Doxory Choices (melike) The latest public Doxory choices melike: Read more of... melike 2008-06-04T04:44:16Z fiction vs. non-fiction melike: In my spare time, learn... melike 2008-05-30T23:21:32Z Visual Basic vs. SuperCollider melike: I have music in my head, but I can't write it down because I can't decide how to notate it.... melike 2008-05-14T05:38:11Z Put it in a midi sequencer without being bogged down by notation and instrument choices (like drums and weird midi noises). vs. Put it in a score notation program so you'll have music that you can actually read and make a midi file out of. melike: Let's say, hypothetically, that I'd like to learn a new instrument. (currently I know piano and voice.)... melike 2007-12-27T04:01:56Z guitar vs. viola or cello melike: Which one of my dormant hobbies shall I revive first?... melike 2007-12-17T02:02:03Z drawing vs. photography melike: Many of the Doxory choices I post result in a 1:1 ratio. In cases like these,... melike 2007-11-25T00:12:10Z pick one arbitrarily. vs. pick the one that has the one or two extra votes. melike: I need to develop a newspaper-reading habit.... melike 2007-10-08T01:25:39Z Buy a paper and read it several times a week - feels more real, more time staring at paper rather than a computer screen vs. Read from online newspapers - don't need to go out and buy huge stacks of papers, most of which I probably won't read. melike: I'm making a chatbot from scratch. I want to base it on one of my characters.... melike 2007-10-07T20:12:27Z Make it sassy and sarcastic - easier to program because it's easier to avoid tricky questions without sounding like an idiot. Bickering is fun... vs. Make it nice - people will want to talk to her more, at least until they realize that she's an idiot (unintentionally)... it'll be a better challenge. melike: I want to read 100 Years of Solitude. I took up to the highest level of Spanish in high school, but I haven't touched the language in over four years.... melike 2007-09-05T07:27:27Z Just read it in English; you'll probably miss a lot of the nuances if you try the Spanish version. vs. Be hardcore and read it in its original language. But you should probably build up to it by reading easier Spanish books first.