I started using kphotoalbum to manage my pictures. I'm impressed! Now that I've annotated my pictures, it's so easy to export all the pictures *and* pull out a set of all the pictures with people in them (! No persons) for larger prints.
Hmmm. Ideas, ideas...
Random Emacs symbol: gnus-article-strip-all-blank-lines - Command: Strip all blank lines.
I'm (mostly) done with my pictures for 2006. I have pictures for the first ten months, and they're all annotated by people, location, and keywords... =D
Random Emacs symbol: c-indent-line - Function: Indent the current line according to the syntactic context,
He's *adorable.* Yay Jen and Chris!
Random Emacs symbol: w3m-add-local-hook - Function: Add to the buffer-local value of HOOK the function FUNCTION.
Tomorrow I begin packing for my trip back to Canada. I don't know how I'll fit all of the Philippine handicrafts and costumes into my suitcase, but I know that I'll prioritize them over my casual clothes and books. Goodness knows how I'm going to wear a balintawak in winter, but I'll manage it somehow.
As I told Simon, I'm looking forward to going back, but I'm not looking forward to leaving. I'm still learning how to live in two worlds. I'm going to need to adjust again when I get back to Canada. It isn't so much jet lag as it is culture lag...
Random Emacs symbol: gnus-article-strip-all-blank-lines - Command: Strip all blank lines.
I am officially out of my I-hate-my-thesis phase. It was easy to give in to frustration and think that hating it would make me finish it faster. But why should I subject myself to that much unnecessary stress? After all, if it's going to be a big part of my life for the next few months, I may as well focus on the positive.
And I *do* really like it. I love the feeling of working on something new. I can't wait to try these ideas out. I'm looking forward to talking to IBMers and thinking of how we can make these ideas real. And the people I'm working with are actually pretty cool, too.
Also, I'm finally able to download papers from the ACM Digital Library again. Being able to *see* examples of good research certainly helps. Knowing that we're working to a higher standard than some of the published papers also boosts my morale! ;)
I updated my schedule again, and was pleasantly surprised that despite the Internet problems, despite my occasional grumbles and frustrated arggghs, I'm actually ahead of schedule.
This is a nice feeling. I think I'll keep it. Sometimes I really just have to remind myself to focus on what's going well...
Random Emacs symbol: gnus-auto-extend-newsgroup - Variable: *If non-nil, extend newsgroup forward and backward when requested.
Sacha Chua
enterprise social computing consultant, storyteller, author, geek
sacha@sachachua.com136
http://sachachua.com137
Currently: Toronto, Canada
Originally: Manila, Philippines
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