Comments on: the lousiness of the long-distance movie http://knackeredhack.com/2007/09/25/the-lousiness-of-the-long-distance-movie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lousiness-of-the-long-distance-movie the curious study of broken things Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Simon Fellows http://knackeredhack.com/2007/09/25/the-lousiness-of-the-long-distance-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Simon Fellows Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:34:03 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/09/25/the-lousiness-of-the-long-distance-movie/#comment-3150 Bored primates, out of evol context, biochemically outta whack cos of our lifestyles(nutritional 'choices', exercise profiles, lack of vit d and essential fatty acids) redundant from our 'day' job as we no longer hunt nor gather but simply try and replicate those impulses in a modern society. We produce as we are...little wonder aye, sunbeam ? Bored primates, out of evol context, biochemically outta whack cos of our lifestyles(nutritional ‘choices’, exercise profiles, lack of vit d and essential fatty acids) redundant from our ‘day’ job as we no longer hunt nor gather but simply try and replicate those impulses in a modern society.

We produce as we are…little wonder aye, sunbeam ?

]]> By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2007/09/25/the-lousiness-of-the-long-distance-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-3141 knackeredhack Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:02:09 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/09/25/the-lousiness-of-the-long-distance-movie/#comment-3141 If you have noise-cancelling earphones and a laptop or pda/ipod/smartphone the choices and quality will be much higher. For example, the podcasts at <a href="http://www.econtalk.org/" rel="nofollow">EconTalk</a> are second to none and I keep several on my smartphone which I will listen to several times. The beauty of having your own media is that you are in control. Too often has my viewing pleasure been interrupted by one of the numerous distractions airlines have invented to conceal the improbable nature of flying in a metal tube 35000 ft off the ground. And of course, there are the people next to you. My worst experience was when my flight was turned back over the Atlantic because an inflatable escape chute had fallen out of the door, landing on a lorry driver in Slough. My neighbour retrieved a bible from her bag and started praying. That said, one time I had an intense headache/migraine which painkillers weren't shifting. The relaxation/meditation channel was a real boon. If you have noise-cancelling earphones and a laptop or pda/ipod/smartphone the choices and quality will be much higher. For example, the podcasts at EconTalk are second to none and I keep several on my smartphone which I will listen to several times. The beauty of having your own media is that you are in control. Too often has my viewing pleasure been interrupted by one of the numerous distractions airlines have invented to conceal the improbable nature of flying in a metal tube 35000 ft off the ground. And of course, there are the people next to you. My worst experience was when my flight was turned back over the Atlantic because an inflatable escape chute had fallen out of the door, landing on a lorry driver in Slough. My neighbour retrieved a bible from her bag and started praying. That said, one time I had an intense headache/migraine which painkillers weren’t shifting. The relaxation/meditation channel was a real boon.

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