Skill Acquisition pt 1 - Children

Have you ever noticed that children tenaciously practice at new skills until they master them?

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Out of the loop*

[Edited to add: Welcome Neatorama visitors. Thanks for making the time to comment!]

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[*] - The characters in this doodle are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is unintentional and purely coincidental.

Simply an observation

I've heard this approach used by instructors of disciplines ranging from voice to yoga.

"Simply make an observation. This is where you are today."

"Let go of self-criticism and judgement."

For many, there is a familiar habit of self-criticism and judgement associated with self-observation. Familiar though this habit may be, it often hinders the student's progress.

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Sick Days

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The impact of spam

Interested in joining the war on spam? Drop by Project Honey Pot and among other things, learn How to Avoid Being Harvested by Spambots. For a detailed study on the effectiveness on an obfuscation method, have a read over at Nikita The Spider's excellent article Ingen Reklam, Tack (No Spam, Please). A primer on spam can be found at CDT.org's article Why Am I Getting All This Spam?

Can anyone out there recommend a strong PHP formmail script?

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A good day

[Edited to add: the top character was inspired by a Between Friends strip done by Sandra Bell-Lundy.]

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Wrong feet?

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