NaNoWriMo 2012 Completed

Looking forward to next year!  I got a plan...
They said you could edit your certificate in Adobe Reader but it wouldn't open for me.

Retrain the Brain

Went for a good long run this morning.  Cleared the head.  Set myself up to study all day.  And I did!
Thinking about ones reward circuit and how I've maybe trained myself to fail.  And that I need to retrain my brain.  That is I've trained myself to accept that big rewards are not worth the work by giving up and moving onto something easier.  And that maybe that creates a vicious cycle where my brain strongly objects when I try to climb the ramp to get the cheese.  Well no more!  I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!  I'm breaking the cycle.

1 more week to go

till I'm done classes for the fall semester.  I'm looking forward to not having anything due.  The constant stick at my back is tiring.  But it'll be worth it when it's over.
Had a good talk today with the system administrator at school.  It's nice how much you can get out of a simple chat with someone.

Maps - yeah yeah yeah

Long day.  Slept about 2 hours last night.  Finally got presentation one finished.  One down, one to go.  Learned a lot about maps, but just the tip of the iceberg.  Realized why there is an entire department dedicated to geography.  Also, if we're going to make a geo-data based app we might want a geographer on hand, at least as a consultant.  So, that means two tests, one presentation, one assignment and one long paper to go for next week. Then it's exams.  But tonight it's date night and I'm going to chill before hitting the hay early.  42,000 words today!

Know your errors

One of the reasons given for keeping a blog is to explain one's errors.

What's my major malfunction currently?

Deployment.  Deployment. Deployment.

I'm looking at delegating the task or learning it myself.

Parse seems a good choice but I don't like handing over control to a third party.

The alternative is MS or OpenSource, or RubyOnRails.

I like OpenSource but not PHP.

My solution is to talk to our server guy at school and get advice.

Cause I'm running in circles trying to figure it out on my own.

I mustache you a question

Writing is blog is hard..wah wah..
I'm not even writing anything important.  Just trying to keep up the habit until I reaaally have time to think about it and do something worthy.  For now, it's habit making time.  A little every day.  Getting used to the idea.

Budgets and Spending

With Christmas coming up it's time to tighten the belts.  I've started again using Mint.com and seeing where our spending is going.  It's incredible how much waste occurs through negligence.  A lot of money could be saved on ATM charges.  The bank fees are insane.  These things could be tightened up with some time and diligence.  Banks and insurance companies are aware of this.  They take advantage that few of us have time time or patience to look into the charges and passively accept them.  Well no more!  I'm looking into switching our bank to a lower cost, no-fee option like PC Financial or a credit union.  Beware creditors - I've got my eye on you!