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On This Day...

• 2013: Emacs Org: Task-related keyboard shortcuts for the agenda — I really love the way you can tweak Emacs’ keyboard shortcuts and functionality to fit the way you want to [...]
• 2012: Weekly review: Week ending January 13, 2012 — From last week’s plans Work [X] Work on more functionality for project C [X] Check end date for project [...]
• 2011: 13,705 steps and counting — 13,705 steps in two and a half hours of leisurely walks spread out over one day, encompassing three not-entirely-necessary strolls [...]
• 2010: Rabbit-holes of awesome — Interests can be rabbit-holes of awesome. There’s no telling how deep they run. One of the things I love about [...]
• 2010: Getting started on your web presence — One of my mentees asked: in terms of public web presence, should you have a website, a blog, both of [...]
• 2010: Upcoming talk: The Shy Connector — For Women in Technology International (WITI). Target: 5-7 minutes core presentation, lots of discussion, 5-minute wrap-up at the end. Target [...]
• 2009: Making people’s eyes shine with wonder — My dad is a darn good advertising photographer, but you know what I think his key expertise is? It’s not [...]
• 2009: Unfinished Business: Design and New Media in the Obama campaign — Last night’s Unfinished Business lecture was about design and new media in the Obama campaign, with insights from Scott Thomas [...]
• 2009: Finally decided what to do with the tax-free savings account — I finally decided what to do with the tax-free savings account (TFSA) recently introduced by the Canadian government. Because I’ve [...]
• 2008: (In the presence of) Mentors — The room lights dimmed around me, and a few solitary lamps signaled others staying late. I didn’t mind at all, [...]
• 2007: I am everyone and no one — I was amused to find that Google Alerts reported that an atheist blog linked to my Ph103.Reflection, a page of notes [...]
• 2007: My mom, the blogger — There’s something to be said when your mom blogs more than you do. I’ve just finished setting up a WordPress blog [...]
• 2005: More Emacs evangelization: flashcard — Aris and I are both struggling with far too much kanji. I used a combination of kdrill to gain familiarity with [...]
• 2004: xgesture — xgesture promises application-specific gesture mapping, which could be very useful. I’d like to have a general set of gestures. E would [...]
• 2004: Mouse gestures — There _must_ be a better way to define gestures in fvwm. I like wayv’s matching (haven’t tried xstroke yet), as it’s [...]
• 2004: Window manager — I’d like a window manager that will allow me to focus windows from the command line. Fvwm might do the trick, [...]