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Headlines for Thursday:
A | X | @0915 15min Sort out flight details |
A | X | @1000 30min Deposit cash and check into TD account, pay off credit card. Maybe pass by Whole Foods? |
A | X | @1400 Meet Dave Kemp and MJ Suhonos at Dave's studio |
A | X | @1530 Do paperwork for Delta Kappa Gamma |
A | X | @1600 MIE1402 Assignment 2 |
A | X | @1630 Grab an early dinner |
A | X | @1700 MIE1402 Assignment 2 - preliminary interpretation |
A | X | @1800 MIE1402 Assignment 2 - Read sample paper |
A | X | @1900 1h MIE1402 Assignment 2 Test assumptions |
A | X | @2000 30min Polish assignment and submit it |
A | X | Check Fido bill from 2006.10.12 |
A | X | Home facial |
A | X | Organize get-together for tomorrow |
A | X | Call New Wave to cancel |
A | X | Install Flash MX onto lab computer |
A | X | 30min MIE1402 Assignment 2: Reread chapter 5 |
A | X | 5min MIE1402 Assignment 2: Generate data |
A | X | Set up wiki |
B | X | @1100 Assignment 2 for MIE1402 {{Due: 2006.10.18}} : E-Mail from Mark Chignell (school) |
B | X | @1145 Lab lunch : E-Mail from Anna Malandrino |
I spent some time reviewing all of my blog posts that contained the keyword "networking". I think you'll find the results useful. =) Check out the Constant Connector page for a preview of what just might become a topic-focused blog!
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Random Emacs symbol: tramp-find-ls-command - Function: Finds an `ls' command which groks the `-n' option, returning nil if failed.
Started 2:20 PM
Ended 3:00 PM
Attendance: Dave Kemp, Sacha Chua
SACHA: Set up wiki, e-mail everyone by tonight, post minutes
Week 7 (Oct 24) | point form up on the wiki, maybe even a summary if you're feeling really nice |
Oct 26* 2:00 meeting | run through 5-minute presentations, think about introduction and *depending on symposium |
Nov 7 | Seriously work on integrative summary, people should be mostly done with their backgrounder articles |
Nov 14 | submit backgrounder article and integrative summary |
Afterwards | write intervention piece |
Random Emacs symbol: pcomplete-match-end - Function: Return position of end of text matched by last search.
(defvar sacha/planner-collector-buffer nil "Buffer for collecting links.") (defun sacha/planner-collect-reference () (interactive) (let ((text (sacha/yank-blog-reference-for-summary))) (with-current-buffer sacha/planner-collector-buffer (insert text)))) (defun sacha/planner-collect-reference () (interactive) (let ((text (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position))))) (with-current-buffer sacha/planner-collector-buffer (insert text))))
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Random Emacs symbol: sgml-tag - Command: Prompt for a tag and insert it, optionally with attributes.
There's something about deep, deep cultural programming. Anything spoken with a British accent just sounds infinitely cool. Everyone uses the default voice for Asterisk and all of that - an American male.
You want to install festvox-rablpc16k or festvox-rablpc8k in addition to all the usual things you need for emacspeak. You'll also need espeakf from CVS.
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@espeakf.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/espeakf login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@espeakf.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/espeakf co -P espeakf cd espeakf sudo make install
One of these lines is responsible for setting up espeakf. I just can't be bothered with figuring out which. ;) Probably the dtk-program line.
(setq dtk-program "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/servers/espeakf.pl") (setenv "DTK_TCL" dtk-program) (setenv "DTK_PROGRAM" dtk-program)
Then add this to your /etc/festival.scm:
(set! voice_default 'voice_rab_diphone)
Yummy British accent goodness.
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Random Emacs symbol: mail-extr-disable-voodoo - Variable: *If it is a regexp, names matching it will never be modified.
I love looking back at the day and knowing that I finished everything I set out to do. I can get rid of so much stress simply by keeping my horizon in mind, choosing the one or two things that could make the most difference in my life right now, and doing those things.
Today, I got my MIE assignment out of the way. It won't be due for another 6 days, but it's one of the things with high importance and a hard deadline. The sooner I finished it, the sooner I could concentrate on other requirements that might have softer deadlines.
If my task list looks scarily detailed, just wait until you see my time log. ;) I find it handy to account for as much of my time as possible while still blocking in treats to reward myself with and time to relax. Today, I rewarded myself by organizing a small get-together for tomorrow night. I'll need something to look forward to! First snow today, and lots of work to be done at IBM tomorrow...
... but today was good, and it's nice having the feeling that things are more or less under control.
I'm still probably going to do more than one headless-chicken impressions over the next few weeks. I've taken on quite a set of challenges. I have no idea if I can really pull all of it off, or how gracefully I can drop things if nevessary. But just as I force myself to speak before I'm 100% ready, I'm going to step up and do things even though I'm not sure how it will all work out. I'm going to jump, and grow my wings on the way down!
One day at a time becomes one week at a time becomes one year at a time becomes one life at a time. =) Things are going well.
Random Emacs symbol: gnus-article-strip-all-blank-lines - Command: Strip all blank lines.