Monthly Archives: February 2009

Magic: the Gathering – Turbo Fog for Standard

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Hey guys, I hope you had a fun weekend and did well in your respective weekly tournaments. As for me, I didn’t perform well at the tournament. I hate to go into detail of it so just don’t mind. Anyways, I’m sharing to you a decklist made and suggested by my card pool partner Oliver. It’s a standard version take of one of the earliest strategies and alternate win condition of Magic. The clue card is Millstone. Get the idea? Presenting (insert drum roll here) Turbo Fog!

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How to Defeat the Hype of Banefire

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I have been observing the prices of Conflux since it was released and I was a bit overwhelmed with the prices. They are so freaking expensive. The top Conflux cards based on the prices are Nicol Bolas Planeswalker, Noble Hierarch, Banefire and Maelstrom Archangel. The elder dragon got the highest price, ranging around 20 dollars a piece. (Wtf!) Banefire also experienced the hype with a price of 10 to 11 dollars, equivalent to around 500 pesos here in my area. I’d rather take my chances in buying booster packs instead. Continue reading →

An Arithmetic Solution on Why Geeks Prefer Being Single

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Curious with the post title? A friend of mine came up with this some kind of an equation regarding the reason why most geeks prefer to be single. I don’t know how they’ve came up with this, maybe the effect of alcohol or something else. Lol. If you remembered your arithmetic lessons, I’m sure you’ll get this one. Here it goes.

Women = (Time)(Money)

But time is money, therefore:

Women = (Money)(Money)
Women = Money^2

But money is the “root” of all Problems, therefore

Women = √ Money^2

Therefore,
Women = Problems.

Get it now? Good.

*image from the reality show “Beauty and the Geek”

Sidetracking and Getting Out of It

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This is a repost but I think it is important to share this again with you guys as I know you’ve also experienced it. Original post dated December 28, 2008.

Lately, I’m feeling like being sidetracked and getting confused on my priorities. I can’t get myself to just focus on one task or goal. Things are just coming in so fast that its really hard to know which one is right and I always ending up doing something useless and waste a lot of my time.

I think I need to rearrange my thoughts and priorities and start on which is most important (work/career? courting the girl? magic cards?). I decided to look for solutions at Google and here’s something I found which I think would be a great help. It’s from Simple Productivity Blog dot com and it is entitled 5 Ways to Get Back on Track. I’ll quote below the 5 ways suggested.

Awareness
The first step to getting back on track is to know that you are off track. Usually if I am in the middle of something, I will take a deep breath and ask myself if this is what I am supposed to be doing at that moment. If it isn’t, the awareness can be enough to bring me back to where I need to be.

Wrap up in X Minutes
After I realize that I am sidetracked, and I am fairly close to being finished with the task that distracted, I tell myself I have 5 minutes to finish. I then set a timer. The timer keeps me honest, and puts a deadline on that allows me to finish quickly.

Wrenching Away
If I don’t realize that I have been sidetracked, and I have proceeded to use large chunks of time on something unplanned, I generally force myself to drop it where it is and move on. I also find that in order for this one to work, I must physically remove myself from the site of the distraction. For example, if I went to the computer to print out a list and 2 hours later I find I have spent the time surfing, I will stop, turn the computer off, and go to another room where I have something that needs to be done. This is not a gentle method, but I find it necessary to combat large amounts of lost time.

Write Up, Move On
In the case where I find myself doing something that has value, and would not be easy to get back to, but would take more than 5 minutes, I make some notes at the physical location I am at, and then walk away. For example, if I got sidetracked inventorying the freezer, I leave a sticky note on the freezer with the shelf I left off on. I can then go back to it easily after I have completed my other tasks.

Go With It
Sometimes (rarely), I will realize that I’m distracted, but the thing I am doing has value. I will assess what I need to do between the time and bed, and how much work I have to do. Then, if time permits, I will allow myself to go with the distraction. This method works well for me on weekends or days when I have large amounts of free time, and few must-do tasks.

I hope I can get myself to practice and apply this one. *Sigh*