Impressions:
- The sharp staccato clacks of stiletto boots on polished tile
- The animated chatter of friends long not met
- The buzz of a crowded mall even on a Monday afternoon
- The clatter of pins knocked down by a bowling ball inexpertly sent down the lane; more often, though, the steady rolling that accompanies a gutter ball
- The blare of an arcade basketball machine counting down the seconds, the clang of balls bouncing off the rim, the swish of a rimless throw, the indistinct blur of points and misses lost in the intensity of the game
- A quick, friendly “You’re good” mumbled by an onlooker
- The rustling of a crowd gathered around the Dance Maniax game
- The whoosh of the MRT on the commute home
Arcade:
Sweat trails down my forehead as I start my fourth game of arcade
basketball. I’m slowly figuring out a technique: how and when to
breathe, how to spin the ball to dispel the excess force I put in due
to excitement, how to adjust my direction or velocity. The rewarding
swish of several consecutive baskets thrills me. For a confirmed
computer science geek who was never fond of basketball in school, this
is a discovery – I may not have been as bad at hand-eye coordination
as I thought.
Breathe. Ignore form. Ignore time. Nothing exists but this ball and
the basket. I don’t need to impress anyone by jumping or twisting or
pitching the ball with a certain style; I just need to relax, breathe,
and let the ball go. Slow down. Better to have a few balls go in than
have many attempts fail. Learn control. As I become accustomed to the
game I will be able to go faster. Till then, better to learn how to
control the ball.
I go to the arcades for physical exercise. Dance Dance Revolution for
agility: this gives my feet a workout I can’t match elsewhere. Dance
Maniax for fun and for more coordination: buffering future moves.
Basketball is a recent addition, discovered recently when I saw Eric
playing and – competitive streak! – I challenged him.
One of the most euphoric moments I had was right after a particularly
strenuous DDR and basketball session. I was so tired, I found it only
natural to speak slowly and in a low voice – although I shifted into a
childishly high voice from time to time. That was fun. I felt
profoundly relaxed.
Making of a Flight Attendant 10,000 23-27 Feb 2004
20% of the course should be paid 3 working days before the training
Check out ../emacs/emacs-wiki/planner-experimental.el‘s advice for
emacs-wiki-generate-index and the new function planner-generate-index
for smarter indexing of day pages. To see the results, check out the
WikiIndex.
I’m having a hard time keeping track of mail I’ve already answered.
To better keep track of my mail, I think I will split off my personal
mail into several groups:
- mail.misc
- mail.misc.archive for mail I’ve already answered and for my replies; threads I consider complete
- mail.misc.noanswer for mail I want to archive but don’t need to answer
- mail.misc.all, a virtual group that lets me see and search through all the mail
All personal mail will be dumped into mail.misc.
You can go to specified (x,y) positions, clear the screen, and output
colors by using modules from CPAN. Under Windows, you can do this by
installing the Win32::Console::ANSI, Term::ANSIColor, and
Term::ANSIScreen modules. For more information about these modules, check out
http://search.cpan.org/~jlmorel/Win32-Console-ANSI-0.04/ANSI.pm
To learn more about CPAN and how to install modules, check out http://www.cpan.org/
Dominique looks like he’s having tons of fun
with his moblog. Envy! Nice to have quick pictures like that.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
Your Type is INTJ
Strength of the preferences %
| Introverted | Intuitive | Thinking | Judging |
| 11 | 78 | 11 | 11 |
- slightly expressed introvert
- very expressed intuitive personality
- slightly expressed thinking personality
- slightly expressed judging personality
Answers:
| You feel at ease in a crowd | NO (I get somewhat claustrophobic) |
| You rapidly get involved in social life at a new workplace | YES |
| You spend your leisure time actively socializing with a group of people, attending parties, shopping, etc. | YES (holding parties, even, but it is a rather small group of friends. No, we don’t go shopping.) |
| Direct-contact group discussions stimulate you and give you energy | YES |
| The more people you speak to, the better you feel | YES (Particularly if I answer their questions) |
| You are usually the first to react to a sudden event: the telephone ringing or unexpected question | YES |
| It is easy for you to communicate in social situations | YES (If in a geek context) |
| You enjoy having a wide circle of acquaintances | YES (Again, geek context) |
| You enjoy being at the center of events in which other people are directly involved | YES (hehehehe) |
| You get pleasure from solitary walks | YES (Nice and calming) |
| After prolonged socializing you feel you need to get away and be alone | YES (Unless it’s a geek thing) |
| You prefer to spend your leisure time alone, within a narrow circle of friends or relaxing in a tranquil family atmosphere | YES (Narrow circle of friends at home) |
| You are able to cut yourself off from the bustle of everyday life | YES |
| You are more of a listener than a speaker | YES |
| You prefer meeting in small groups to interaction with lots of people | YES |
| You usually place yourself nearer to the side than in the center of the room | YES (all the better to quietly hack on the computer) |
| You prefer to isolate yourself from outside noises | YES |
| You find it difficult to speak loudly | YES (and slowly) |
| As a rule, current preoccupations worry you more than your future plans | NO |
| You tend to rely on your experience rather than on theoretical alternatives | NO |
| You prefer to act immediately rather than speculate about various options | YES |
| Your desk, workbench etc. is usually neat and orderly | NO |
| You have difficulty understanding the notion of “an approximate decision” | NO |
| It’s essential for you to try things with your own hands | NO (I’m fine with not doing lots of things) |
| When solving a problem you would rather follow a familiar approach than seek a new one | NO |
| When considering a situation you pay more attention to the current situation and less to a possible sequence of events | NO |
| You feel more comfortable sticking to conventional ways | NO |
| You easily see the general principle behind specific occurrences | YES |
| You are always looking for opportunities | YES |
| You often spend time thinking of how things could be improved | YES |
| You easily perceive various ways in which events could develop | YES |
| You are more interested in a general idea than in the details of its realization | YES |
| You easily understand new theoretical principles | YES |
| You find it hard to be engaged in an activity that requires your continuous attention | NO |
| You are more inclined to experiment than to follow familiar approaches | YES |
| You are eager to know how things work | YES |
| You find it difficult to talk about your feelings | YES |
| It’s difficult to get you excited or make you lose your temper | YES (well, the lose-your-temper part; I get excited easily) |
| You trust reason rather than feelings | YES |
| You value justice higher than mercy | NO |
| You think that almost everything can be analyzed | YES |
| Objective criticism is always useful in any activity | YES |
| You tend to be unbiased even if this might endanger your good relations with people | YES |
| You try to stand firmly by your principles | YES (Emacs! ;) ) |
| You consider the scientific approach to be the best | YES |
| You tend to sympathize with other people | YES |
| You are easily affected by strong emotions | NO |
| You readily help people while asking nothing in return | YES |
| You willingly involve yourself in matters which engage your sympathies | YES |
| You feel involved when watching TV soaps | NO |
| You easily empathize with the concerns of other people | YES |
| Your actions are frequently influenced by emotions | YES |
| You feel that the world is founded on compassion | YES |
| In a debate, you strive to achieve mutual agreement | YES |
| You do your best to complete a task on time | YES |
| It is in your nature to assume responsibility | NO |
| You usually plan your actions in advance | YES |
| You like to keep a check on how things are progressing | YES |
| You take pleasure in putting things in order | NO |
| You are consistent in your habits | YES |
| You are almost never late for your appointments | YES |
| You know how to put every minute of your time to good purpose | YES |
| You like giving instructions | YES |
| You are inclined to rely more on improvisation than on careful planning | YES (whoops, used to be NO, but then we tried cooking again) |
| Deadlines seem to you to be of relative rather than absolute importance | YES |
| You think that everything in the world is relative | YES |
| A thirst for adventure is something close to your heart | NO |
| The process of searching for solution is more important to you than the solution itself | YES |
| You avoid being bound by obligations | YES |
| You often do jobs in a hurry | NO |
| You believe the best decision is one which can be easily changed | YES |
| Strict observance of the established rules is likely to prevent attaining a good outcome | YES |
Impressions:
- Sweetly brown sukiyaki broth
- Soft, bland, a childhood memory: tofu
- A faint buzzing in my head: the sake in the soups and sauces
- Tangy rawness: partially caramelized onions
Martin helped me experiment with 500g of sukiyaki-style beef. In
retrospect, this was a bit too much beef – no choice as it was frozen
solid when we began, so had to defrost the whole thing.
Mostly variations on sauteing beef with onions and adding different
kinds of sauce.
Okay, although suspect too much sake was used as feel vague buzzing in
head.
Oooh, that’s really nice of him. =)
E-Mail from Cha Gascon
cd ~/notebook/emacs/emacs-wiki/ tla register-archive sacha@free.net.ph--main ~/notebook/arch/ tla my-default-archive sacha@free.net.ph--main tla make-archive -l sacha@free.net.ph tla tag sacha@free.net.ph--03/emacs-wiki--sacha--1.0 emacs-wiki--sacha--1.0 tla cacherev
Here I use -l to make sure my archive is http-gettable, then tag the
old file over to the new one, then cache the old revisions to make
this run faster.
To update to Damien’s tree, just:
tla star-merge arch@repose.cx--03/emacs-wiki--dev--1.0