Category Archives: Productivity

Weeknote for 1/9/2022

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 I worked through two chapters of the Org Mode Compact Guide. I’m treating it as a tutorial. I would’ve done more, but various excuses happened. But I’m glad to finally be learning it. I’ve also been jotting down … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 1/2/2022

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 I got through the Emacs tutorial. Somehow this felt like a major accomplishment. Anyway, it was the first step in using Org mode for my task management. And now I know why it’s called Org “mode.” A mode … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 12/26/2021

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Andy

Christmas 🎅 Over Christmas my family vacationed at a vintage house in a small, southern Illinois town. The house was built by the owner’s grandfather for his wife in the ’70s. They call it Arsula’s House. The owners have modernized … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 12/5/2021

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Andy

Christmas labels 😐 I continued my progress, but I’ll need to carve out more time for it. That should be doable if I cut down on TV, so I’m putting Person of Interest on hold until this project is in … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 11/28/2021

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Andy

Christmas labels 😐 The main task of the project is rolling along. I spent my holiday time less well than I wanted, but I wasn’t too unhappy with my progress. Programming 🤔 I spent a little too much time on … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 11/21/2021

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Andy

Christmas labels 😐 I’m going to try to mostly finish this week. I made a little progress last week, but I was not very disciplined in general, partly from coping with my fraying sleep schedule. In principle the holiday will … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 11/14/2021

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Andy

Christmas labels 😐 I made decent progress. I’m about at the place I hoped to be a week ago. Programming 🙂 I snuck in some Haskell learning and finally finished unit 2. Since this is going more slowly than I … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 8/29/2021

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Andy

Programming 🤔 I’m reevaluating my approach to learning Haskell. I should get used to that, because I’m trying to learn continuous improvement, so I’ll always be reevaluating. Last week I decided to create a practice project for learning the language. … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 8/22/2021

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Andy

Today’s weeknote catches me in the middle of a bunch of things rather than at the end when I usually like to report them, so I’ll just run through them quickly. Programming 🙂 I got through the first three-and-a-half chapters … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 8/15/2021

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 I set up a table of fake tasks to help me experiment with scheduling algorithms. I’m hoping they’ll help me automate more of my task management so I can spend less time and mental energy reviewing my to-do … Continue reading →