quest

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Today I finished reading “The Malifestro Quest” by Steve Meretzky

Like all the Zork/Infocom books, these are just bad. A guilty indulgence.

Listening – The Flat Earth

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This week I am listening to “The Flat Earth” by Thomas Dolby

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Red Roses for Me

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This week I am listening to “Red Roses for Me” by The Pogues

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Read – Fleet of Worlds

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Today I finished reading “Fleet of Worlds” by Larry Niven

Interesting concept. I found it improbable and had difficulty suspending my disbelief long enough to enjoy it.

Listening – Declaration

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This week I am listening to “Declaration” by The Alarm

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Read – Tortilla Flat

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Today I finished reading “Tortilla Flat” by John Steinbeck

If you aren’t depressed after reading a Steinbeck you obviously weren’t paying attention.

Listening – World Shut Your Mouth

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This week I am listening to “World Shut Your Mouth” by Julian Cope

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Junk Culture

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This week I am listening to “Junk Culture” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Studying – Calligraphy

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This month I am studying “Calligraphy.”

This is the final month of a four month part-time course in calligraphy.

Update: Logged 15 hours of studying and reading this month for a grand total of 68 hours out of the estimated 52 hours of required class time.

Final update: I will never improve my handwriting.

Listening – The Big Express

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This week I am listening to “The Big Express” by XTC

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Noisy conversation

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I have found that the amount of discussion (and the heat, zealotry, and noise of that discussion) about a particular change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the proposed change.

 

Listening – Too Tough to Die

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This week I am listening to “Too Tough to Die” by Ramones

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Keep Moving

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This week I am listening to “Keep Moving” by Madness

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Studying – Calligraphy

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This month I am studying “Calligraphy.”

This is the third month of a four month part-time course.

Update: 18 hours of class time and reading for a total (so far) of 53 hours out of an estimated 52 hours of required class time.

 

Listening – 99 Luftballoons

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This week I am listening to “99 Luftballoons” by Nena

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Some Great Reward

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This week I am listening to “Some Great Reward” by Depeche Mode

Observations after listening: Dark. Very dark. Industrial sounding, good tracks in the form of “Master and Servant” and “People are People.”

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – The Top

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This week I am listening to “The Top” by The Cure

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Bananarama

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This week I am listening to “Bananarama” by Bananarama

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

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