Today I finished reading “In Search of The Far Side” by Gary Larson
Studying – Pencil drawing
This month I am studying “Pencil drawing”
Decided to take some of my accumulated holiday (stupid “use it or lose it” policy) from Activision and use that time to improve my pencil drawing.
This is an in-person five half-day workshop.
Update: Logged 20 hours of study and practice. 16 hours of class time, four hours of extra practice.
Listening – Internationalist
This week I am listening to “Internationalist” by Powderfinger
Read – The E-Myth Revisited
Today I finished reading “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It” by Michael E. Gerber
Read – Eternity
Today I finished reading “Eternity” by Greg Bear
Paper – Mini-indexes for literate programs
Today I read a paper titled “Mini-indexes for literate programs”
The abstract is:
This paper describes how to implement a documentation technique that helps readers to understand large programs or collections of programs, by providing local indexes to all identifiers that are visible on every two-page spread.
A detailed example is given for a program that finds all Hamiltonian circuits in an undirected graph..
Listening – Isola
This week I am listening to “Isola” by Kent
Read – Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale
Today I finished reading “Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History” by Art Spiegelman
Read – The Far Side Gallery 2
Today I finished reading “The Far Side Gallery 2” by Gary Larson
Read – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Today I finished reading “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” by Douglas Adams
Listening – Savage Garden
This week I am listening to “Savage Garden” by Savage Garden
Read – The Smoke Ring
Today I finished reading “The Smoke Ring” by Larry Niven
Read – The Adventure of the Priory School
Today I finished reading “The Adventure of the Priory School” by Arthur Conan Doyle
Listening – Around The Fur
This week I am listening to “Around The Fur” by Deftones
Paper – Teleo-Reactive Programs for Agent Control
Today I read a paper titled “Teleo-Reactive Programs for Agent Control”
The abstract is:
A formalism is presented for computing and organizing actions for autonomous agents in dynamic environments.
We introduce the notion of teleo-reactive (T-R) programs whose execution entails the construction of circuitry for the continuous computation of the parameters and conditions on which agent action is based.
In addition to continuous feedback, T-R programs support parameter binding and recursion.
A primary difference between T-R programs and many other circuit-based systems is that the circuitry of T-R programs is more compact; it is constructed at run time and thus does not have to anticipate all the contingencies that might arise over all possible runs.
In addition, T-R programs are intuitive and easy to write and are written in a form that is compatible with automatic planning and learning methods.
We briefly describe some experimental applications of T-R programs in the control of simulated and actual mobile robots..
Read – SPIN Selling
Today I finished reading “SPIN Selling: Situation Problem Implication Need-payoff” by Neil Rackham
Read – James Herriot’s Dog Stories
Today I finished reading “James Herriot’s Dog Stories” by James Herriot
Studying – European art history
This month I am studying “European art history”
MOMA has another one of those exhibits, decided to indulge in a one day workshop
This is a one day instructor lead workshop at the MOMA
Update: My mistake, it is actually a four week, two nights a week in-person, instructor lead class.
Update #2: Slow paced class. Mostly reading and discussion. Should have picked something else to study alongside this. Thank goodness it is only a four week (two nights a week) class.
Listening – Dude Ranch
This week I am listening to “Dude Ranch” by Blink-182
Read – Wiener Dog Art
Today I finished reading “Wiener Dog Art” by Gary Larson
Read – The Uplift War
Today I finished reading “The Uplift War” by David Brin
Read – Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving
Today I finished reading “Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving” by George F. Luger
Read – Ranma 1/2 #12
Today I finished reading “Ranma 1/2 #12” by Rumiko Takahashi
Listening – Radiator
This week I am listening to “Radiator” by Super Furry Animals
Read – Freeware
Today I finished reading “Freeware” by Rudy Rucker
Read – The Forge of God
Today I finished reading “The Forge of God” by Greg Bear
Read – Foucault’s Pendulum
Today I finished reading “Foucault’s Pendulum” by Umberto Eco
Read – Lightning
Today I finished reading “Lightning” by Dean Koontz
Listening – The Fat of The Land
This week I am listening to “The Fat of The Land” by The Prodigy
Read – The Voyage Out
Today I finished reading “The Voyage Out” by Virginia Woolf
Read – What They Still Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School
Today I finished reading “What They Still Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School” by Mark H. McCormack
Read – Sell Your Way to the Top
Today I finished reading “Sell Your Way to the Top” by Zig Ziglar
Listening – The Lonesome Crowded West
This week I am listening to “The Lonesome Crowded West” by Modest Mouse
Read – It Came from The Far Side
Today I finished reading “It Came from The Far Side” by Gary Larson
Read – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Today I finished reading “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe” by Fannie Flagg
Listening – Static and Silence
This week I am listening to “Static and Silence” by The Sundays
Read – Hound of The Far Side
Today I finished reading “Hound of The Far Side” by Gary Larson
Studying – Fundamentals of art history
This month I am studying “Fundamentals of art history” and also continuing with the third month of “Female character drawing”
MOMA is having a special exhibit, along with a couple of workshops.
The “Fundamentals of art history” is a one day instructor lead workshop at the MOMA. 3rd month of “Female Character Drawing”
Listening – So Much For The Afterglow
This week I am listening to “So Much For The Afterglow” by Everclear
Read – I. Asimov
Today I finished reading “I. Asimov” by Isaac Asimov
Read – Consider Phlebas
Today I finished reading “Consider Phlebas” by Iain M. Banks
Read – There’s Treasure Everywhere: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Today I finished reading “There’s Treasure Everywhere: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection” by Bill Watterson
Read – Fundamentals of Project Management
Today I finished reading “Fundamentals of Project Management” by James P. Lewis
Listening – The Colour And The Shape
This week I am listening to “The Colour And The Shape” by Foo Fighters
Read – Calvin and Hobbes
Today I finished reading “Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson
Comedic…
Comedy is the art of…
Read – Principles of Political Economy: And Chapters on Socialism
Today I finished reading “Principles of Political Economy: And Chapters on Socialism” by John Stuart Mill
Read – Maus II : And Here My Troubles Began
Today I finished reading “Maus II : And Here My Troubles Began” by Art Spiegelman
Listening – Dots And Loops
This week I am listening to “Dots And Loops” by Stereolab
Scrolling forever
Paging through content, one page at a time, waiting for it to load each time is labourious.
I want to be able to just keep scrolling.
When my scroll bar reaches the bottom of the current content I want to be able to detect that and then immediately download the next page of content.