Category Archives: Programming

Update for 12/2/2018

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Andy

Christmas 😐 On my secret Christmas project I got through about half of what I’d planned last week, but I’d already decided some of it made more sense to do in this week’s phase, and I can reduce other parts … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/18/2018

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Andy

TV 🙂 Sunday my friend Tim made his customary visit, and we watched the first episode of the 1994 Middlemarch miniseries to go with the book group I’m in at work. I was surprised at how well the episode captured the … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/11/2018

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Andy

Christmas 🙂 This month I’m working on my annual tradition of making creative Christmas labels for my family’s gifts. I didn’t get through all the planning steps last week, but I already knew how I wanted to start the work, … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/4/2018

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Andy

Music 😎 I tuned in to Jacob Collier’s livestream on Monday and found out he’s going on tour next year, and he’ll be in Chicago again. Unlike earlier this year when I found out about his Chicago concert only hours … Continue reading →

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Update for 10/28/2018

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Andy

Welcome to my (overly long) weekly update, where I review my activities on my personal projects and other life events from the previous week and preview my upcoming plans. People 🙂 Last weekend I drove to Wisconsin to visit my … Continue reading →

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Update for 10/21/2018

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Andy

Politics 🤔 Sunday Tim and I finished watching Active Measures (Hulu, transcript), a documentary about Russian interference in other countries’ politics. Of course, it was mostly about Trump. It fleshed out some of the info I’d been reading online and … Continue reading →

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Update for 10/14/2018

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Andy

Futurism 🤔 The futurism group met on Tuesday, and our topic was gaming and culture. For once it was a topic I was familiar with. We talked about the benefits and drawbacks of video games, PC vs console games, and … Continue reading →

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Update for 9/23/2018

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Andy

Programming 🙂 I finished Continuous Delivery. I want to try their advice on my personal projects, maybe at work too. But it’ll take some more research, so I’ll need to wait till I’ve cleared some of my other projects out … Continue reading →

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Update for 9/9/2018

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance 🙂 It’s been a little over a month since I moved, and I still haven’t unpacked. But my furniture is in place, and now I’ve moved my boxes out of the middle of the living room and into … Continue reading →

Posted in AI, Apartment, Career, Grad school, Life maintenance, Music composition, People, Programming, Projects, Public coding guide, Spirituality, Weeknotes | 1 Comment

Update for 1/21/2018

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Andy

Life management 🙂 My productivity finally picked up and gained some momentum last week. As a result my apartment is looking a lot tidier, even though some of that is just that I’ve moved things out of sight. I’ll organize … Continue reading →