DId an article about 5 years ago about current tv entertainment trends. At this point, things've changed - where five years ago the emphasis was on the quirky individual, light comedic weirdos, at this time the emphasis is on violence, seriously damaged individuals, and the group situation that it involves. Dexter, CSI and it's one hundred proliferating clones, Breaking Bad, Midsummer Murders, etc, etc, etc. This time, I'm not sure what to make of it. While the popularity of shows like Abby Mcbeal et al showed a prevalence of acknowledgement, or at the very least, amusement at, the slightly offset madness of the individual in a modern age of confusion and complex lives, I don't know what the current thirst for violence and damage is inspired by. Perhaps an acknowledgement of the epic brutality of the world scene over the past ten years. Perhaps an increasing awareness of global catastrophy and damage. Maybe people need something equally violent to block out the inevitable damage of day-to-day life. Or maybe just people's thresholds are growing. Which is bad.
Either way, I find it disturbed and really quite screwed.
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Although the guy is predominantly talking about game piracy, this article pretty adequately describes what I see to be the truth behind the bullshit on the web. This one is also quite good.
F_ckknuckle. That means we'd have to have ~200000 samplerates to accurately record and playback with audio. Which means the people saying 192khz sounds more analog are correct. Not that there's many clocks that can accurately do that timing with good jitter. F*ck. Still, it's positive in that it sets a limit as to how much temporal resolution you can have before it becomes meaningless. As it turns out, quite a lot. As for volume resolution, I'm all for 24-bit, providing people can produce music which actually makes use of the extra resolution (ie. not -4db RMS).
This piece of japanese research - quite old now - provides further details on how ultrasonics affect brain actitivy and subjective perception.
Yes, I have a New EP. It's angry! My New Years passed in relative uncertainty and weirdness. Hooray!!!
I put together a list for a friend of mine with energy problems due to cancer, of the things which help. Hopefully it can help someone else too-
Vit C - either Ester C (supermarket) or Thompsons Super C (best, usually available pharmacies - online and offline) - general vitality
Usana "Essentials" pack (multivitamin & mineral) - general vitality & health. They recommend 4 a day each, I found 1 a day each suits me.
Grape seed extract - powerful antioxidant, health. One a day for me. these are good.
Glyconutrient powder - increases the level of the sugars in the body that the body uses for inter-cellular communication (supposedly good for cancer as it helps the body's white blood cells do their job properly). Either buy from online or see my adapted homemade recipe (updated). The homemade recipe also has other related healthy stuff in it like barley grass & tumeric. Because it contains quite a few ingredients, it's useful to know what things you're intolerant to before using it.
Probiotics - solutions for increasing the number of good bacteria in the digestive tract (ie. acidophilus & the like), important if you've undergone antibiotic treatment, as your digestive system will have sustained a major setback. I've found the inner health plus stuff good, personally.
CoQ10 in combination with some form of omega-3 oil pill (fish or other) - lots of energy from this one, almost too much sometimes! Try a lower dose like 50mg to start off with.
Ground psyllium husks + slippery elm - this is more of a one-off thing than an ongoing thing. Psyllium husks are available in bulk from many places on and offline. They're also a natural fibre which is useful for constipation and other digestive tract problems, but they also have the advantage of being indigestible - they scrape the intestinal tract of things which inhibit absorption and general buildups.
After using psyllium husks for about a month, take slippery elm for a week or two. Slippery elm does the reverse of psyllium husks, helping the intestine to recover from the scraping.
More info here and here.
Some additional thoughts
re: starting. I recommend trying everything, but starting with one thing at a time for a week or so, then adding another - gives your body time to adjust to what you're taking, and time for you to evaluate whether it's actually helping you. I recommend checking some out with your doctor if you're on any drugs.
re: places to buy. I've found the online pharmacies much cheaper than their offline equivalents. Supermarkets are good for vitamin C and herbal stuff.
re: Sleep - if you've had any problems with sleep, a healtheries herbal "easy sleep" capsule + a healtheries St Johns wort "Mood and nerves" (both supermarket-available) is useful.
Re: energy. I percieve a difference between energy and agitation - some things seem to give me more balanced, sustained positive energy, while others give me more negative agitation without really sustaining me. Certain things, like CoQ10 and consumer-grade multivitamins, seem to give me more agitation than energy personally. Your experience may vary-
again for me, if you are on a range of supplements, and you have a lot of energy, it's good to take days off every so often (obviously not for stuff like hormones) to give your body a chance to crash.
