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Quick links:

 * CyrillicForEsperanto
 * GreekInputMethod
 * FriendOfaFriend
 * GuileElisp
 * GenericWindowManager
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 * {o} School: GPA >= 3.75
   * {o} Check out UNC's CS, math, philosophy programs
   * {o} Get advice on what to major in and how to get involved in research work
   * Attendance: Two unexcused absences for each class and PY lab		  * {o} School: GPA > 3
   * {*} Apply to UNC
   * {*} Get advice on what to major in and how to get involved in research work
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  * Suggestion: NT Greek. It's koine, a simpler (and later) dialect that you already have a good deal of grammar for. Best book to start with is [[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.01.0155%3abook%3dMark|Mark]]. You might also consider (and I would be more than happy to read with you, as I have a Greek/Italian pony of it) Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, a similarly late text. --SteveKillen   * Midterm: 88%
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  * Test 1: 69%; Test 2: 98%
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   * Test 1: 95%    * Test 1: 95%; failed Test 2; Test 3: 90%
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   * {o} Get the GenericWindowManager working on modern systems and port to GuileScheme    * {*} Get the GenericWindowManager working on modern systems
  * {o} Port the GenericWindowManager to use GuileScheme
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   * {*} Update GuileSdl for Guile 2.0
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   * {*} Submit an application for GSoC 2011
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   * {o} Visit Rachel twice before summer    * {*} Visit Rachel during spring break
   * {o} Visit Rachel after exams
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   * {o} Practice piano once per week
   * {o} Brew beer a few more times before summer		    * :-) Practice piano once per week (W07)
   * {o} Brew beer again before summer
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   * WallBed
     * {*} Planning begins January 2011
     * {*} Shopping list and price checks
     * {o} Shopping and cutting day
     * {o} 3-4 work days		    * {*} WallBed planning
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   * {o} Find a couch (perhaps a futon frame plus homemade cushions)
   * {o} More wall decorations		    * {*} More wall decorations
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Greek reading suggestion: NT Greek. It's koine, a simpler (and later) dialect that you already have a good deal of grammar for. Best book to start with is [[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.01.0155%3abook%3dMark|Mark]]. You might also consider (and I would be more than happy to read with you, as I have a Greek/Italian pony of it) Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, a similarly late text. --SteveKillen

Quick links:

Spring 2011 projects

  • {o} School: GPA > 3

    • {*} Apply to UNC

    • {*} Get advice on what to major in and how to get involved in research work

  • {o} GRK: Learn Attic Greek well enough to read simple texts

    • Midterm: 88%

  • {o} MA: Use both Stewart and Spivak; follow a reasonable study schedule

    • Test 1: 69%; Test 2: 98%

  • {o} PHI: An excellent opportunity to read Frege and Russell

  • {o} PY: Not difficult; don't skip class; establish a solid foundation for more interesting physics classes

    • Test 1: 95%; failed Test 2; Test 3: 90%

  • FreeSoftware

  • Esperanto

    • {o} Retake Lernu's basic tests. Mi ne estos eterna komencanto! :)

    • {o} Attend at least one EsTri meeting

    • {o} Package the Reta Vortaro for Debian

  • Personal/Miscellaneous

    • {o} Come out as GenderQueer

    • {*} Visit Rachel during spring break

    • {o} Visit Rachel after exams

    • {o} Write one letter to Rachel per week when apart

    • {o} Exercise three times per week (not including commute)

    • :-) Practice piano once per week (W07)

    • {o} Brew beer again before summer

    • {o} Finish a small design project by June

    • {*} Start a journal

    • :-( Floss daily

    • :-) No nail-biting

    • :-) Be punctual

    • :-( Sleep eight hours every night

    • {o} Apply for food stamps

    • {o} Call LionKimbro

  • House

    • {*} WallBed planning

    • {o} Acquire foam for Saarinen chair cushion

    • {*} More wall decorations

  • Computing

    • {o} Backups!

    • {o} Publish more stuff (wikiwiki, software, weblogging)

*scratch*

This page has quite a bit of overlap with my Org file. That's more for school assignments, appointments, errands, etc. but some sort of integration would be nice. Also, several of "projects" are more like habits I wish to cultivate than discrete actions, and Org-Mode has a "habits" module that would be useful for tracking them

"<cerebral_monkey> bipt: There's a really good book by Martine Batchelor called Meditation for Life, and her husband wrote a book called Buddhism without Religion that is great as well. That is how I delved deeper into it"

Greek reading suggestion: NT Greek. It's koine, a simpler (and later) dialect that you already have a good deal of grammar for. Best book to start with is Mark. You might also consider (and I would be more than happy to read with you, as I have a Greek/Italian pony of it) Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, a similarly late text. --SteveKillen

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