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allogenes

LaTeX: Because with great power comes great tediousness...



I'm doing 32 things
  

allogenes's Life List

  2. 1. Finish my PhD
    14 entries . 27 cheers     		716 people
  3. 2. Get into the field of "Computational Science"
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2 people
  4. 3. Publish a scientific paper
    18 entries . 31 cheers     		21 people
  5. 4. improve my concentration
    3 entries . 13 cheers     		170 people
  6. 5. do one thing each day that makes me feel happy or satisfied or accomplished
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. get my work life in order
    7 entries . 17 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. have more sex
    16 entries . 32 cheers     		1,000 people
  9. 8. get a passport
    2 entries . 22 cheers     		1,753 people
  10. 9. meet interesting people
    1 entry . 16 cheers     		329 people
  11. 10. make more smart friends
    2 entries . 16 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. find work I'm passionate about
    2 entries . 25 cheers     		958 people
  13. 12. find a creative partner
    2 entries . 19 cheers     		8 people
  14. 13. learn more about statistics
    10 entries . 7 cheers     		4 people
  15. 14. be better at math
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		178 people
  16. 15. eat healthier
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		10,078 people
  17. 16. get in better shape
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		832 people
  18. 17. Improve my sleeping habits
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		19 people
  19. 18. Learn Middle Egyptian
    4 entries . 14 cheers     		8 people
  20. 19. be more creative
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		1,644 people
  21. 20. make art
    3 entries . 21 cheers     		505 people
  22. 21. learn to draw
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		1,985 people
  23. 22. learn electronics
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		97 people
  24. 23. write a novel
    8 cheers     		9,666 people
  25. 24. learn hypnosis
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		176 people
  26. 25. learn python
    5 entries . 4 cheers     		751 people
  27. 26. avoid re-living the future in my head
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1 person
  28. 27. master the craft of coffee roasting
    3 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  29. 28. create a website
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		986 people
  30. 29. get my internet personae organized
    4 entries . 5 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. blog more
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		490 people
  32. 31. make a list of when all my friend's birthdays are so I stop missing them!
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		1 person
  33. 32. study semiotics
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		9 people

How I did it
How to wake up when my alarm clock goes off even though I don't have an appointment
It took me
41 years
It made me

How I did it: Not sure, but for about a month I have done it so I am calling this goal completed. I may have to add it back if it turns out that the effect wears off. Read how I did it…

Aug 27, 02:26PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to master LaTeX
It took me
2 years
It made me
Happy

How I did it: I wrote a large project--my PhD thesis proposal--in LaTeX.  Having something you have to get done, and forcing yourself to do it in LaTeX is really the only way to keep going.  You need the motivation. Read how I did it…

Aug 24, 01:22PM PDT | 0 comments


How to be involved with no fewer than three different research projects before finishing my PhD
It took me
1 year
It made me

How I did it: Well at some places this might be easy to do or at least rewarding, but it was not for me.  At my school it is hard to work between research groups, it is hard to work across schools (academic units), and it is hard to make one team understand that you are doing something else that is good for your career.  They don't like stuff that is not immediately good for them.So although I did it, technically, it is just never going to yi… Read how I did it…

Feb 16, 03:19PM PST | 0 comments


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Recent entries
learn python (read all 5 entries…)
Some progress here... 1 week ago

I’ve read a lot of Summerfield’s Python 3 book, and Beazley’s Python Reference, so I am getting up to speed on 3 and 2.6 a bit. This speeds up and slows down based on my dissertation work on my PhD, so it is slowing down now.

I think when I finish my PhD, I will try to write a package for statistics in Python as an exercise. Or export the apophenia library bindings to Python. (Assuming no one has done that yet!)

Oct 30, 12:44PM PDT | 0 comments


create a website (read all 2 entries…)
Ha! 1 week ago

Now my wife wants to do this more that I do. Maybe that will make it easier?

Oct 30, 12:40PM PDT | 0 comments


Finish my PhD (read all 14 entries…)
Dissertation Writing 1 week ago

I had a self-imposed deadline of the end of the month to get my dissertation to my advisor (or possibly my committee).

Not going to happen.

But I am still chugging away. Expect to give my first chapter to my informal reviewers this weekend, the second next week (Graphics will hold things up there). After a pass through those people they go to my advisor. Final chapter to someone by next week’s end. Fingers crossed.

Oct 30, 12:29PM PDT | 0 comments


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