Whether you?re a writer, a digital artist, a web designer, a programmer or any other professional that requires creative thinking, there comes a time when you get a sort of mental block?sometimes called a writer?s block?and all you come up with is blank, unintuitive thoughts.
Here?s a few tips to get your brain back into gear:
1. Get sugar in your system
Although most people recommend drinks with caffeine, I suggest taking in anything sugar coated. Yes, caffeine stimulates the body ?insert caffeine facts here? but in my experience, it?s boost lasts generally from 2 hours to roughly 20 minutes. When it wears off you?re bound to take in seconds and repeat until needed. And we all know that too much of something is bad for your health. The beauty of sugar or, sweets in general is, that all you need is a small amount at a time to give your brain a jumpstart. If you?re worried about calories then you can always use sugar alternatives.
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Ever since I’ve decided on taking up freelance programming as my bread and butter to get through my college expenses, I have always been slapped with the choice of which language to take as my forte. Although most of my mentors keep advising me to stay flexible, taking up knowledge on what’s hot and readily available, I still gave time and priority a single language at anyone time. I started with my web development experience with JSP mostly due to my familiarity with Java. Then I moved to ASP about 3 months ago after experiencing the speed and ease of development with .NET. Now, after experiencing WordPress, I’ve decided to pick up PHP.
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Finally a convention centered on gaming only:
GX-Con is the first-ever console gaming convention in the Philippines presented by GamEX Magazine. Kindly mark your calendars on October 7, 2007 at the SM Megamall Mega Trade Hall 3 at exactly 10:00 am as we bring you a never before seen gaming con for all gamers out there. Ticket price will be at Php 100.00.
Get to play your favorite consoles, compete with other gamers, and win prizes. We have lots in store for you. Various bands from the anime community will be there to perform music from your favorite games. Watch out for NeOtaku, Do?ahou, Progeny, Trance, Armada, PPF All Star, Ethereal Anthem, and Harap sa Likod. Also we will be having contests like: Name that Tune, Game Trivias, Tournament Finals, Individual and Group Cosplay, and many more.
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Upon checking your programs list on the Start Menu, do you see mainstream applications like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, Nero Suite? These are common and popular names to computer enthusiasts and novices alike, however not everyone has a real need for them.
I’m not swaying you away from buying and using propriety software. For professionals like web design artists, writers, journalists and whatnot, their pays off in functionality, ease of use and having the right tools for the job. I couldn’t even begin to imagine a web design artist making logos and designs using MS Paint. To an average user however, with simple needs photo manipulation/editing, html authoring, word processing and presentations, it’s very impractical to shell all that cash. It may not be much to look at it one piece of software costs about $ 10 (500 Php) but when you add it all up ? the cost of the OS, office suite, image editor, cd authoring, anti-virus, utilities ? it adds up so much that the total cost can pretty much buy you a new PC
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I finally got my hands on a copy of Evan Almighty thru torrent (the cinemahouse’s still has the Coming Soon sign over it) and I was able to watch it a few hours ago with my girlfriend. It’s been quite awhile since I’ve anticipated the coming of this movie ever since I heard of it from a friend who watches cinema trailers online for a hobby. With the words NOT A SEQUEL posted in front of me I proceeded to watching the movie.
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With the general popularity of Ubuntu, even non-geeks are getting curious about the hype that this Linux distro has generated. With Dell now offering to sell PC’s and laptops with pre-installed Ubuntu, more and more people are entering into the Open Source community but are afraid to install linux because it is still a gray-area to them.
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What: Hataw Hanep Hero 2007
When: December 1 and 2, 2007
Where: SM X Convention Center, Mall of Asia
Instead of the World Trade Center (where former H3 events were held), it will be held in SM X, one of the biggest convention centers in the country, currently being built beside SM Mall of Asia.
For people who don’t know, HATAW HANEP HERO (or H3) started as a channel launch party for HERO TV. After that, H3 became an annual event, being the BIGGEST anime fair to ever be held here in the Philippines. The last H3 was held in the WORLD TRADE CENTER last November 17 and 18, 2006.
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