I am a horrible, horrible sleeper. Not because the quality of the sleep is lacking, but because my body has a horrible clock for these sorts of things. I get it erratically, at different points of the day, for differing amounts. Much like the XKCD strip, I seriously considered just telling people I lived in different time zones.
But science, good 'ol science, seems to have found a way to reset your body clock: stop eating. For about 12-16 hours prior to when you want your body wake up, don't eat. So if I want to set my "morning" to be, say 5 PM, I stop eating at 1-5 AM and try to wake up at 5 PM. When you wake up and your body is nice and hungry, eat a really good, healthy breakfast. Your body receives the food and thinks "WHY THE HELL ISN'T THIS BACON?". I mean, "it's morning".
More details and science-y stuff can be found here:
http://www.wisebread.com/how-to-naturally-reset-your-sleep-cycle-overnight
This is one of those odd things that, while I haven't empirically verified for myself, passes the "smell test". While my sleep clock may be unreliable (read: broken), my stomach is fucking military precision on when it tells me to eat. Even more impressive, it sounds like Sgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket when it's trying to tell me it's hungry. I don't dare cross my stomach for fear that it'll make me choke myself.
But possibly, if I can trick it to anchoring around a new "morning" by timing my breakfast, my stomach should continue to do an excellent job in telling me when lunch, dinner and "time for bed" is. I'mma give it go!
Aug 4, 2009
PSA: How to reset your sleep cycle
Jul 4, 2008
Team Fortress 2 - new heavy pack and (fan-made) female classes picture
A little bit of Team Fortress 2 news if you haven't already heard. According to the official TF2 blog, the Heavy is slated next for upgrades in the next achievement pack. As Valve has made their process and intentions a little more open, we do know that the goal of this pack is to make the heavy more viable when he's not coupled with a medic. I can't wait!
Also, this has to be one of the coolest TF2-related things I've seen. Someone drew the female counterparts to all the TF2 classes:
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs27/f/2008/159/2/1/Select_A_Class____by_ghostfire.jpg
Really well done and really freaking cool. The only problem I have with it is the Pyro - we still don't know if the Pyro is male or female to begin with. It's just a person in a suit with a very muffled voice (you ever try shouting through a gas mask?). It makes for one hilarious character, but still the Pyro is gender ambiguous at best.
Jun 24, 2008
Atlantic City Water Show
As promised, I've embedded the water show I saw at Caesar's Pier Shops in Atlantic City below. I was on the third floor looking down. Though this was done with my humble point-and-shoot digital camera, and unfortunately caught some of the chatter of nearby individuals, I think this video still captures the awesomeness of the show I saw.
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