Charles on… anything that comes along

The Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones.

Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik first studied the phenomenon after noticing that waiters seemed to remember orders only so long as the order was in the process of being served.

He definitely had different waiters than me. But it does sort of make sense. Though I can’t remember the things I’m meant to do either. (Seen at 43 Folders)

My Grandmother always carried a bag with her latest knitting project in it. Whenever she found a few spare moments–no matter where she was–she could work in a few rows on a scarf or a sweater

Gee, Granny, another scarf. You shouldn’t have. (From 43 Folders, one of Fraser’s favourite sites. Does reading blogs count as wasting time? Not if you’re a journalist. :-) ) (Seen at 43 Folders)

A week ago run-webkit-tests –leaks was reporting over 4000 leaks. Today, it usually reports less than five leaks. Many leaks that were found other ways have also been fixed.

David Hyatt, king of Apple’s Safari, on the progress that’s being made stemming memory leaks (which make your computer run slower and slow-er). The 4,000 leaks is why I don’t use Safari any more - I use Camino. (Seen at Surfin’ Safari)