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Milestones for next week.
I'll run for 20 straight minutes on May 31st.
I'm thinking of starting a Thesis in 90 Days Challenge on June 1, as la novel_in_90. Writing 750 words a day. I may need to work up to this with some sort of write/goof-off interval training plan. Couch to Thesis? I don't know if 750 words is the best metric, either. Three full latex-formatted pages a day. With ( Read more... ) -
Things that are exciting
1) Jogging from the Couch to 5k plan is no longer on a weekly pattern, but mysteriously changing each run! And, midweek, I am scheduled to jog twenty minutes without stopping. O_O ( Read more... ) -
Sigh.
Holy fucking crap.
I think I'm just going to repress this knowledge that stuff like this even happens, lest I despair for the future of humanity. -
Trippy!
Man, I used to love visualizing hypercubes when I was a teenager. But look at today's technology! -
Seminar
-5 points for ending too early ( Read more... ) -
Quick notes
- I have a few things floating around my head from the conference to talk about. One is perhaps that, although I hear lots of complaints in academia about the tedium about writing grant proposals, the act of sitting down and concisely formulating the background and goals of a piece of your work is really an excellent project management skill, if ( Read more... ) -
Forward to professorship
Wow, I am totally impressed by this workshop so far. The keynote speaker this evening was amazing, the info packs are full of what looks like solid, fascinating, and practical information about navigating an academic career, the people are interesting, and the food is good ( Read more... ) -
I go farther by slowing down
I've been thinking a bit about starting jogging, and how it relates to some other things going on in my life ( Read more... ) -
Pardon me
I need to have a small burst of stress in the midst of an, on the whole, normal day ( Read more... )