Spring 2011 projects

• School: GPA >= 3.75

  • Check out UNC's CS, math, philosophy programs

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

  • Attendance: Missed GRK, PY, PY lab, MA once each. One absence from MA due to snow.

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

  • 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

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

• PHI: An excellent opportunity to read Frege and Russell

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

• FreeSoftware

  • Get the GenericWindowManager working on modern systems and port to GuileScheme

  • Work on GuileElisp -- compatibility, optimization

  • Update Guile website

  • Maintain portal, mlt for HcoopDotNet

    • Send initial mlt patch to ClintonEbadi in 2011-W06

• Esperanto

  • Retake Lernu's basic tests. Mi ne estos eterna komencanto!

  • Attend at least one EsTri meeting

  • Package the Reta Vortaro for Debian

• Personal/Miscellaneous

  • Come out as GenderQueer

  • Visit Rachel twice before summer

  • Write one letter to Rachel per week when apart

  • Exercise three times per week (not including commute)

  • Practice piano once per week

  • Brew beer a few more times before summer

  • Finish a small design project by June

  • Start a journal

  • Floss daily

  • No nail-biting

  • Apply for food stamps

• House

  • WallBed

    • Planning begins January 2011

    • Shopping list and price checks

    • Shopping and cutting day

    • 3-4 work days

  • Acquire foam for Saarinen chair cushion

  • Find a couch (perhaps a futon frame plus homemade cushions)

  • More wall decorations

• Computing

  • Backups!

  • Publish more stuff (wikiwiki, software, weblogging)

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