Nov 03 2008
a day
4:25 Wake up five minutes before alarm. Make coffee, continue work on infrastructure challenges facing VWRR course.
6:00 Put out call to France, download virtual machine containing complete build system for robotics platform.
7:50 Shower.
8:30 Get in car, drive to campus.
8:45 Spend 15 minutes reviewing materials for Intro.
9:00 Intro. Answer one question, mini-lecture takes 45 minutes.
10:00 Fight technology more. Same story as the last two weeks.
10:55 Head into class. Eat leftover Halloween candy.
11:00 Admit massive fail to students. Technology won. Goal: do cool stuff with computing. Offer alternatives.
11:20 Bring huge tub of LEGO robots into class. Situation apparently salvaged.
12:30 Eat lunch while talking with friend about pending laptop purchase.
13:00 Student with questions about pending PL course.
13:15 Begin work on letter.
14:00 Student with questions about research. Completely fail to print copies of key papers to give to student.
14:40 Overrun into next meeting. Soda, conversation with faculty mentor.
15:30 Continue working on letter.
16:00 Conversation with new sysadmin about backups.
16:40 Continue working on letter.
17:00 Print letter on letterhead for mailing tomorrow. No envelopes left.
17:20 Talk to choir director about missing rehearsal. Obtain 35MHz oscilloscope for testing and possible rehab.
17:45 Head home. Stop by Obama HQ to see how things are going.
17:55 Home. Eat leftovers. See wife unit.
18:00 Begin testing software for LEGO Mindstorms.
18:30 Fail. Put out call to England for possible help.
19:00 Continue to fail with software.
19:15 Confirm fail with England.
19:30 Head back to OHQ. Make calls, stuff envelopes… just do stuff.
23:00 Head home. Pet neighbors cat.
23:15 Time to sleep fast.
How the devil do you pull off 4 1/2 - 5 hours of sleep a night?
It sounds like you’re using Naos.
@Nikki:
Consider that all my days aren’t like this, but some of them do seem awfully long.
@Greg:
1. I don’t know what Naos is.
2. Therefore, you’re talking crack.
3. Therefore, Naos == crack.
I guess. ?
Woof.