I love the random trivia throughout the free paper available to weekday train travelers and always look for a seat with one tucked in the side if I don’t have a book with me. Tonights gem was a small piece reporting a study on the lure of sweet treats. It apparently found that those who nibbled on something yummy often got their tasks done. My favourite suggestion is that it sometimes takes valuable mental energy to resist the temptation of chocolate or lollies, which results in a depletion of the resources and will you have to finish what it is you’re trying to do.
I’ve been thinking about ways to get back into blogging, as a way of recording what I’m thinking and have learned recently. I thought trying some non work/web related topics would help. Specifically, I hope that some one else having as much trouble as me finding out information on a certain topic might find my post and benefit from the research I’ve done. The first idea I have is to write up a bit of a review on my new phone the Nokia 6300 (I love it!) with all the bits that I was trying to find out, rather than the usual regurgitation of spec pages.
If I could just feed my inner monster some of the chocolate it’s begging for (thank you all retail stores with Easter displays up for the past month), I might be able to sit down and write that review.
Jared Said:
on July 4, 2007 at 11:49 am
Hey Jess,
Yeah I read somewhere about how many people on the internet contribute and give the internet its value. It was something like 1% or something.
Think of all the times you search for something and can’t find any good information. I hope by writing about fixing my fridge I will help some other DIY handyman
And most visits to my blog are searches for ticking defrost timers 
- Jared
Jessica Said:
on July 4, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Hehe I remember you telling me about that effort and the random referers you were getting to your blog after.
Jared Said:
on March 17, 2008 at 8:41 am
Hey Jess,
In 10 days you wont have made a post for a whole year!