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uberman
ugh. So I guess last counts as a slip? in all fairness, yesterday was an exhausting day! Lessons learned: SLEEP during the day. It's important. Today, i'll just get back on schedule... maybe go to 3 naps (1200, 1600, 2000). 2230 - (SSS - 4) Had
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Busy, tiring day today... first test of stress followed by nap recovery - I have a classroom speaking engagement for 4 classes of 30 spread throughout the day. 2345-0000 Crawled into bed and watched a little tv 0030 - fell asleep and had a dream of narrowly missing being in
uberman
Had to force myself to stay awake last night until midnight... watched tv and tried to read at the same time... I couldn't concentrate on the Linux book. I fell right asleep, but woke up only 20 minutes later because my hands were all twisted and bent in
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So I finally broke down and decided to implement Movable Type's categories on my blog. Let me stop immediately and say that I am not at all interested in using my blog as any kind of knowledge management system. The software is simply inadequate. At the same time,
uberman
Okay, I'm going to ease into this slowly... I think that will be for the best... It would also allow me to determine whether or not this is going to be ok before my vacation. My schedule will be: * Day 1-2 - 6 hour core sleep (0000-0600) plus
Last night, I was watching something on the Discovery channel called "Motorcycle Mania." It was a thinly veiled marketing vehicle for the Discover Channel's version of Emeril: Jesse James. The show (two different ones, actually) was a biography / documentary of how Jesse takes a custom-built motorcycle
uberman
What would you do with an extra 35 hours a week you could use for yourself to do whatever you wanted? Since I have a short little break this weekend, I've been thinking a little bit about priorities and productivity. I have a category of tasks in Outlook
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I love Thanksgiving. It's probably my favorite holiday. Right now, I'm drooling over the smell of Mr. Tom roasting away in the oven... I particularly like to eat the skin. So crispy and golden... mmmmm... Let's not forget the true meaning of Thanksgiving, though:
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I was too early. I was host, so I put up my little sign, but Tim (the first to show) wasn't there until 15 minutes after... followed by Shawn (over whom I'm kicking myself for recognizing his face and name and not building the connection in
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I can sum up the Meetup in one line: People started using the version of Unix that they first started hacking to try to win debate points. From my perspective, this sort of meeting was a marketing nightmare. I think it's very important for the group to have
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Whoa! Aibo puppies doing a robot show/musical! Thanks for the link, Sheilagh! Look in upper right corner... so cute. So about my robot show: I had the "brilliant" brainstorm to reduce the scale (as in "phsyical scale") of the robots and stage. It means that
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My Grandma turned 100 years old. Today my family celebrated her birthday in San Elizario, Texas. A priest from the San Eli Mission came to celebrate mass at her home and my relatives and cousins and friends from the community sang and played mariachi instruments, made tremendous amounts of food