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Comment on Die, Internet Explorer, Die … by Joe Wakeling

Joe Wakeling — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:02:44 +0000

... and now, with the update, it doesn't, and the whole site triggers Compatibility View. Oh well.

Comment on Die, Internet Explorer, Die … by Joe Wakeling

Joe Wakeling — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:56:08 +0000

Oh, irony. This particular post renders fine with Internet Explorer. :-P

Comment on Platform Shoes … by Die, Internet Explorer, Die … | mad science, dreams and diversions

Die, Internet Explorer, Die … | mad science, dreams and diversions — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:53:56 +0000

[...] been brought to my attention that the site is not displaying properly in Internet Explorer. The site design passes the W3C [...]

Comment on Google becomes scary by Joe Wakeling

Joe Wakeling — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:20:40 +0000

It was the speed at which it arrived in the listings for this particular search term! Less than an hour after posting!

Either my post just coincided with some update, or Google’s tracking and update software is now really fast and responsive to trackback/pingback information.

Comment on Google becomes scary by Indian Fairy

Indian Fairy — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:47:39 +0000

Why scary? It just means you are popular on google and you’re categorized as useful!! :-D

Comment on Musicians wrestle everywhere by Google becomes scary | mad science, dreams and diversions

Google becomes scary | mad science, dreams and diversions — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:04:29 +0000

[...] Post navigation ← Musicians wrestle everywhere [...]

Comment on Practice makes for prevarication by Joe Wakeling

Joe Wakeling — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:07:35 +0000

Oh, and: thanks for the good wishes! Things are improving … :-)

Comment on Practice makes for prevarication by Joe Wakeling

Joe Wakeling — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:05:42 +0000

I’ve also had something akin to that experience — skills once acquired can come back quite quickly with consistent work, but without regular practice things also get lost quickly. There is a bit of a ‘Red Queen’ effect involved, lots of running very fast to stay in the same place and having to run even faster to improve … !

Comment on Practice makes for prevarication by Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:41:41 +0000

Good luck, by the way…

Comment on Practice makes for prevarication by Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:41:14 +0000

“Returning to your instrument after periods of not playing seriously is a depressing thing. The first frustration is usually that your brain is now ahead of your body: you know how the music should sound, but your fingers don’t quite fall into place as they should. Lots of small and fundamental elements of playing have to be carefully worked over from a much more basic level than your mind appreciates. ”
-exactly the same thing applies in martial arts, although, I have to say, I noticed it a lot more if I was away for a couple of weeks from a regular training schedule than if I took a couple of years off (e.g. due to injury) and then restarted. Some of this is perception- you get used to functioning at a certain level and really notice a little slide, but I think it is also that the drop off is significant and rapid for the first few weeks of absence and then occurs much more slowly to a trough.