I wrote last month that in October, I was planning to:

• Help with the last big milestone for my consulting client
• Turn over all of my responsibilities and document things I've learned
• Cook at the new Hacklab and explore more recipes at home
• Do my corporate books: this year, I added dividends and HST quick method!

Big milestone successfully passed, hooray! There are still a few minor hiccups that the team's working through, but that's normal. In other news, I signed a new contract, and we have a new team member too. That means I don't actually have to disappear abruptly, and I can gradually document and transfer what I know.

I've been having a lot of fun cooking at the new Hacklab. We invested a lot in kitting out the new kitchen, and that's really paid off. It's more comfortable cooking with all those tools and all that counter space. Whee! You can check out our notes in the public wiki.

I'm waiting to hear back from the bookkeeper I hired through oDesk before submitting my corporate tax return and my HST return this year, but even if I have to do it on my own, I feel reasonably confident about my numbers.

In November, I plan to:

• Get team members up to speed with prototype designs and reporting tips
• Experiment with Emacs hangouts and learn more about functionality
• File my corporate tax returns
• Dust off my delegation processes

Blog posts:

Business

• Brock Health and setting up my own health plan
• Planning for possibilities
• Reducing my consulting
• More lessons learned from the recent sprints
• Reflecting on motives

Tech

• Tablet thoughts
• Microsoft Excel: Converting a summary table / crosstab back into data rows
• Sleep as Android
• Upgrading from Rails 3 to Rails 4; thank goodness for Emacs and rspec
• Emacs hangout notes

Learning

• Becoming a better reader
• Improving my response to oopses
• Reflecting on my growth as a programmer
• Coming to terms with online courses

Blogging

• Questionnaires from people
• Publishing WordPress thumbnail images using Emacs and Org2Blog

Cooking

• Avoiding spoilage with bulk cooking
• Leveling up in cooking
• Cupcake challenge: accepted!
• Hacklab Cooking: Thai curry from scratch, and coconut tapioca pudding too

Life

• Level up! Making IKEA-compatible shelves
• On “Hell, yeah! or No” and other approaches
• Planning for winter – tweaking my layers
• Sometimes – often – I don’t feel like making conversation

Reviews

• Weekly review: Week ending October 3, 2014
• Weekly review: Week ending October 10, 2014
• Weekly review: Week ending October 17, 2014
• Weekly review: Week ending October 24, 2014
• Monthly review: September 2014

Sketches:

1. 2014-10-06 Sometimes - often - I don't feel like making conversation
2. 2014-10-11 Considering winter coats
3. 2014-10-21 Exploring my current motives
4. 2014-10-21 Exploring my current motives
5. 2014-10-22 On Hell Yeah and other approaches
6. 2014-10-22 On Hell Yeah and other approaches
7. 2014-10-22 On Hell Yeah and other approaches
8. 2014-10-22 On Hell Yeah and other approaches
9. 2014-10-31 How do I want to become a better developer
10. 2014-10-31 How do I want to become a better developer
11. 2014-10-31 How do I want to become a better developer