http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/25/information-overload-and-burnout/ a journal of whimsy and hope Mon, 07 May 2012 22:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/25/information-overload-and-burnout/#comment-997 purple motes » explaining the long tale Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:08:27 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/25/information-overload-and-burnout/#comment-997 [...] 70% more time than silent reading.[2] Moreover, if reading occurred by candlelight, the need to maintain and trim the candle plausibly might increase reading time by 5%. So reading Artamène could easily have required 250 [...] [...] 70% more time than silent reading.[2] Moreover, if reading occurred by candlelight, the need to maintain and trim the candle plausibly might increase reading time by 5%. So reading Artamène could easily have required 250 [...]

]]> http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/25/information-overload-and-burnout/#comment-996 Bill Harshaw Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:38:29 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/25/information-overload-and-burnout/#comment-996 Websters gives two definitions: Main Entry: 2snuff Function: transitive verb 1 : to crop the snuff of (a candle) by pinching or by the use of snuffers so as to brighten the light 2 a : to extinguish by or as if by the use of a candlesnuffer -- often used with out b : to make extinct : put an end to -- usually used with out ; also : KILL, EXECUTE - snuff it British : DIE Websters gives two definitions:
Main Entry: 2snuff
Function: transitive verb
1 : to crop the snuff of (a candle) by pinching or by the use of snuffers so as to brighten the light
2 a : to extinguish by or as if by the use of a candlesnuffer — often used with out b : to make extinct : put an end to — usually used with out ; also : KILL, EXECUTE
- snuff it British : DIE

]]> http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/25/information-overload-and-burnout/#comment-995 TinkerX » Backdata on 19th century CPA and more musings on busyness Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:01:30 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/25/information-overload-and-burnout/#comment-995 [...] Purple Motes blog related to my continuous partial attention post of a few days ago provides the following info: Until the 1820s (when candle technology started to improve markedly), both wax and tallow candles [...] [...] Purple Motes blog related to my continuous partial attention post of a few days ago provides the following info: Until the 1820s (when candle technology started to improve markedly), both wax and tallow candles [...]

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