My house is really just five minutes away by car, so I needn't worry so much about being late. I was somewhat stressed out this afternoon, though, as the driver didn't return until around 5:20.

I'm slowly getting the hang of rolling during moves. It's a good thing other students helpfully cue me by stage-whispering "Front roll" at the appropriate moments, although I tend to begin my roll a little earlier than I should because I anticipate the throw. They also patiently correct my footwork.

Doing slightly better, though. After a few tries, I remembered which leg to move and which hand to attack. The throws the sensei had us do today reminded me of ballroom dancing, so I found it easy to move in a slow and relaxed manner.

One embarrassing thing, though. One time, I got so distracted that I forgot to do a proper front roll. I was blissfully obeying the laws of gravity when I realized I was getting uncomfortably close to the ground. I realized I'd forgotten to put my hands down in the proper position of a front-roll. Managed to avoid a full face-plant, but still, that was odd.

Slide-and-glide still leaves me out of breath. Maybe I'm breathing too fast. Should I try to inhale and exhale each count? I suspect that I tire easily because of hyperventilation. I'll try breathing in a more relaxed manner next time.

I've decided to do even more things the Emacs Way. Emacs-w3m is a lot more customizable than Mozilla. This is Emacs we're talking about after all, so it's no surprise. ;)

I've set up a heavily tweaked keymap that might fit the way I browse: an insane number of tabs and a lot of remembering. The default keymaps favor QWERTY, but I've tweaked it for my Dvorak keyboard. Here are a few thoughts.:

, and .         cycle through the tabs
HTNS (all caps) navigate through the page per line
tn              scroll through the page like DEL and SPC
r               remember

By default, pages open in new tabs in the background.

See linked file for more details.

../../notebook/emacs/w3m-config.el

<blockquote> Abbreviated PIM, a type of software application designed to help users organize random bits of information. Although the category is fuzzy, most PIMs enable you to enter various kinds of textual notes — reminders, lists, dates — and to link these bits of information together in useful ways. Many PIMs also include calendar, scheduling, and calculator programs. </blockquote>

Exactly what I want to do. =)

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