tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19134738025506297552024-03-13T18:42:58.652-04:00nouyang(personal & howto blog) *wave* Hi, I'm Nancy, aka nouyangnrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-3066731740812925872013-02-06T03:01:00.003-05:002013-04-04T07:44:55.233-04:00spring 2013 organizational post<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atr0HZeoMbmgdE9tNFNoR1lXRUNQYkV5Nmlucl9ldWc#gid=1">This term</a><br />
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<li>(12) 21L.434 | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21L/sp13/21L.434/index.html">stellar</a> | <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9r0HZeoMbmgYUhMcnVUbU9JQXc/edit?usp=sharing">cal</a> | <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mNebioOtAaly3jJHQBdrw05lDFH_MeUz8_DXDS_8Qsg/edit?usp=sharing">assgn1</a>| <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9r0HZeoMbmgOGZ1enJLc3VsNFU/edit?usp=sharing">assgn2</a> </li>
<li>(12) D-Lab EC.717 | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/ec/sp13/ec.717/index.html">stellar</a> | <a href="https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/ec/sp13/ec.717/calendar.html">cal</a> | <a href="https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B9r0HZeoMbmgMjVhMXRxaElUa3M">gdocs</a> | <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RSHeJqQdlJxSVXqPfdjphih3OalVPfLISIM3oc0nPFc/edit">4th lesson plan</a></li>
<li>(6) P/F 12.409 | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/12/sp13/12.409/index.html">stellar</a></li>
<li>(6) UA: 2.007 | <a href="https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp13/2.007/">stellar</a> </li>
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<li>Listener: 21M.301 | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21M/sp13/21M.301/index.html">stellar</a> </li>
<li><i>18.06 | <a href="http://web.mit.edu/18.06/www/">site</a> | <a href="http://web.mit.edu/18.06/www/psets.shtml">pset</a> | exam 1: Monday March 4</i> </li>
<li><i>7.36 | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/7/sp13/7.36/index.html">stellar</a></i></li>
<li>? 6.170 | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp13/6.170/materials.html">stellar</a></li>
<li><b>hands-on online learning task force</b> | <a href="https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/mensetmanus">site</a> | next meeting: 4/4, 4/25, retreat 5/17</li>
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<b>Startlolling</b></div>
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<li>Founders' Skill Accelerator | <a href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/fsa">site</a> | blank application <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dgtuI_cpWE-TWoLtpPvW_wsbbLbqRnEQJoWFkgohl-c/edit">gdoc</a> | <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lCI2sa5KStIVKpKQS1t0adsAW6eCyR3jmFdkQA9-Txk/edit?usp=sharing">WIP</a> application</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B9r0HZeoMbmgXzRXcEV4cTNXdEk/edit?usp=sharing">gdoc folder</a><b> </b>| <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atr0HZeoMbmgdHNHblc5ZlNiVHhFR0RiSU5BTExTd2c#gid=0">cal</a></li>
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<a href="https://ec.mit.edu:444/residents/index.php?page=phones">Hall phones</a></div>
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<b>Google docs</b><br />
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B9r0HZeoMbmgXzRXcEV4cTNXdEk/edit">Starttroll</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B9r0HZeoMbmgMjVhMXRxaElUa3M">Dlab</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B9r0HZeoMbmgdnBRWDVFYXA2Sjg">Deflorez</a> | <a href="http://orangenarwhals.blogspot.com/2013/03/hexapod-conference-how-to-plan.html">blogpost</a></li>
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reminders to self:<br />
have patience. conversations don't always just flow right away, things (psetting) take a while to get into the zone for<br />
break a problem down into smaller pieces (2 servos instead of 18)<br />
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<br />nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-2261063165236759782012-05-16T17:24:00.000-04:002012-05-16T17:58:55.272-04:00shoutout to MIT, my family, and my friendsthis post is a shout out to MIT and the wonderful people here<br />
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i've had to incomplete a lot of classes this semester for personal reasons<br />
but I'm actually really grateful because what it's taught me is that people are wonderful and trustworthy.<br />
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my hallmates and friends came to visit me, even though everyone is super busy with classwork and i didn't want to admit to myself i was actually in a life crisis<br />
i gained new friendships with some incredibly strong people<br />
i gained deeper friendships with friends who had gone through a lot, who could empathize with my struggles<br />
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my parents turned out to be adults i can trust and confide in, people who came to my side immediately when i needed it<br />
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the GRTs and housemasters, my medlinks, even my UROP supervisor, as well as MIT Medical and the S^3 deans have all been actively supportive<br />
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my professors, especially for small or new classes that are more flexible, have been amazingly accommodating and sympathetic<br />
i've learned that the professors and staff think of us as people, not as the mythical genius MIT student who thrives on intellectual knowledge and has zero life issues<br />
actually they've completely blown past my expectations in this regard. i don't think the struggles i face are that much more severe than the struggles other students here face, and everyone manages fine.<br />
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but i've come to be<br />
okay with who i am<br />
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even more so now that i know that my friends believe in me, my professors and staff believe in me, and my family believes in me.<br />
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overall, i'm a really lucky person, and the world and MIT is a surprisingly wonderful place that confounds and delights me everyday.<br />
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other things i learned this semester: it's better to consistently show up for class even if you don't consistently get your work done before class, communicate with class staff, don't be afraid to ask for help whether it be for life or academic issues, don't be afraid to commandeer time in office hours even if you don't need the class for graduating (actually, you're paying tuition for it), resources are less strained than i think, it's better to go to class even 30 minutes late to show that you're trying than to give up and go to sleep.<br />
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more later, perhaps, as i think of things to addnrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-45830186738243401992012-05-01T20:48:00.000-04:002012-09-09T22:52:43.183-04:00Class Homepages Spring 2012This page links to my class's sites to save me some typing (will serve as my homepage) [posted 12 Feb 2012, 8:48 PM]<br />
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<b>DISCLAIMER </b>to all my friends worried about my health: I don't actually do half of this stuff. I'm a cheerfully laid back sleep-when-I-want <a href="http://nouyang.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-caffeinate-or-not-as-student.html">caffeinate-when-i-need</a> completely mentally sane / average person.<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atr0HZeoMbmgdE1QUmdIMnAwNUN5dEJqc2N6ZVNqLXc">Agenda / Calendar</a><br />
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old s<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fluFdXV9iIQ/Tzl3DhCyFYI/AAAAAAAAYE4/CiHNFyx_V1o/s1600/spring2012sched.png">chedule</a><br />
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<a name='more'></a>Me @ Stellar <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/atstellar/">http://stellar.mit.edu/atstellar/</a><br />
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Core</div>
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<li><a href="https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2DOT671/2.671+Home">2.671</a> | <a href="https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2DOT671/2.671+Home">wiki</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp12/2.671-ram/">stellar</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=2.671">listing</a>, <a href="https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp12/2.671-ram/calendar.html">calendar</a>, <a href="https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/download/attachments/81041550/GenInfo-s12.pdf">syllabus</a>, <a href="https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2DOT671/Thursday+AM+Lab+Schedule">labs5-9</a> (3-3-6)</li>
<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.302/">6.302</a> | <a href="http://web.mit.edu/6.302/www/">mit</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.302/">stellar</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=6.302">listing</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.302/courseMaterial/topics/topic1/syllabus/syllabus/syllabus.pdf">syllabus</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.302/calendar.html">calendar</a> (4-2-6)</li>
<li><a href="http://6004.lcs.mit.edu/">6.004</a> | <a href="http://6004.lcs.mit.edu/">mit</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=6.004">listing</a>, <a href="http://6004.lcs.mit.edu/">calendar</a>, <a href="http://6004.lcs.mit.edu/currentsemester/handouts.htm">lecture videos</a>(!) (4-0-8)</li>
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<li>UA <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp12/2.007/index.html">2.007</a> | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp12/2.007/index.html">stellar</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=2.007&style=verbatim">listing</a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atr0HZeoMbmgdFFqLWU0WVFhdkU0NEdVOTlhU0JzM3c">times</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/2007arduino/">google site</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp12/2.007/courseMaterial/topics/topic1/resource/Calendar_2012_v2/Calendar_2012_v2.pdf">calendar</a> (3?)</li>
<li><a href="http://ieee.scripts.mit.edu/urgewiki/index.php?title=Hexapods_and_Other_Cool_Things">Hexapods Reading Group</a> | URGE <a href="http://ieee.scripts.mit.edu/urgewiki/index.php?title=URGE">wiki</a></li>
<li>UROP</li>
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<li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/setg/SETG/Mainpage.html">site</a>, <a href="http://f11-urop.blogspot.com/">blog (locked)</a> (10), <a href="https://sisapp.mit.edu/uropweb/home.mit">UROP home</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/sapwebss/PS1/time_home.shtml">timesheets</a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atr0HZeoMbmgdFFuSVNxMmkwNlctSmZwNXlKc1dNWmc#gid=0">gdoc hours</a></li>
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Chinese</div>
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<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21F/sp12/21F.110/">21F.110</a> | <a href="http://web.mit.edu/fll/www/subjects/21F110.shtml">mit</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21F/sp12/21F.110/">stellar</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=21f.110">listing</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21F/sp12/21F.110/courseMaterial/topics/topic2/readings/21F.110schedule/21F.110schedule.pdf">calendar</a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9r0HZeoMbmgcVVMR0I0VVFROU83eHRRTkVUUDB3dw"><strike>cal2</strike></a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9r0HZeoMbmgY1hMcHh3LVRSUy1pejVSd3VXMUxaZw">cal3</a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9r0HZeoMbmgTWUwWi03dHRRVFNhWTh3d2tJTHhaQQ">essay reqt</a> (3-0-9)</li>
<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21F/sp12/21F.199/">21F.199</a> | <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21F/sp12/21F.199/">stellar</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=21f.199">listing</a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9r0HZeoMbmgYWxBUW1XX0FSU1NkUTFadEg4OUtGZw">syllabus</a> (3-0-9)</li>
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Random Seminars</div>
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<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.S079/">6.S079</a> | <a href="http://www.eecs.mit.edu/current/catalog/index.html">Nanomaker </a>(1-3-5), <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bYB0nh2E9h4tL9FfqMXMk5vrCSwRCriivi_K1TBYUKg/edit">final assn</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/21w.789/www/syllabus12.html">21W.789</a> | Android (3-0-9), <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21w.789/www/">mit</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/21W/sp12/21W.789/">stellar</a>, <a href="https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/21wDOT789sp12">wiki</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21w.789/www/syllabus12.html">calendar</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=21w.789&style=verbatim">listing</a></li>
<li>2.007 EVT ~ M,F [19-21] N52 3rd floor</li>
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Not actually taking but hey maybe I'll drop by lectures</div>
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<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.813">6.831</a> | User Interface Design</li>
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<li><a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=6.831">listing</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.813">stellar</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp12/2.004">2.004</a> | <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=2.004">listing</a>, <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/2-004-dynamics-and-control-ii-spring-2008/lecture-notes/">ocw notes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.334/index.html">6.334</a> | Power Electronics</li>
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<li><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-334-power-electronics-spring-2007/lecture-notes/">ocw</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.334/">stellar</a> (MIT), <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=6.334&style=verbatim">listing</a>, <a href="http://library.books24x7.com.libproxy.mit.edu/toc.aspx?site=bbbga&bookid=16231">opt textbook</a> (MIT)</li>
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<li>6.123/20.345 | Bioinstrumentation</li>
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<li><a href="http://measure.mit.edu/~20.309/wiki/index.php?title=20.345:Course_Information">wiki</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=20.345&style=verbatim">listing</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/20/sp12/20.345/">stellar</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://sana.mit.edu/education/hst-s14/">HST.S14</a> | Sana, Health IT Systems for Resource Poor Locations</li>
<li>wishlist <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=21H.161">21H.161</a></li>
<li>wishlist <a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=21H.365&style=verbatim">21H.365</a></li>
<li>2.813 | Energy, Materials and Manufacturing</li>
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<li><a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=2.813&style=verbatim">listing</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/2.813/www/Class%20Slides.html">class slides</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://meche.mit.edu/documents/research/MechE_product.pdf">MechE department overview</a></li>
<li>To attend: <a href="http://iddsummit.org/">IDDS Brazil </a></li>
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Dropped / Done</div>
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<li><a href="https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.S08/current/">6.S083</a> | Public Speaking (0-3-0), <ul>
<li><a href="https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.S08/current/assignments/Narrative.html">assignment 1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.S08/current/assignments/Informative.html">assignment 2</a></li>
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</li>
<li><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.003/" style="text-decoration: line-through underline;">6.003</a><u style="text-decoration: line-through underline;"> | </u><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.003/" style="text-decoration: line-through underline;">stellar</a><u style="text-decoration: line-through underline;">, </u><a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=6.003" style="text-decoration: line-through underline;">listing</a><u style="text-decoration: line-through underline;">, </u><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.003/courseMaterial/topics/topic1/resource/6.003_Info_Sheet_SP12/6.003_Info_Sheet_SP12.pdf" style="text-decoration: line-through underline;">calendar</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.003/courseMaterial/topics/topic1/resource/6.003_Info_Sheet_SP12/6.003_Info_Sheet_SP12.pdf">syllabus </a><u style="text-decoration: line-through underline;"> (5-0-7) </u> dropping yay! [12 mar]
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Stanford</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.ml-class.org/course/auth/welcome">Machine Learning</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.udacity.com/cs#373">Autonomous Cars</a></li>
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<tr class="lv-row lv-newdate lv-firstevent "><th class="lv-datecell" rowspan="6"><span class="lk lv-datelink lvd-20120214 lv-navigable" role="link" tabindex="0">Tue Feb 14</span></th><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><b><span class="lv-event-time lvr-NnZoMnRpM3Jyb3A0bXE4NWdmNDQzZWRhODhfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTUwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582">10:00 – 11:00</span></b></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-NnZoMnRpM3Jyb3A0bXE4NWdmNDQzZWRhODhfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTUwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.003 Tut 36-155, 10:00 – 11:00">6.003 Tut 36-155</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-bHB0Y2xvYjRzaWE5OG02ZzVkdWNjOGEwbzhfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582">11:00 – 12:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-bHB0Y2xvYjRzaWE5OG02ZzVkdWNjOGEwbzhfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.302 Lec 32-141, 11:00 – 12:00">6.302 Lec 32-141</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-Mmk3cDVkaG1wbWxwdmxiOHVkaGhyZjNkYmdfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582">12:00 – 13:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-Mmk3cDVkaG1wbWxwdmxiOHVkaGhyZjNkYmdfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.003 Lec 34-101, 12:00 – 13:00">6.003 Lec 34-101</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-MWp1MnIwZTNkNnBrZzNvNDRlczg4NXA3djRfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTczMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582">12:30 – 14:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-MWp1MnIwZTNkNnBrZzNvNDRlczg4NXA3djRfMjAxMjAyMTRUMTczMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21582 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="2.671 Lec (3-270), 12:30 – 14:00">2.671 Lec <span dir="ltr">(3-270)</span></span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-YzFjY3JzbDM0cmxrc2x0bjl2ZzJyOXZudjAgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21582">14:15 – 14:30</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-YzFjY3JzbDM0cmxrc2x0bjl2ZzJyOXZudjAgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21582 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="Speaking Julia 32-044, 14:15 – 14:30">Speaking Julia 32-044</span> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-lastevent"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-b203dG9rNnFyZnRlODFiaGJjamRkNnFocDAgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21582">19:00 – 22:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-b203dG9rNnFyZnRlODFiaGJjamRkNnFocDAgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21582 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="21W.789 3-270, 19:00 – 22:00">21W.789 3-270</span> </div>
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<tr class="lv-row lv-newdate lv-firstevent lv-alt"><th class="lv-datecell" rowspan="6"><span class="lk lv-datelink lvd-20120215 lv-navigable" role="link" tabindex="0">Wed Feb 15</span></th><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><b><span class="lv-event-time lvr-M3FkY3M3YzZqcTdoamtiNXJ1YWJzcWc1OWNfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTUwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583">10:00 – 11:00</span></b></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-M3FkY3M3YzZqcTdoamtiNXJ1YWJzcWc1OWNfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTUwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="Chinese IV 14E-310, 10:00 – 11:00">Chinese IV 14E-310</span><em class="lv-location"> - 14E-310</em> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-YTY4Z3FrZWdzY3RwajRjdDdtZm9xMW8ybzRfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583">11:00 – 12:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-YTY4Z3FrZWdzY3RwajRjdDdtZm9xMW8ybzRfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.003 Rec 32-155, 11:00 – 12:00">6.003 Rec 32-155</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-M2xxcTJhbTRydnByc3YxZzF0M20yNWFnbzRfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583">12:00 – 13:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-M2xxcTJhbTRydnByc3YxZzF0M20yNWFnbzRfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.004 Rec 34-303/26.168, 12:00 – 13:00">6.004 Rec 34-303/26.168</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-bHUzbzByNGwxZ2J1cGswYmwwdGRnMThmdjBfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTgwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583">13:00 – 14:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-bHUzbzByNGwxZ2J1cGswYmwwdGRnMThmdjBfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTgwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.302 Rec 26-314, 13:00 – 14:00">6.302 Rec 26-314</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-OGlwNm81dnRja2htbnQ0NmZpaGdzMDI5bWNfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTkwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583">14:00 – 17:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-OGlwNm81dnRja2htbnQ0NmZpaGdzMDI5bWNfMjAxMjAyMTVUMTkwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21583 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="Nanomaker Lab 38-600, 14:00 – 17:00">Nanomaker Lab 38-600</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt lv-lastevent"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-dWI1b2hzamxhdHMzNmxrdTd2ZjloZnE1cnMgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21583">19:00 – 22:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-dWI1b2hzamxhdHMzNmxrdTd2ZjloZnE1cnMgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21583 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.S08 32-044, 19:00 – 22:00">6.S08 32-044</span> </div>
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<tr class="lv-row lv-newdate lv-firstevent "><th class="lv-datecell" rowspan="5"><span class="lk lv-datelink lvd-20120216 lv-navigable" role="link" tabindex="0">Thu Feb 16</span></th><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><b><span class="lv-event-time lvr-NzBmcmhhcGY3NmczbGhnZmMyZHZ0aTU3bWdfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTQwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584">09:00 – 12:00</span></b></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-NzBmcmhhcGY3NmczbGhnZmMyZHZ0aTU3bWdfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTQwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="2.671 Lab 3-038, 09:00 – 12:00">2.671 Lab 3-038</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-bHB0Y2xvYjRzaWE5OG02ZzVkdWNjOGEwbzhfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584">11:00 – 12:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-bHB0Y2xvYjRzaWE5OG02ZzVkdWNjOGEwbzhfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.302 Lec 32-141, 11:00 – 12:00">6.302 Lec 32-141</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-Mmk3cDVkaG1wbWxwdmxiOHVkaGhyZjNkYmdfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584">12:00 – 13:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-Mmk3cDVkaG1wbWxwdmxiOHVkaGhyZjNkYmdfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.003 Lec 34-101, 12:00 – 13:00">6.003 Lec 34-101</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-MWp1MnIwZTNkNnBrZzNvNDRlczg4NXA3djRfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTczMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584">12:30 – 14:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-MWp1MnIwZTNkNnBrZzNvNDRlczg4NXA3djRfMjAxMjAyMTZUMTczMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21584 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="2.671 Lec (3-270), 12:30 – 14:00">2.671 Lec <span dir="ltr">(3-270)</span></span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-lastevent"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-bzRwZjExamJoZ2U1czltYjk1bGU1Z2pqZTQgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21584">16:30 – 20:30</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-bzRwZjExamJoZ2U1czltYjk1bGU1Z2pqZTQgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21584 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="UROP, 16:30 – 20:30">UROP</span> </div>
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<tr class="lv-row lv-newdate lv-firstevent lv-alt"><th class="lv-datecell" rowspan="5"><span class="lk lv-datelink lvd-20120217 lv-navigable" role="link" tabindex="0">Fri Feb 17</span></th><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><b><span class="lv-event-time lvr-M3FkY3M3YzZqcTdoamtiNXJ1YWJzcWc1OWNfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTUwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585">10:00 – 11:00</span></b></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-M3FkY3M3YzZqcTdoamtiNXJ1YWJzcWc1OWNfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTUwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="Chinese IV 14E-310, 10:00 – 11:00">Chinese IV 14E-310</span><em class="lv-location"> - 14E-310</em> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-YTY4Z3FrZWdzY3RwajRjdDdtZm9xMW8ybzRfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585">11:00 – 12:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-YTY4Z3FrZWdzY3RwajRjdDdtZm9xMW8ybzRfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTYwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.003 Rec 32-155, 11:00 – 12:00">6.003 Rec 32-155</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-M2xxcTJhbTRydnByc3YxZzF0M20yNWFnbzRfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585">12:00 – 13:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-M2xxcTJhbTRydnByc3YxZzF0M20yNWFnbzRfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTcwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.004 Rec 34-303/26.168, 12:00 – 13:00">6.004 Rec 34-303/26.168</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
</td></tr>
<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-bHUzbzByNGwxZ2J1cGswYmwwdGRnMThmdjBfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTgwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585">13:00 – 14:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-bHUzbzByNGwxZ2J1cGswYmwwdGRnMThmdjBfMjAxMjAyMTdUMTgwMDAwWiBuYW5jeS5vdXlhbmdAbQ-21585 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.302 Rec 26-314, 13:00 – 14:00">6.302 Rec 26-314</span> <img alt="This recurring event is part of a series." class="cic cic-rcr-inv " role="presentation" src="https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/blank.gif" title="Recurring event" /> </div>
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<tr class="cal27 lv-row lv-alt lv-lastevent"><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><span class="lv-event-time lvr-dXVlOTdnanVyNm00bGVxNDg2MWY1MW0wMDggbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21585">15:00 – 19:00</span></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-dXVlOTdnanVyNm00bGVxNDg2MWY1MW0wMDggbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21585 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="UROP, 15:00 – 19:00">UROP</span> </div>
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<tr class="lv-row lv-newdate lv-firstevent lv-lastevent"><th class="lv-datecell" rowspan="1"><span class="lk lv-datelink lvd-20120219 lv-navigable" role="link" tabindex="0">Sun Feb 19</span></th><td class="lv-eventcell lv-status"></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-time"><b><span class="lv-event-time lvr-c3NmY3FxN2tlazViaGt2OHNhdmlwaXFiYjQgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21587">19:00 – 21:00</span></b></td><td class="lv-eventcell lv-titlecell"><div class="lv-event-title-line">
<span class="lk lv-event-title lvr-c3NmY3FxN2tlazViaGt2OHNhdmlwaXFiYjQgbmFuY3kub3V5YW5nQG0-21587 lv-navigable" role="button" style="color: #2c70d1;" tabindex="0" title="6.302 Tut 38-500, 19:00 – 21:00">6.302 Tut 38-500</span></div>
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nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-73562511012880287172012-04-12T22:22:00.002-04:002012-04-12T22:47:49.212-04:00Great success! deleting blogger posts from google reader cacheSo I accidentally this blog post here instead of on my private blog, and I immediately remembered being perplexed by how to delete test posts from google reader's cache a few years ago. It turns out you can't delete posts, but you can overwrite their content. Except I already "deleted" the post from the blogger.com frontend, so how the heck do I edit the content of the post? @__@<br />
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Now that superuser exists, it's superuser.com to the rescue!<br />
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I found this tutorial:<br />
<a href="http://crsouza.blogspot.com/2010/03/partial-least-squares-analysis-and.html">http://crsouza.blogspot.com/2010/03/partial-least-squares-analysis-and.html</a> <br />
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Sort of linked from here:<br />
<a href="http://superuser.com/questions/56908/remove-deleted-posts-from-central-google-reader-cache">http://superuser.com/questions/56908/remove-deleted-posts-from-central-google-reader-cache</a><br />
Except the superuser link is to a ruby script, and it was much more useful to just do it by hand when I just had my most recent post to "unblog" instead of bothering with trying to install ruby / run it on windows *shudders*<br />
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I just changed the "post options" timestamp to 10 minutes later, refreshed google reader, and voila my private content is gone and instead you see... this post :)nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-11396509443101195052012-04-04T19:37:00.001-04:002012-04-05T02:35:31.494-04:00evaluations, sexism, startup cofounders<h3>
what are?</h3>
In 21w.789 I was talking to a classmate about her project and asked her, "how was the localization implemented?" She said, "I like interaction design, so once the backend is done, I'd like to work on the GUI. I know, playing into gender stereotypes..."<br />
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Hi guys. This is the universe we live in, that we cannot simply feel secure in who we are and what we like, in who we are as individuals, but instead feel compelled to be Women who are going against stereotype or following the stereotype -- but either way, the stereotype exists and defines our choices.<br />
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I learned the interesting fact yesterday that every semester in one of my course 2 classes, accusations of sexism or hitting on people come up in anonymous evaluations. (I was surprised -- I've never thought of TAs or UAs being sexist, I've always seen them as human beings and possible role models, perhaps fulfilling or not fulfilling gender stereotypes). I don't have any data on any other classes, but it's fascinating that this issue is on top of other people's minds as well, false accusations or not. It's that process sitting there chugging along eating along 5% of my brain cycles all the time, self-conscious, analyzing. (Yea, I'm pretty narcissistic like that, I never really get around to analyzing if people I know are sexist, but I sure do get around to wondering if I can blame all my failings on gender stereotyping :P)<br />
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<h3>
how to not?</h3>
I feel that this is a societal level thing. Yes, it's good for you guys to open your eyes and ears and listen more and try to understand. It's good for you to stop and think: when you take charge of the coding portion of a project and do lots of work, you might be putting your friends in a tough spot where they may greatly appreciate you getting the work done but feel put off by your not giving them a chance to be "counter-stereotype". But there is no need to <i>obsess</i> about how not to be sexist on an individual level, I feel, since life is a grand experiment and trying and failing is acceptable.<br />
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startups</h3>
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Yea, I think about gender stereotypes when looking for a cofounder and reacting to people's suggestions as well. I have a somewhat irrational determination that I will <i>not</i> work as a cofounder with a guy (possibly even a girl) who won't shoulder at least half of the "nontechnical" work in a startup. I would rather go it alone than risk the possibility of confirming gender stereotypes (yes, again, my choices are dictated by these stereotypes floating around in society. I don't think I am confident enough to try being an individual instead of a Woman).</div>
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from an email i sent recently:</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
okay, so my knee-jerk reaction to this statement [...] i will explain that it's because i'm not confident enough about my own technical skills to make me willing to shoulder the businessy work, as inevitably it will then take priority over technical work. in addition, i am paranoid about any possibility of contributing to the stereotype that girls are more suitable for nontechnical work. exceptions being made if the target is what I consider underserved markets, then i care enough about the end goal to put my own fears and doubts aside to contributing to making something happen<br />
since i have a decent internship i feel slightly more confident about my technical skills, i am willing to help out with the business-y stuff if you want, but prolly not enough to make me willing to be a cofounder or work long-term this way -- also why i will only ever cofound a startup with someone who is willing to at least equally share the business work, possible small concession on >= 50% share of business work being made if cofounder is female.</blockquote>
</div>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-71631639615429907342012-04-03T10:07:00.000-04:002012-05-16T17:25:26.712-04:00tools for scientific posters, braindump[Edit 16 May 2012: Please see <a href="http://orangenarwhals.blogspot.com/2012/05/inkscape-42x36-scientific-poster-w-svg.html">my other post</a> for a writeup and example, with svg source file, about an Inkscape template I found online by arlich]<br />
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[updated 3 May 2012]<br />
We had to create an A0 template for <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21w.789/www/syllabus12.html">Android HASS class</a> . Since this is a common problem I searched online for templates to use.<br />
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"scientific poster a0 scribus template"<br />
Latek template: <a href="http://www.myoutsourcedbrain.com/2008/12/latex-poster-template.html">http://www.myoutsourcedbrain.com/2008/12/latex-poster-template.html</a>, <a href="http://andreas.welcomes-you.com/projects/a0poster/">http://andreas.welcomes-you.com/projects/a0poster/</a> (A0)<br />
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scribus tutorial: <a href="http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/undergraduate/biology-computer-resource-center/documentation/making-a-poster-with-scribus">http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/undergraduate/biology-computer-resource-center/documentation/making-a-poster-with-scribus</a><br />
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scribus example outputs: <a href="http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/2007-December/026787.html">http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/2007-December/026787.html</a><br />
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inkscape: <a href="http://inkscape-forum.andreas-s.net/topic/146897">http://inkscape-forum.andreas-s.net/topic/146897</a><br />
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moar general tips</h3>
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<a href="http://www.nr.no/~strand/poster.html">http://www.nr.no/~strand/poster.html</a> PhD poster HOWTO</div>
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<a href="http://www.ii.uib.no/~anya/design/">http://www.ii.uib.no/~anya/design/</a> Some oss (gimp, inkscape, scribus) results</div>
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<a href="http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign">http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign</a> (has good tips, ppt templates)</div>
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2005 <a href="http://web.pdx.edu/~clarksk/poster.html">http://web.pdx.edu/~clarksk/poster.html</a> (good links list / overview different software tools, some dead links, tips)</div>
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2007 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/postersessions/discuss/72157600205435918/">http://www.flickr.com/groups/postersessions/discuss/72157600205435918/</a>
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2.671</h4>
Shamelessly ripped from 2.671 materials, because I care more about there being fewer crappy posters in the world:<br />
<a href="https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2DOT671/Posters">https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2DOT671/Posters</a>
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<a name='more'></a><blockquote>
<b>Differences between Posters and Oral Presentations</b> </blockquote>
<blockquote>
1. The poster should present a self-contained story<br />
A reader should be able to understand your poster without need for explanation from you<br />
You may be busy with another attendee, or have stepped away from your poster briefly<br />
Any uncommon acronyms, abbreviations, or jargon should be clearly defined on the poster. As in a paper, all symbols used in equations must be defined<br />
2. Unlike an oral presentation, complete sentences can be used, although bulleted or numbered lists can also be helpful.<br />
3. A complete Abstract should be included, in large enough font to easily read from a distance of 1-2 m<br />
4. As with an Oral Presentation, graphics and photographs are helpful, but there must be sufficient explanation in words of each graphic<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How Do I DEVELOP a Poster?</b> </blockquote>
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<ul>
<li>First: Pick out graphs, pictures you want to include.</li>
<li>Then: Develop the Results/Discussion and Conclusion section. Lay out the text and graphics.</li>
<li>Next: What do my visitors need to understand the Results/Discussion and Conclusion sections? That will determine how much of the Introduction, Background, and Method you need.</li>
<li>Your Introduction is minimal but must show motivation: Why is this project interesting?</li>
<li>Background is also minimal - make it concise. Use equations if necessary.</li>
<li>Methods: Minimal - focus on Diagram/graph with labels.</li>
<li>Be sure to include references, acknowledgments.</li>
</ul>
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<b>There are no hard and fast rules about how to do the posters.</b>It's mostly a question of:<br />
<ul>
<li>Develop visuals and text so that the poster is understandable without intervention of the speaker.</li>
<li>Make sure the visual elements are effective, pulling the visitor in and clearly making the point(s) you want to make.</li>
<li>Focus on the Results and Discussion section and make sure it's clear - then organize the rest of the material around it.</li>
<li>Keep text minimal, concise. No large blocks of text, except in the abstract. See if you can bullet the text to make it easy to understand at a glance.</li>
</ul>
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<b>Keep in mind:</b><br />
<ul>
<li>You can't assume your visitors know the material on your poster.</li>
<li>Ask yourself: Is there visual coherence, visual emphasis among the figures and graphs in the poster? A picture shouldn't just be included arbitrarily - it needs to make sense. You don't need to include a figure number unless it's referred to in the text.</li>
<li>Most importantly: The visitor's eye is drawn to the Results and Discussion section. A scientist wants the Results section to be clear. </li>
</ul>
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[Update: 3 May 2012] another research braindump. prolly end up making a template myself...<br />
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General tips / visio (vsd)<br />
<a href="http://www.huttenhower.org/content/welcome-and-creating-scientific-poster">http://www.huttenhower.org/content/welcome-and-creating-scientific-poster</a><br />
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Inkscape svg math poster (unusual circular format):<br />
<a href="http://blog.felixbreuer.net/2010/10/24/poster.html">http://blog.felixbreuer.net/2010/10/24/poster.html</a>
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Inkscape links list<br />
<a href="http://inkscape.13.n6.nabble.com/Making-a-poster-with-Inkscape-td2880305.html">http://inkscape.13.n6.nabble.com/Making-a-poster-with-Inkscape-td2880305.html</a>
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Inkscape poster 2<br />
<a href="http://twak.blogspot.jp/2009/05/inkscape-pdf-and-posters.html">http://twak.blogspot.jp/2009/05/inkscape-pdf-and-posters.html</a>
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<b><br /></b><br />
<br />
explanation of posters (also yay openbio):<br />
<a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Making_scientific_posters">http://openwetware.org/wiki/Making_scientific_posters</a>
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<br />
<b>link list to lots of poster examples:</b><br />
<a href="http://robynhall.ca/adventures-in-poster-making/">http://robynhall.ca/adventures-in-poster-making/</a> esp.<br />
<a href="http://f1000.com/posters/browse?docTypeSearch=Poster">http://f1000.com/posters/browse?docTypeSearch=Poster</a>
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yay stackoverflow-esque site<br />
<a href="http://www.biostars.org/post/show/10574/bioinformatics-posters-collection/#10589">Question: Bioinformatics Posters collection</a><br />
links to:<br />
<a href="http://vizbi.org/Posters/2011/">Visualizing Biological Data VIZBI</a><br />
<a href="http://f1000.com/posters">Open Repository for Posters and Slides</a><br />
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<br />
<br />
<a href="http://mesa.ac.nz/?page_id=723">Poster Design and Presentation Tutorial</a><br />
<a href="http://mesa.ac.nz/?page_id=723">Scientific Poster Design</a>
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simplistic<b> <a href="http://mesa.ac.nz/?page_id=797">Example Poster Design Tutorial – using Inkscape</a></b><br />
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<b>Inkscape svg+scientific poster (has source!) 2009</b><br />
<a href="http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3622">http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3622</a>
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his complaints (I think TeX built into inkscape now, so outdated complaints)<br />
<a href="http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3654&p=16812&hilit=scientific+poster#p16812">http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3654&p=16812&hilit=scientific+poster#p16812</a>
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<b> Pimp my Poster flickr group: </b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/368476@N21/pool/">http://www.flickr.com/groups/368476@N21/pool/</a><br />
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** wow. this is beautiful: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steverocliffe/5488592752/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/steverocliffe/5488592752/in/pool-368476@N21/</a>
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nice as well <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobin/5338569676/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobin/5338569676/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
like the header but too much text <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismartin76/5369229954/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismartin76/5369229954/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
haha, delicious styling. also a lot of text but looks good <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddequincey/5240461187/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddequincey/5240461187/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
easy to read, not sure about aesthetics <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34948765@N00/5126736546/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/34948765@N00/5126736546/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
nice design, confusing layout; <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcoutas/4996881007/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcoutas/4996881007/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
nice aesthetic, interesting: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/imdreaminggreen/4776755245/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/imdreaminggreen/4776755245/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
okay aesthetic, interesting: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25255755@N05/4685215850/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/25255755@N05/4685215850/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
std 3 col layout done well <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/v-kay/4469625063/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/v-kay/4469625063/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
clean <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmahr/4177582588/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmahr/4177582588/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
meh design but interesting layout <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ali-can/3921130544/in/pool-368476@N21/lightbox/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/ali-can/3921130544/in/pool-368476@N21/lightbox/</a><br />
good flow, vertical (use of arrows) ; <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/itkovian/3725384578/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/itkovian/3725384578/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
little text, clean <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/itkovian/3725384048/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/itkovian/3725384048/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
lots of text, well done <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/itkovian/3724558409/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/itkovian/3724558409/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
well designed:" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14710798@N07/3424050767/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/14710798@N07/3424050767/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
** 3 cols <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/purpurrote/3293887814/in/pool-368476@N21/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/purpurrote/3293887814/in/pool-368476@N21/</a><br />
good flow (greyed out middle column) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamacameraonline/2412531261/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamacameraonline/2412531261/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
** color clash but good layout <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9862762@N05/3535273690/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/9862762@N05/3535273690/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
again with the color clash. unique numbered design vertical <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egphotos/3337839241/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/egphotos/3337839241/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
** good use of background colors <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32269400@N04/3301451632/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/32269400@N04/3301451632/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
unique horz + circle design <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cilass/2606703359/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/cilass/2606703359/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
excellent graphcis, clear though design could be improved <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19076760@N00/2969643536/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/19076760@N00/2969643536/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
excellent vertical use of background colors, flow, design <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaunis/2965549619/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaunis/2965549619/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
good square design, min. text <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesleynitsckie/2855920986/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesleynitsckie/2855920986/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
simple text-based design, horz <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/2426997468/in/pool-688685@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/2426997468/in/pool-688685@N24/</a><br />
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f100 ones I liked:<br />
horz interesting blue demarcation lines <a href="http://cdn.f1000.com/posters/docs/249262961">http://cdn.f1000.com/posters/docs/249262961</a><br />
dark bkgd vert good flow <a href="http://cdn.f1000.com/posters/docs/249263856">http://cdn.f1000.com/posters/docs/249263856</a><br />
<br />nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-66166632398209090412012-04-02T23:45:00.002-04:002012-04-03T00:00:40.599-04:00MIT/cambridge-related startups&webapps, web 2.0I keep losing track of these links in the infernal mess of my inbox, so here:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://mit.collegecraigs.com/">http://mit.collegecraigs.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nchoosetwo.com/">http://www.nchoosetwo.com/</a><br />"<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a service where you can suggest (romantic) matches between your friends. A friend and I created it last year, and MIT had quite a bit of fun and success with the matches."</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a name='more'></a></span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://masstlcinternships.org/">http://masstlcinternships.org/</a> </span>
<br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Mass Technology Leadership Council</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.mitlist.com/">http://www.mitlist.com/</a><br />MITlist was created to enable Massachusetts Institute of Technology students and staff to buy and sell their stuff. MITlist requires an @</span><a href="http://mit.edu/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank"><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffcc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222;">mit</span>.edu</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> email</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://peddl.com/">https://peddl.com/</a><br />Peddl (<a href="http://peddl.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">peddl.com</a>) - a new marketplace for buying and selling things<br />with the people around you.
</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://barter.mit.edu/">http://barter.mit.edu/</a><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454a4d; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Barter originated from a research project at the MIT Media Lab. Our goal is to design and create a market platform that incentivizes decentralized information creation within a community. This is our pre-alpha developing site.</span>
</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454a4d; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.joinbeam.com/">http://www.joinbeam.com/</a><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The concept is to push information to one or more "beams" vs. one large</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">mailing list. </span><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">MIT</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> students can "watch" beams that they are interested</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">in keeping up with</span>
</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://llingua.net/">http://llingua.net/</a><br />Tourmadillo, a service that brings travelers together with locals who want to show them around. We want<br />to revolutionize the way people experience new places,
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<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://curisma.com/" style="font-size: 13px;">http://curisma.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">discover cool gadgets through people like you.</span>
</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thethingdom.com/">http://www.thethingdom.com/</a><br />The Thingdom is a place for people who love the things in their lives. Share what you have and want, and see what your friends have and want
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<li><a href="mailto:smita@zoo-ra.com" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">zoo-ra.com</a><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a members-only online boutique offering</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">personalizable and custom-tailored women=92s clothing from independent</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designers.</span>
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<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><a href="http://funf.media.mit.edu/" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">http://funf.media.mit.edu/</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Funf Open Sensing Framework is an extensible sensing and data processing framework for mobile devices, developed at the MIT Media Lab</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/twine-listen-to-your-world-talk-to-the-internet">Twine</a> /
<a href="http://supermechanical.tumblr.com/">http://supermechanical.tumblr.com/</a> </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><div style="font-size: 13px;">
<a href="http://scikidus.com/php/finals.php">http://scikidus.com/php/finals.php</a><br />
I wrote a quick fetcher to display an abbreviated table for your specific classes. </div>
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</ul>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-35195016946812572442012-03-25T12:24:00.000-04:002012-03-29T22:41:20.561-04:00HACKNY LINKS<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/113942194695013581888/HacknyancatPicsScrensSpring2012">PICS</a><br />
<a href="http://nyancat.ninjapiraterockstardeveloper.com/">APP</a><br />
<a href="https://github.com/thenoviceoof/hacknyancat">GITHUB</a>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-1631312765351271192012-03-18T21:59:00.000-04:002012-03-19T23:26:11.901-04:00experiments in education: traiging assignments<span style="font-size: x-large;">Objective</span><br />
Load system with more credits than manufacturer's spec max classes for optimal performance (A's), input command to pass classes, how long and does the system recover? System should be designed to maximize learning.<br />
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In other words, if I take way more credits than I should (based on experimental data from past semesters) for doing well, but only try to pass them instead of doing well in them, will I be able to pass all my classes?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">System Design</span><br />
Consider triaging of class assignments, as described in <a href="http://tech.mit.edu/V118/N15/dunn.15c.html">http://tech.mit.edu/V118/N15/dunn.15c.html</a>.<br />
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<a name='more'></a><br /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Research</span><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://bobcongdon.net/blog/2005/11/triage/">http://bobcongdon.net/blog/2005/11/triage/</a><br /><ul>
<li>Eric lists four questions that need to be answered during triage to decide whether a bug should be fixed or not:</li>
<ul>
<li>Severity: When this bug happens, how bad is the impact?</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</li>
<ul><ul>
<li>Frequency: How often does this bug happen?</li>
<li>Cost: How much effort would be required to fix this bug?</li>
<li>Risk: What is the risk of fixing this bug?</li>
</ul>
<li>The goal is to reach “zero bugs”. This doesn’t mean that the software is defect-free but that all known bugs have been deferred or can be rationalized away in some other way.</li>
</ul>
<li>Heck yes! Virtual Zero commencement day, here I come XD</li>
<li>The Tech, 1998:<br /><a href="http://tech.mit.edu/V118/N15/dunn.15c.html">A Lesson in Educational Triage: If Others are to Survive, Some Assignments Must Be Left for Dead</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ac-pdtriage1/">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ac-pdtriage1/</a></li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">It's a simple equation -- the task of event monitoring increases in complexity as the volume and number of event sources increases. And poor visualization of events leads to poor problem detection and root cause analysis, which equates to time being lost, bad business practices, and an increased cost in recovery. </span></li>
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<b>Automatic tools:</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/08/bug-tracking-system/">http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/08/bug-tracking-system/</a> <b><br /></b></div>
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<div>
However, all the advances in issue-tracking and management in the world won't help me actually finish the assignments. I will continue my current non-rigidly-triaged system of assignment tracking and implement a better system over spring break (march 26th to 30th).</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thoughts so far</span><br />
I'm feeling pretty upbeat. My grades are terrible, but I'm always happy, because I've optimized for learning in a way that is deeply satisfying to me: learn the jargon for and be exposed to a whole lot of classes, don't learn them that well, but know the resources at hand for diving in in the future (e.g. if I ever need it for a project) to learn on my own what I missed. Be able to at least <i>know</i> where I'm lacking knowledge or could be building things in a fundamentally better way, or as I ranted about on facebook, "I am envious of people who are good at math [or theory] and wonder if my engineering solutions are fundamentally crippled or limited in a way I can't even perceive due to my weakness in mathematics [and theory]".</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Conclusion</b></span><br />
By doing a breadth-first search, I able to say with more confidence whether or not my solution is fundamentally crippled or limited, even if I am not able to immediately design or solve for a better solution. This enables me to recognize my own limitations and call for help appropriately.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">appendix: facebook archive</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">SUDDEN DOUBT. Am I right to be okay with not understanding math? Do theory-capable people have access to joyously verdant plains of insight I'll never catch glimpse of? "Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding. Within a few months, they find their way in a new world with a justified degree of confidence that is radically novel for them; within a few months, their concept of intellectual culture has acquired a radically novel dimension. "</span><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>transcriptions/EWD10xx/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>EWD1036.html</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"> I am envious of people who are good at math and wonder if my engineering solutions are fundamentally crippled or limited in a way I can't even perceive due to my weakness in mathematics</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">and that's what I meant by "theory-envy" (admitting I have it and going out and taking math classes) vs "getting rid of it" (just continuing to build things haphazardly)</span>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-7015078399367871512012-03-14T02:30:00.000-04:002012-03-14T11:06:35.443-04:00more fitbit / sleep researchfitbit vs sleep cycle <a href="http://www.healthyobsessions.net/2010/12/sleep-tracking-looking-at-fitbit/">http://www.healthyobsessions.net/2010/12/sleep-tracking-looking-at-fitbit/</a> ,<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
1. The tracker is directly on you 2. They only make claims they can back up They want to make sure they can prove their claims, so they don’t try to deduce or diagnose from the data they collect.</blockquote>
Hmm, interesting because I've repeatedly had people tell me that data is interesting but only for a week before people get bored. What is key is making the data "actionable" or providing "suggestions" / expert recommendations.<br />
<br />
It may related to casual versus serious user audiences: <a href="http://www.graphpaper.com/2010/03-07_for-sale-fitbit-like-new">http://www.graphpaper.com/2010/03-07_for-sale-fitbit-like-new</a><br />
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<a name='more'></a><br /><br />
<blockquote>
There are probably two kinds of Fitbit customers. First, casual users: people who want to know more about what they do with their bodies, people <b>who are curious about their health a</b>nd the potential to use technology to<b> keep closer tabs</b> on how well they’re doing. [...]<br />
The second group is serious users: people who are<b> actively trying to change their personal health</b> behaviors and want a way to measure those changes. [...]</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white;">So while I found Fitbit useful and delightful, it was only temporarily. But that’s okay. It’s a fantastic tool for self-analysis, to get to know your sleep patterns, your typical daily walking distance. Great information. </span><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">But once you have that information, if you’re not engaged in a program to change those things, you’re done with Fitbit.</b><span style="background-color: white;"> I know everything Fitbit can tell me. Maybe I’ll try it again in six months or a year, to see if I’ve changed. I’m a casual user.</span></span> [...] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> immune to these everyday emergencies and accidents and inconveniences. Until they’re virtually invisible and forgettable, [...] personal informatic hardware as <b>intrusive medical devices </b>rather than as the ethereal, ambient data sources I think many people envision.</span></blockquote>
Compare this to:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://mapcidy.com/fitbit-and-quantified-self">http://mapcidy.com/fitbit-and-quantified-self</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">However, I am looking forward to the devices that are sure to follow the Fitbit</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that could perhaps track the onset of illnesses like cancer, give early warning of the Flu, or provide other vital health information that would provide <b>actionable insights</b> in day to day life. I can <b>just hear it talking to me:</b></span><b> </b></blockquote>
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So that's where the advice comes from: people who heard our pitch (yea, I was part of an accelerator program over IAP... long story there...) <br />
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More on this. <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10365465-248.html">http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10365465-248.html</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Unsurprisingly, it hasn't moved me to make a dramatic shift in the way I live my life, but it has given me a benchmark of how active or inactive I am on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. In other words, you can be a non-gym rat and still get a multitude of uses out of this, but it will always be more beneficial for highly active people.</span> [...] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">his requires users sliding the Fitbit into the included cloth wrist wrap, then holding the Fibit's one button for a few seconds before going to bed, and then again when they wake up. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><b>I found this an easy habit to pick up </b>and build into my normal routine</span></blockquote>
One week's worth of integrating into daily life. Will I still be holding out in a month? We'll see... I'm pretty fascinated by my sleep patterns / productivity / mental well-being, but maybe I'll learn all I need to know in a week and be done.<br />
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HUH. There's actually <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">published research papers</span> by completely independent researchers on Fitbit. I guess maybe I can narrow down the scope of my 2.671 project:<br />
Movement toward a novel activity monitoring device <a href="http://hawley_montgomery-downs.psychology.wvu.edu/r/download/113307">pdf</a> (or <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21971963">pubmed</a>)<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Abstract </b></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The web-based Fitbit, available at a markedly reduced price and with several convenience factors compared to standard actigraphy, may be an acceptable activity measurement instrument for use with normative populations. However, Fitbit has the same specificity limitations as actigraphy; both devices consistently misidentify wake as sleep and thus overestimate both sleep time and quality. Use of the Fitbit will also require specific validation before it can be used to assess disordered populations and or different age groups</blockquote>
<div>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actigraphy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actigraphy</a> </div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
while retaining mobility, actigraphy offers reliable results with an accuracy that is close to those of polysomnography (above 90%)[4] [...] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">employed in new drug clinical trials where sleep quality is seen as a good indicator of quality of life.</span></blockquote>
up vs fitbit <a href="http://www.healthyobsessions.net/tag/fitbit/">http://www.healthyobsessions.net/tag/fitbit/</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">That last one is actually of tremendous interest. With both Sleep Cycle and the Zeo, which do the same thing with varying levels of accuracy, you have the issue of potentially waking your partner at an inopportune time. Since they both use sound, it’s really impossible to wake only one person</span> [...] S<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">leep Cycle is, at this point, the only one I’m using every night. Though it is the least accurate of the three. It’s the easiest. [...] </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">the reason I’m not using my fitbit is that I managed to misplace it and then, once I found it, I couldn’t find the charger. So, I might still be using it if I could charge it…</span></blockquote>
<a href="http://quantifiedself.com/guide/tools/163/Fitbit">http://quantifiedself.com/guide/tools/163/Fitbit</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The FitBit is maybe the smoothest / most mainstream QS device on the market</span> (2011)</blockquote>
fitbit vs bodybugg<br />
<a href="http://tweakfit.com/fitbit-vs-bodybugg-reviews">http://tweakfit.com/fitbit-vs-bodybugg-reviews</a><br />
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avg 6hr 45mins sleep <a href="http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2011/08/17/tracking-my-activity-sleep-with-the-fitbit/">http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2011/08/17/tracking-my-activity-sleep-with-the-fitbit/</a><br />
reviews <a href="http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/fitbit-ultra-wireless-fitness-tracker-reviews">http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/fitbit-ultra-wireless-fitness-tracker-reviews</a> (<a href="http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/fitbit-tracker-wireless-personal-trainer-reviews">earlier version</a>)<br />
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motivations <a href="http://quantifiedself.com/2011/09/van-gogh-defense-project-rationale/">http://quantifiedself.com/2011/09/van-gogh-defense-project-rationale/</a><br />
and QS meetup on sleep <a href="http://quantifiedself.com/2011/04/quantified-self-boston-meetup-5-the-science-of-sleep-recap/">http://quantifiedself.com/2011/04/quantified-self-boston-meetup-5-the-science-of-sleep-recap/</a><br />
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<b>{DESIGN}</b><br />
fitbit intern environment = design osmosis T/F?<br />
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<b>Fluffy design-wise </b>this site has a list of awards <a href="http://newdealdesign.com/projects/fitbit-wellness-tracker">http://newdealdesign.com/projects/fitbit-wellness-tracker</a>, though lulwut:<b><br /></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Designed for urban women</span> </blockquote>
<b><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Technical (real?) design-wise</span>: </b><a href="http://www.eetimes.com/design/smart-energy-design/4208733/FitBit--A-study-in-design-choices-and-consequences">http://www.eetimes.com/design/smart-energy-design/4208733/FitBit--A-study-in-design-choices-and-consequences</a><br />
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<b>{OTHER}</b><br />
<a href="http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/employer/Fitbit">http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/employer/Fitbit</a> <b><br /></b><br />
mmm... time to stack up on that msp430 and RF programming experience stuff. yay skills-driven concrete goals for things to learn<br />
<br />
Uhhh<br />
<a href="http://www.openyou.org/2011/04/18/fitbit-and-security-or-lack-thereof/">http://www.openyou.org/2011/04/18/fitbit-and-security-or-lack-thereof/</a><br />
I took a look at my logs and seems to be fixed. Derr. Very sketchy.<br />
Also I kind of object to "OpenYou.org seeks to be a central resource for news about open source development on health hardware" I was expecting <b>open source hardware</b> but no, it's <b>open source software libraries</b> for (prolly all closed-source) hardware<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.fitbit.com/product/mobile/web">http://www.fitbit.com/product/mobile/web</a> | <a href="http://www.monofactor.com/portfolio/fitbit-samsung-android-app/">http://www.monofactor.com/portfolio/fitbit-samsung-android-app/</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
I was hired by WorryFreeLabs for their Fitbit client mobile design work.Prepared the Android application interface icons, wallpaper screens for presentation. Work never went into production due to undisclosed reasons.</blockquote>
Yea, apparently there's a large ecosystem difference between SF (iPhones rule) and MIT (Androids ftw)nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-76463244492931781532012-03-13T11:04:00.001-04:002012-03-14T02:01:58.056-04:00Fitbit sleep data internet researchBrain/linkdump, got my first set of data out of fitbit properly (<a href="http://www.fitbit.com/manual#section=dashboard-sleep">didn't realize</a>* you could (a) hold down button for start/stop -> was recording times by hand and inputting manually (b) needed to wear on wristband on non-dominant hand to get accurate(ish) data, not just leave it in my pocket),<br />
*fitbit doesn't come with a manual and the "help" link on the website is pretty tiny so I didn't bother 'till today<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This morning 13 Mar 2012</td></tr>
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as a whole I have to say<br />
(a) I feel 10x more energetic than last semester so I wonder how useful this will be. It's like the heavy caffeine earlier or maybe getting excited over January / IAP kicked me back into gear.<br />
(b) I wonder if thinking about sleep all the time is increasing my sudden nap tendency. Observer effect?<br />
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Posts I really liked:<br />
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<li>Typical fitbit ownder sleep pattern straight from fitbit (sept 2010):<br />
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<a href="http://www.quora.com/How-does-Fitbit-figure-out-that-Im-sleeping">http://www.quora.com/How-does-Fitbit-figure-out-that-Im-sleeping</a><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Charlene: While you can wear it to bed as you described, the accuracy of your data will be somewhat negatively affected if you wear it to bed </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">somewhere other than your wrist. Our tests showed that the optimal placement during sleep was the non-dominant arm (i.e. if you're right-handed, wear it on your left wrist), instead of on the torso. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Therefore, the algorithm is tuned to account for typical nighttime movements that occur on that position on the arm.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">That said, I'd say: Wear it where it's most comfortable, as long as you're also comfortable with the potentially less-accurate results.</span> </blockquote>
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Sleep apnea, good and bad nights: <a href="http://www.healthyobsessions.net/2010/03/putting-the-fitbit-to-bed-sleep-tracking/">http://www.healthyobsessions.net/2010/03/putting-the-fitbit-to-bed-sleep-tracking/</a><br />
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Wakemate, lark, zeo, fitbit: <a href="http://hypnagogia.squarespace.com/blog/tag/fitbit">http://hypnagogia.squarespace.com/blog/tag/fitbit</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">fitbit, braindump research notes</span><br />
Cathy Wu has a Zeo so some research into whether we can compare data follows:<br />
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<a href="http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/fitbit-sleep-log-comparisons-between-now-and-before-apnea-treatment/">http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/fitbit-sleep-log-comparisons-between-now-and-before-apnea-treatment/</a><br />
Cool! Measuring impact of Somnodent (mouthpiece for treating obstructive apnea)<br />
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Mixed results fitbit versus zeo<br />
<a href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4628587">http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4628587</a><br />
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<b>preview of premium report </b><br />
<a href="http://brassflowers.com/fitbit-watch-me-get-fit-and-watch-mesleep/">http://brassflowers.com/fitbit-watch-me-get-fit-and-watch-mesleep/</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.fitbit.com/?p=226">http://blog.fitbit.com/?p=226</a><br />
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comparison fitbit zeo bodymedia<br />
<a href="http://lifestreamblog.com/a-startup-opportunity-for-the-mint-of-personal-activity-devices-and-services-for-health/">http://lifestreamblog.com/a-startup-opportunity-for-the-mint-of-personal-activity-devices-and-services-for-health/</a><br />
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fitbit vs zeo again<br />
<a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/12/more-on-human-instrumentation-around-sleep-data.html">http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/12/more-on-human-instrumentation-around-sleep-data.html</a><br />
sleep cycle (smartphone accel) vs fitbit<br />
<a href="http://www.healthyobsessions.net/2010/10/comparison-fitbit-vs-sleep-cycle/">http://www.healthyobsessions.net/2010/10/comparison-fitbit-vs-sleep-cycle/</a><br />
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<b>DATA</b><br />
I think this is outdated, since both features appear implemented in official fitbit, but: Fitbit data export & 3rd party integration <a href="http://eric-blue.com/projects/fitbit/">http://eric-blue.com/projects/fitbit/</a><br />
Now there is Fitbit Public API <a href="http://blog.fitbit.com/?p=325">http://blog.fitbit.com/?p=325</a><br />
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Fitbit api <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/fitbit-api/vlcy2B5TLks/GNQ7TZKBEZIJ">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/fitbit-api/vlcy2B5TLks/GNQ7TZKBEZIJ</a><br />
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Wakemate vs fitbit<br />
<a href="http://paulstamatiou.com/review-wakemate-fitbit">http://paulstamatiou.com/review-wakemate-fitbit</a><br />
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zeo vs fitbit <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPr0RwqMQKA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPr0RwqMQKA</a> Huh, this guy's sleep cycle looks more like mine<br />
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Overview of jargon in the field <a href="http://personalinformatics.org/docs/chi2011/price.pdf">http://personalinformatics.org/docs/chi2011/price.pdf</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/485860-new-fitbit-user-question-about-sleep">http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/485860-new-fitbit-user-question-about-sleep</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4fcff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I wear a brainwave monitor when I sleep (I have a sleep disorder) and I also place my Fitbit on my left wrist for sleep. My experience is that the Fitbit notes exactly the same waking vs sleeping periods as my brainwave monitor. It can't measure what sleep stage I'm in so I still need the monitor, but my experience is it's accurate as to whether I'm awake or asleep. It crosses my mind that PLMD might make it less accurate, maybe, you'd have to ask a sleep expert to be sure. But it's likely accurate. </span> [...]</blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: #f4fcff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f4fcff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">On normal, it gives me better sleep credit, but I intentionally move my wrist if I am aware that I woke up to make sure it registers.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: #f4fcff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Mine, at least, is dead on accurate. It catches exactly the same "awake" periods as my monitor does. Every time. I have matched the output up for several days on several occasions to confirm. And my monitor is measuring brainwaves, NOT motion. I wish it could read the brainwaves, because the monitor's electrodes are a PITA to put on every night! I'd like to throw in that I had a BodyMedia FIT (a BodyBugg by any other name) and it wan't accurate on sleep at all, but appears to about equal to Fitbit overall for calories. The Fitbit is an awesome device! Though two of them conked on me in a month and took the refund, the Jawbone UP was also a wicked accurate device.</span></blockquote>
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<a href="http://putdownthedonut.com/fitness/comments/fitbit-sleep-analysis-normal-vs.-sensitive">http://putdownthedonut.com/fitness/comments/fitbit-sleep-analysis-normal-vs.-sensitive</a><br />
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I was confused about what the 'sensitive' setting really meant, so I emailed the fine folks at Fitbit for their explanation.</div>
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<em>We have done experiments with numerous subjects testing our algorithms and comparing them to research found in sleep labs. What we have found is that the vast majority of users seem to move in a very specific pattern when they sleep. A small group of users tend to make dramatically smaller movements throughout their sleep. The same algorithms work on both users, however a smaller movement on these very still sleepers indicates something different than a similar movement on an average sleeper. For most users regular is just fine. If a user writes in that they are staring at an alarm clock for an hour and the Fitbit Tracker shows them as asleep, we have them try the sensitive mode.</em><br />
Sincerely,<br />
Amy McDonough and the Fitbit Team</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fitbit-Wireless-Activity-Sleep-Tracker/product-reviews/B005PUONIK">http://www.amazon.com/Fitbit-Wireless-Activity-Sleep-Tracker/product-reviews/B005PUONIK</a><br />
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Someone who paid for fitbit premium back in 2011 <a href="http://brooksreview.net/2011/12/pam/">http://brooksreview.net/2011/12/pam/</a> (mostly on UI)<br />
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Someone made a DIY sleep strap for etsy XD <a href="http://fieldenfrontier.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/fitbit-sleep-strap/">http://fieldenfrontier.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/fitbit-sleep-strap/</a><br />
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one day's sleep graph <a href="http://www.christies-blog.com/2012/03/day-7-fitbit-intro.html">http://www.christies-blog.com/2012/03/day-7-fitbit-intro.html</a><br />
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metafilter <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/204234/Fitbit-hacks">http://ask.metafilter.com/204234/Fitbit-hacks</a><br />
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<a href="http://narcolepsynetwork.org/forums/index.php?/topic/3734-useful-device-to-track-sleep-activity/">http://narcolepsynetwork.org/forums/index.php?/topic/3734-useful-device-to-track-sleep-activity/</a> > <a href="http://www.fitbit.com/user/22B88S">http://www.fitbit.com/user/22B88S</a> (oct 2010 but not really active) starts on 11th, this looks like sorta like mine for today <a href="http://www.fitbit.com/user/22B88S/sleep/date/2010-10-18">http://www.fitbit.com/user/22B88S/sleep/date/2010-10-18</a><br />
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<a href="http://narcolepsynetwork.org/forums/index.php?/topic/3733-sleep-diary-for-one-week/">http://narcolepsynetwork.org/forums/index.php?/topic/3733-sleep-diary-for-one-week/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.fitbit.com/user/229JTZ/sleep">http://www.fitbit.com/user/229JTZ/sleep</a><br />
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random FitBit on a 4 Year Old. How Active Are They? The Results.<br />
<a href="http://braindonkey.com/2012/03/05/fitbit-on-a-4-year-old-how-active-are-they-the-results/">http://braindonkey.com/2012/03/05/fitbit-on-a-4-year-old-how-active-are-they-the-results/</a><br />
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quick note: I didn't pay for my fitbit ultra, and I'm really excited about perhaps interning for them this summer, but obviously I am not sleeping any more strangely than normal or anything just 'cos I got the fitbit for free o_o<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">sleep phase braindump notes</span><br />
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didn't keep notes, but suspect last semester I was getting a lot more sleep and feeling more tired than this semester.<br />
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Huh, Cathy Wu mentioned power naps when I mentioned my ten minute naps yesterday (Monday) (only 1/3 did I get woken by alarm clock before waking up by myself). I was actually just following the instinct to "sleep then and only then when you feel sleepy", encouraged by the getting fitbit data out, instead of fighting this instinct with caffeine (what I've been doing this semester so far). I suspect last semester I got these urges too but they ended up as hour long naps, not a few minutes.<br />
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Research:<br />
<a href="http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm">http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm</a><br />
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Polyphasic sleep is quite widespread in animal kingdom. In a recapitulation of phylogeny, human babies also sleep polyphasically, and gradually lose their nap slots until they become roughly biphasic around the age of one. Human adults, as much as all great apes, are largely biphasic. Although a majority of westerners do not nap on a regular basis their alertness shows a slump in alertness in the middle of the subjective day. This slump can consolidate in a short block of sleep in free-running conditions.</blockquote>
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However, the only valid rule of a thumb for maximizing creativity and alertness is to <b>sleep then and only then when you feel sleepy.</b> When this rule is applied, individuals may fall into a number of diverse schedules. They might be quite effective in any of these exemplary mono- and biphasic patterns: typical 7+2 or 6+1, long sleeper's 9+0, short sleeper's 3+1, or even 3+0, etc. Only you yourself can determine which schedule is optimum in your case. However, you can expect that if you are a normal healthy individual, this schedule will not be polyphasic. If you attempt 3+0.5+0.5+0.5, you will either be seriously sleep deprived (i.e. you will maintain the schedule only with the help of an alarm clock), or you will revert to 3+0.5, or more likely, you will fall back onto a standard 6+1 pattern. The possibility of hooking up your naps to the ultradian rhythm without sleep deprivations is a myth. Knowledge of chronobiology or an assistance from a chronobiologist can be of tremendous value here. </blockquote>
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One of the myths of "Uberman sleep schedule" is that it makes it possible to enter REM sleep and skip non-REM sleep stages entirely. That myth is derived from another false claim that implies a non-essential role of deep sleep. I will ignore these claims as standing in total disagreement with laboratory findings and models of sleep. Instead, let us focus on a more plausible claim of the possibility of compressing sleep stages. </blockquote>
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<b>Some people like firefighters or emergency surgeons may sacrifice their sleep for the sake of others. Most of the remaining population though will optimize their sleep for best health and best creative performance during the waking time. Polyphasic sleep is definitely not the answer to such optimization goals.</b></blockquote>
and some blogs posts I haven't bothered to skim thoroughly<br />
persuasive writing piece <a href="http://mysleepexperiment.wordpress.com/effects-of-polyphasic-sleep-on-health/">http://mysleepexperiment.wordpress.com/effects-of-polyphasic-sleep-on-health/</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #61636a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;">I don’t feel sleep deprived. Ever. Unlike monophasic sleepers, when I start to feel tired, I sleep.</span> </blockquote>
<a href="http://www.highexistence.com/the-other-side-of-polyphasic-sleep/">http://www.highexistence.com/the-other-side-of-polyphasic-sleep/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.highexistence.com/six-tips-and-tricks-for-polyphasic-sleep/">http://www.highexistence.com/six-tips-and-tricks-for-polyphasic-sleep/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">historical anecdnote</span><br />
I honestly think that my sleep habits are just born of bad habit, but for amusement, I will note that a hallmate Arka happened upon one of my before-2.003-recitation-dreading-social-interaction-with-TA-lolidkwhyamistillintheclass naps back during sophomore year<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ckUoONWXJ60/T19t5uN8VOI/AAAAAAAAaFM/ZSphPmdwzTc/s1600/IMAG0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ckUoONWXJ60/T19t5uN8VOI/AAAAAAAAaFM/ZSphPmdwzTc/s320/IMAG0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">29 Sept 2010. according to Arka a few concerned people had appeared before he happened upon me and reassured them that this was normal for me. idk I didn't see anyone except Arka when I woke up</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Conclusion</span><br />
Protip: Indicate it's an intentional nap with e.g. a newspaper or book covering your face if you don't want to alarm people / have them wake you up "just to check on you" ^__^nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-66072761074954124212012-03-05T02:09:00.000-05:002012-03-12T00:19:42.761-04:00N51 Machine Shop -- persuasive research<br />
2009 <a href="http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N31/singapore.html">http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N31/singapore.html</a><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> a new kind of university centered on “integrated/holistic technologically centered education,”</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> highlight an approach that is </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“interdisciplinary</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> with fluid organizational boundaries” and include an emphasis on design and industrial involvement.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Feb. 2012 </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/mit-sutd-design-centre.html">http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/mit-sutd-design-centre.html</a><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">aims to become the world’s premier scholarly hub for technologically intensive design</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">SUTD will be research-intensive and bring the fruits of research into the classroom and into the marketplace. As the largest technically intensive design center in the world</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">new tools and methods for design practice and education. The IDC will be at the cutting edge of research into the interplay between the design of physical devices, processes and actual products and why people choose them.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">It plans to build a fabrication or testing facility to </span><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">support student design projects.</b><span style="background-color: white;"> Equipment will be installed for 3-D printing, fused deposition modeling and laser cutting.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> </span></li>
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Feb 2012? <a href="http://www.sutd.edu.sg/mission_values.aspx">http://www.sutd.edu.sg/mission_values.aspx</a>
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<li><span class="pagesubtitle1" style="background-color: white; color: #990033; font-family: Anivers, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">To be the University of Choice for the top students in Singapore and the region</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To attract top faculty</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Establish a stable pedagogy and curriculum</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To have a strong and stable senior leadership team</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Strong endorsement from industry</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Stable financial base and model</li>
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<span class="pagesubtitle1" style="background-color: white; color: #990033; font-family: Anivers, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Long Term</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To be viewed as the best in the world for design education and research</li>
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">
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<span class="pagesubtitle1" style="background-color: white; color: #990033; font-family: Anivers, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Core Values</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<li style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Commitment to excellence</li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Leadership</li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Integrity</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Passion and responsibility</b></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Spirit of collaboration</b></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Creativity and openness</b></li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Respect for individual</b></li>
</ul>
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</li>
</ul>
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Feb 2012? <a href="http://www.sutd.edu.sg/idc.aspx">http://www.sutd.edu.sg/idc.aspx</a>, <a href="http://www.sutd.edu.sg/curriculum_overview.aspx">http://www.sutd.edu.sg/curriculum_overview.aspx</a>, <a href="http://www.sutd.edu.sg/curriculum_subject_descriptions.aspx">http://www.sutd.edu.sg/curriculum_subject_descriptions.aspx</a></div>
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Feb 2012? <a href="http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/frey/frey.htm">http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/frey/frey.htm</a><br />
<br />
Georgia Tech<br />
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/28/making-makers-georgia-tech">http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/28/making-makers-georgia-tech</a>
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<a href="http://inventionstudio.gatech.edu/">inventionstudio.gatech.edu</a></div>
</div>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-56110599608280078812012-02-28T09:07:00.003-05:002012-02-28T09:15:21.732-05:00Portfolio Apps for Engineers, comparisonIt's internship-hunt time for undergrads~<br />
I am pretty terrible at this whole process and don't really have a portfolio setup besides a picture slideshow off of picasa. This seems to not have received positive responses from people like Apple. Oops. ^___^;;<br />
<br />
<embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F113942194695013581888%2Falbumid%2F5664347063726862977%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" height="267" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"></embed><br />
<br />
Yea, that's right, I literally emailed them a link to <a href="http://orangenarwhals.blogspot.com/p/projects.html">http://orangenarwhals.blogspot.com/p/projects.html</a>. *sulks* I mean, surely the nyancats and hexapods would speak for themselves.<br />
<br />
Some of my friends brought up that uhhh maybe this is not very professional and p.s. it looks like it was just thrown together.<br />
<br />
This is true of course.<br />
<br />
Then I contemplated making a real portfolio. But really, that's not what I want to spend time on right now. This is a common problem, surely there must be webapps for this...<br />
<br />
Whoa look there's a <a href="http://web.appstorm.net/roundups/self-publishing/focus-on-you-with-the-top-web-portfolio-and-resume-apps/">list of portfolio apps</a>!<br />
Also, there are <a href="http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/29/ultimate-guide-to-using-wordpress-for-a-portfolio/">wordpress</a> <a href="http://www.cssreflex.com/2010/09/50-fantabulous-free-and-premium-wordpress-portfolio-themes.html/">themes</a> for portfolios.<br />
<br />
<br />
In the end, I think <b>Carbonmade</b> wins out.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">FolioHD</span><br />
I like folio because they integrate videos from youtube/vimeo. Free version:<br />
36 uploads, +mulitple image uploads, +mulitple galleries, +videos from youtube/vimeo.<br />
-resume attachment. Which is fine for me, since I can just include a link to my resume pdf.<br />
The main drawback is lack of theming, so I can't change the default homepage look so that it doesn't look so ugly with just two galleries.<br />
<b>paid features comparison: </b>https://foliohd.com/upgrade<br />
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Mostly I like that youtube videos are integrated. Too bad there's not much choice in terms of free styles.<br />
<a href="http://nancyouyang.foliohd.com/all">http://nancyouyang.foliohd.com/all</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ravael</span><br />
I would like ravael (esp. since they limit to 100mb, not to #pics) but I like the image display flash popup thing less, so they lose on theming, but they <b>do allow custom themes</b> (selection of layouts and then you upload a CSS file).<br />
<a href="http://raveal.net/p/nancy29888/portfolio">http://raveal.net/p/nancy29888/portfolio</a>
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Paid features <b>comparison</b>: <a href="https://raveal.net/people/changeplan?execution=e1s1">https://raveal.net/people/changeplan?execution=e1s1</a>
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Krop</span><br />
Krop would win in terms of the default free aesthetic if they didn't limit me to ten images and no videos :( Also they don't allow multiple-image-at-once upload for free.<br />
<a href="http://www.krop.com/nancyouyang/">http://www.krop.com/nancyouyang/</a>
<br />
Free: Basic10 image limit, classic-light style only.<br />
Paid <b>features</b>: <a href="https://www.krop.com/profile/creativepro/">https://www.krop.com/profile/creativepro/</a><br />
(also, look, pretty art: <a href="http://www.krop.com/terryfan/">http://www.krop.com/terryfan/</a>)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Carbonmade</span><br />
Carbonmade wins on account of their user-interface and default free theming. Every change is live. And they allow a bit of homepage customization so that my homepage doesn't look so empty with just two galleries. But I can't integrate videos :(<br />
<a href="http://nancyouyang.carbonmade.com/">http://nancyouyang.carbonmade.com/</a>
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Paid features comparison: <a href="https://carbonmade.com/signup">https://carbonmade.com/signup</a> ($12/month for 50 projects500 images10 videos)<br />
Free: 2 of 5 projects19 of 35 images0 of 0 videos<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Magnt</span><br />
Magnt is more like ... I dunno, some sort of generic aggregated web presence. Does not fulfill my need for a photo/video portfolio of my projects.<br />
<a href="http://nancyouyang.magnt.com/">http://nancyouyang.magnt.com/</a>
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wix</span><br />
<br />
I tried out Wix too, but don't like it as much. It's for general site-building, hich is nice and amazingly easy to use / customizable, but too much overhead for my dump-pictures strategy.<br />
<a href="http://www.wix.com/nouyang/portfolio#!portfolio">http://www.wix.com/nouyang/portfolio#!portfolio</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Conclusion</span><br />
Ultimately, I hope to roll my own Flask site, but in the meantime. Back to psetting.<br />
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notes to self: list of ruby (jekyll) sites + source code<br />
<a href="https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/Sites">https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/Sites</a><br />
Themequery -- if only the galleries where recursive, hmm.<br />
<a href="http://themequery.com/portfolio-template/">http://themequery.com/portfolio-template/</a>
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Best: <a href="http://wpesp.com/">http://wpesp.com/</a>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-58769936964387487042012-02-10T03:33:00.000-05:002012-02-10T05:22:24.982-05:00minimalist todo listsHope to replace google docs text-based day-level scheduler <a href="http://cathywu.posterous.com/">Cathy Wu</a> introduced me to, e.g. see <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JwIQSbiO53uE1aopT95y-0q85EYxuxsHyWPxAW0DArA/edit">Metrify todo</a>. I want browser-based (I use desktop+netbook+school computers, I don't use a smartphone or tablet). Google calendar... I don't understand it's paradigm (perhaps it's for outlook-trained users?).<br />
<ul>
<li><b>day </b>
<a href="http://tomorrow.do/">http://tomorrow.do/</a> --> allows nesting</li>
<li><b><b>timer </b><a href="http://tomatoi.st/ajle" style="font-weight: normal;">http://tomatoi.st/ajle</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> --> browser based </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique" style="font-weight: normal;">pomodoro timer</a>
</b></li>
<li><b>week</b> <a href="http://teuxdeux.com/">http://teuxdeux.com/</a> --> no nesting. Add times like on gdoc, [3-5pm][</li>
<li><b>email </b><a href="http://www.gtasker.com/">http://www.gtasker.com/</a> --> integrated with gmail, makes me appreciate the todo! but no weekly level overview</li>
</ul>
I feel that I would be really happy if gtasker and teuxdeux and tomorrow.do got together and had a baby. Or at least talked to each other, if they had an API or something like google scripts I would so totally write email scrapers that would stick things onto teuxdeux, and each day at 6 am teuxdeux things would get transferred to tomorrow.do and each night at 5am the things I pushed off until tomorrow would sync up on teuxdeux...<br />
<br />
I also want to script an email reminder every morning, because Gmail is an universal interface I will never forget to login and check. And I want to write a text based interface to everything -- something like <a href="https://getpaprika.com/">Paprika</a>/<a href="http://workflowy.com/">Workflowy</a>'s text-based input system. I guess I'd need to write an intermediate script to scrape event data from my email (all the MIT events are sent out via email and I wish I could train gmail to better recognize events even if I needed to give it a bit of human input, e.g. tell it this email has an event and force it to guess the event data) and input it text-wise.<br />
<br />
I wonder if I can scrape these sites to implement a limited version of these features...<br />
<br />
/me adds to project todo list... on one of the webapps I just mentioned, but which one? hah.<br />
<br />
Speaking of which, I just rediscovered <a href="http://workflowy.com/">workflowy.com</a> which I was in love with for a while but then forgot all about it. I guess there's something to be said for those pesky once-a-month emails from services I rarely use: at least I don't forget about their existence entirely...<br />
<br />
Reference: quora topic<br />
<a href="http://www.quora.com/To-Do-List-Applications">http://www.quora.com/To-Do-List-Applications</a><br />
Alternative timer (less control, but has audio / alarm):<br />
<a href="http://www.focusboosterapp.com/live">http://www.focusboosterapp.com/live</a>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-65273286256311506392012-02-08T16:32:00.002-05:002012-03-11T17:42:24.201-04:00to caffeinate or not, as a studentlast semester, I began taking caffeine pills, but in a very moderated amount (so probably equivalent to people who drink soft drinks / energy drinks, e.g. 50 to 100mg a day / a quarter to half a pill, aka one cup of coffee, but only on days I reaallly needed it). I wasn't terribly bothered by the stigma of taking pills (I don't like the taste of coffee, I don't particularly like sweet soft/energy drinks, I'm too lazy to keep brewing tea, and I'm a cheap student: it's way cheaper to obtain caffeine in pill form than liquid form). However, I was hesitant due to the stigma of requiring chemicals to help my be productive (e.g. wondering if I was deficient in not being able to simply motivate myself to work harder). Also, I wanted to save my caffeine tolerance for when I really needed it.<br />
<br />
This semester, I've decided I don't really care how I get my work done and I have no pride in independence from chemicals. Also, encouragingly:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/599101">http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/599101</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">It's not just the caffeine that needs to clear from your body-- you need to wait for your enzyme levels to return to baseline. Constistent exposure to caffeine will induce the expression of the enzyme that metabolizes caffeine (CYP 1A2) in your liver, so you'll also need to wait until the elevated levels of enzyme decrease in order for your caffeine tolerance to subside. I'm not exactly sure how long that takes (probably a couple of days)</span></blockquote>
It seems the caffeine tolerance is not lifelong permanent but rather something that can be fixed in a week or even a month.<br />
Interestingly,<br />
<a href="http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/808433">http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/808433</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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For some people with ADD/ADHD caffeine has a calming effect and can even make them drowsy. They seem to be immune to the 'hyper' effects of caffinated substances which only last short-term.</div>
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</blockquote>
Hmm, I've definitely fallen asleep right after a caffeine dose last semester, and I doubt at the time I had much of a caffeine tolerance but cannot be 100% certain (how fast does tolerance build up? a day? a week?). I don't have ADD though. I think. Perhaps it's partly due to how confident I am in my ability to fall sleep no matter what I try;<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_caffeine">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_caffeine</a>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Studies with placebo conditions have been done to demonstrate that the effects of caffeine depend greatly on the consumer’s expectations</span>
</blockquote>
add/drowsiness from caffeine: Backed up by research?<br />
<a href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/how-does-caffeine-affect-nervous-system-health-research/Content?oid=875717">http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/how-does-caffeine-affect-nervous-system-health-research/Content?oid=875717</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Caffeine has a tremendously wide variation in action," Regestein admits. "The people who say 'I can drink a cup of coffee right before I go to bed and go right to sleep' aren't lying." Hard biochemical research confirms the fact. Carney describes "one common strain of laboratory mouse, Jackson's Lab's SWR strain, inbred since the 1920s, who is just totally immune to the effect of caffeine: there's no dose that will excite him--not 100 milligrams per kilogram, which would be equivalent to 100 cups of coffee in a human.</span>
</blockquote>
After a quick search on google scholar, I don't really see any sources for caffeine effects variability in humans being linked to ADD/ADHD so I will regard it as unsubstantiated rumor.<br />
<br />
The plan is that this semester, I'll experiment by dosing either 200 or 400 mg / day (one pill, around 2pm and 10pm) and see if that helps me stay motivated to finish all my psets. Of course, this isn't a sound experiment in any sense, since I believe I am less burnt out, more self-confident, less likely to make excuses and more motivated than the beginning of last semester. (But perhaps I was this on top of things last semester and excited, and things fell from there. I don't remember). This anecdote in particular:<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/nxdzz/im_not_as_smart_as_i_thought_i_was/">http://www.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/nxdzz/im_not_as_smart_as_i_thought_i_was/</a>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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I am an identical twin. Cognitively, my twin and I score the same on tests, and we largely have the same interests (algorithmic analysis, specifically, programming).</div>
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In high school, my twin (the paperwork claims twin "A"), spent a lot of time doing his math homework. Like, all of it. Sometimes, all the problems in the chapter, maybe more than once.</div>
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Of course, I took advantage of this and did ... none of it.</div>
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Fast forward to college, and although we are still performing the same on tests, the reward for his diligence becomes obvious. I struggle through Calculus 1 and 2, combinatorics, linear algebra, and proofs. He picks up a Math degree along with two others at the same time ... a year faster than I complete my degree. He picks up stats, applied math, and a few other esoteric things (like x-ray crystallography) for fun. He does fundamental work in cancer research before he graduates.</div>
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Grants open up for his PhD work, and he gets his choice of programs at different schools. I have to pay my own way for a Master's degree. He gets kicked from the GCC mailing list for posting too many bugs. I almost get kicked from graduate school because I can't keep up with the lab.</div>
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Suffice it to say, it all came down to his early time and effort actually doing his homework. Seriously. The worst part is, after putting in several months at the beginning of slogging through his Maths homework, he could do all of the problems much faster than I. So, while I toiled on the minimum set, he could hammer out the homework in minutes and be that much farther ahead.</div>
</blockquote>
In addition, working with very motivated people this winter break has helped lift me from my skate-through-life attitude toward not completing assignments.<br />
<br />
I hope the breaks (weekends possibly, spring break, summer break) will give my body time to reset itself. I've also allowed for ramping for each semester -- 600mg/day for senior fall, 800mg/day for senior spring -- in case caffeine is effective but I start developing a permanent tolerance to it. I really think I'll be able to stay on <400mg/day though.<br />
<br />
<b>Dosing research / Safety Check</b><br />
<a href="http://www.caffeinedependence.org/caffeine_dependence.html#tolerance">http://www.caffeinedependence.org/caffeine_dependence.html#tolerance</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"> In caffeine non-users or intermittent users, low dietary doses of caffeine (20-200 mg) generally produce positive mood effects such as increased well-being, happiness, energetic arousal, alertness, and sociability. Among daily caffeine consumers, much of the positive mood effect experienced with consumption of caffeine in the morning after overnight abstinence is due to suppression of a low grade withdrawal symptoms such as sleepiness and lethargy (see section on Caffeine Withdrawal). Large caffeine doses (200 mg or greater) may produce negative mood effects. Although generally mild and brief, these effects include increased anxiety, nervousness, jitteriness, and upset stomach. However, individual differences in sensitivity and tolerance affect the severity and likelihood of experiencing negative effects [...] </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;">high dietary doses of caffeine (200 mg or more) increase anxiety ratings and induce panic attacks in the general population. Individuals with panic and anxiety disorders are especially sensitive to the effects of caffeine</span> [...] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;">High doses of caffeine (750 to 1200 mg/day spread throughout the day) administered daily, have been shown to produce "complete" tolerance (i.e., caffeine effects are no longer different from baseline or placebo) to some, but not all of the effects of caffeine.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"> </span></blockquote>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_caffeine">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_caffeine</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">For the rest of the general population of healthy adults, Health Canada advises a daily intake of no more than 400 mg.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-itsyourhealth_45-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_caffeine#cite_note-itsyourhealth-45" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[46]</a></sup> </blockquote>
Lethal dose research: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_caffeine">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_caffeine</a><br />
150mg / kg, 160lbs = 70kg (yes, I'm becoming more and more overweight), lethal dose = 10.5 grams. I should be safely under this.<br />
<br />
<b>Additional research</b><br />
<a href="http://www.quora.com/How-bad-is-it-to-drink-800-to-1-500-mg-of-caffeine-daily">http://www.quora.com/How-bad-is-it-to-drink-800-to-1-500-mg-of-caffeine-daily</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> the average US coffee consumption is about two cups per day, which is the equivalent of approximately 280 mg of caffeine daily. [1]</span></blockquote>
Seems on the high side to me o.o I never realized we consume so much coffee.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-permanent-effects-of-caffeine-intake-on-brain-structure-or-function">http://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-permanent-effects-of-caffeine-intake-on-brain-structure-or-function</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
For adults consuming moderate amounts of coffee (3–4 cups/d providing 300–400 mg/d of caffeine), there is little evidence of health risks and some evidence of health benefits.</blockquote>
Okay, so my caffeine consumption isn't too crazy then, even if right now I feel amazingly less sluggish / craving sleep than normal.<br />
<br />
<b>Tolerance</b><br />
Lifehacker draws on dated studies:<br />
<a href="http://lifehacker.com/5585217/what-caffeine-actually-does-to-your-brain">http://lifehacker.com/5585217/what-caffeine-actually-does-to-your-brain</a>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">A 1995 study suggests that humans become<b> tolerant</b> to their daily dose of caffeine—whether a single soda or a serious espresso habit—somewhere between a <b>week and 12 days</b>. And that tolerance is pretty strong. [...] </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">caffeine <b>withdrawal</b> very quickly, anywhere from <b>12 to 24 hours</b> after your last use [...] you'll be over it in around<b> 10 days</b></span></span></blockquote>
<b>Conclusion</b><br />
<b>200 [to 400] mg / weekday: 2pm, [10pm]. None on weekends.</b><br />
200mg seems like a sufficiently high intake compared to my normal levels (<50 mg/day all winter break / most of my life) that I should be able to determine if caffeine will help me be more productive, or if really it comes down to a self-motivation problem no chemical can fix.<br />
<br />
<b>~~~~~~</b><br />
<b>to figure out:</b><br />
can I measure the actual caffeine / metabolites in my blood levels for meche instrumentation 2.671 class? seems like the international sports people relied on some sort of urine test.<br />
<br />
<br />
~~<br />
<b>random copy paste from failbook</b><br />
[7 Mar 2012]<br />
TIL about cough drops and caffeine: "Menthol did approximately double the time to maximal caffeine serum concentrations, however, suggesting that menthol delays the absorption of caffeine." Hmm. Sounds like a possible stopgap for accidental extra caffeine. Except this was wrt 100mg of menthol and 200mg of caffeine and the average cough drop ~8mg of menthol.(http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2010/May2010/DrugInteractions-0510)<br />
<br />
[7 Mar 2012]<br />
hmm. caffeine in pill form, at 12g ~$0.23 / g (price seems to have gone up since october 2011). caffeine in powder form, at .5kg ~$0.06 /g. >> to investigate: shelf-life and personal consumption rate, but I bet it's not worth it.<br />
<br />
[14 Dec 2011]<br />
<br />
Nancy R. Ouyang I've input about as much caffeine over the last 48 hours as previously over the entire semester. CHEMICALS, WHY DO YOU FAIL AT KEEPING ME AWAKE ;____;<br />
December 14, 2011 at 5:16am · Like<br />
<br />
A strongly recommend making your plane to signal spacing much wider<br />
December 14, 2011 at 5:22am · Like<br />
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<b>B Appendix 1 to caffeine tips:</b><br />
* Caffeine can only do so much to override sleepiness before fatigue takes over and kicks you in the face.<br />
* By "face" I mean consciousness.<br />
* The solution is NOT stronger stimulants. Remember, awake != functional.<br />
December 14, 2011 at 3:43pm · Like<br />
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Nancy R. Ouyang oh, no worries, i get demotivated and fall asleep long before i stop being functional. derp! :D but thanks.<br />
<br />
<br />
Nancy R. Ouyang<br />
ugh, 5 different labs to split my time between. 6.131 (9-23, and the one that edges me into overstressed-land), 2.008 (7-16), mas.863 (anytime), MITERS (anytime), UROP (set times). I think it's time to investigate caffeine pills so I can tip the scales in favor of building things 24/7 (vs indulging my love of napping) because now I actually have infinity projects to work on.<br />
Like · · October 25, 2011 at 12:20am<br />
<br />
<b>B TIPS:</b><br />
<br />
* Cut pills in two. 200mg is a fairly high amount for one dose and you'll feel better (read: less jitter) with an extended dose over time.<br />
* Combine with aspirin or an NSAID (like ibuprofen) for slight synergistic effects.<br />
* LD50 is roughly 150mg/kg body mass. That said, watch your dosage. Heart palpitations suck.<br />
* Being awake != being functional.<br />
* Amazon Prime is your best friend for instant gratification.<br />
October 25, 2011 at 1:54am · Like · 1<br />nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-54536910783514525542011-12-08T01:53:00.001-05:002011-12-08T01:55:38.353-05:00Recording of Sal Khan's talk at MIT<a href="http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/15484-rethinking-education---sal-khan-3-mit-degrees-85487485-lessons-delivered">http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/15484-rethinking-education---sal-khan-3-mit-degrees-85487485-lessons-delivered</a><br />
'twas recorded! awesome talk, entertaining in its own right (Khan of Khan Academy came to give a talk at MIT) and he brings up some very interesting ideas about education and how to change it for the better.<br />
<br />
Hmm, I seem to be doomed to make lots of terrible quality posts. I created orangenarwhals with the idea of spamming nouyang.blogspot lots but putting lengthy quality posts on orangenarwhals. Oops. Yea, anyway wandering over here, I update <a href="http://orangenarwhals.blogspot.com/">orangenarwhals.blogspot.com</a> very frequently nowadays and this less so, since I've decided this will be a more "person thoughts on things" and that will be more "insane documentation of technical things".nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-41107897257692461622011-11-01T05:52:00.001-04:002011-11-01T05:52:28.461-04:00Ubuntu 11.10 Chinese Handwriting Recognition...still is not nearly as awesome as Windows. Ah well.<br />
<br />
A paper on how the windows tablet recognition works (and it works eerily well). They had to collect a large sample set to train their machine learning algorithm (neural networks) with, though, so difficult to replicate with open-source.<br />
<br />
Handwriting Recognition: Tablet PC Text Input (Sept. 2007)<br />
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2007.314">10.1109/MC.2007.314</a><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>http://chico.inf-cr.uclm.es/aimolina/IPO1/ACTIVIDADES%20ENTREGABLES/ARTICULOS%20ESTILOS%20PARADIGMAS/NUEVOS%20ESTILOS%20INTERACCION/EI_HandwritingRecognition.pdf</li>
</ul>
<div>
<a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-tegaki">sudo apt-get install tegaki-ibus</a></div>
<div>
Works, but not very well (can't tolerate stroke order mistakes or natural handwriting well)</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
HanziLookup (not really meant as IME) -- by stroke order and length of stroke (some toleration of out-of-order strokes)<br />
<a href="http://kiang.org/jordan/software/hanzilookup/">http://kiang.org/jordan/software/hanzilookup/</a><br />
<a href="http://xpwithubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/01/aiptek-tablet-and-chinese-handwriting.html">http://xpwithubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/01/aiptek-tablet-and-chinese-handwriting.html</a><br />
<br />
CellWriter (does not really work as Chinese IME since you have to train it on each character you want to write, and it does not have a fully listing of characters to train with):<br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/thejonus.net/stuff/how-to/chineseinputwithawacombamboo">https://sites.google.com/a/thejonus.net/stuff/how-to/chineseinputwithawacombamboo</a><br />
<br />
IbusHandwrite:<br />
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/ibus-handwrite/">http://code.google.com/p/ibus-handwrite/</a><br />
<br />
an Ubuntu forum post:<br />
<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1468468">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1468468</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Online alternatives:<br />
Use <a href="http://nciku.com/">nciku</a> which has the Java lookup running (probably they're using hanzilookup engine).<br />
Type pinyin into the Chinese google clone: <a href="http://www.baidu.com/">http://www.baidu.com/</a><br />
<br />
Also useful, use google translate to grab the pinyin for a block of text. <a href="http://translate.google.com/">http://translate.google.com/</a> and then click on the "A" (Read Phonetically) button. (It also has a read aloud option now).<br />
<br />
<a href="http://quizlet.com/">Quizlet</a> also does free pronunciation recognition for flashcards (they bought a dataset).<br />
<br />nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-28702867481581045112011-10-16T03:34:00.000-04:002011-10-16T03:34:31.366-04:00commute audio (podcasts / readings)<a href="http://www.quora.com/Podcasts/What-are-good-podcasts-to-listen-to?q=podcast">http://www.quora.com/Podcasts/What-are-good-podcasts-to-listen-to?q=podcast</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast">http://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast</a><br />
<a href="http://feeds.conversationsnetwork.org/channel/itc">http://feeds.conversationsnetwork.org/channel/itc</a> science<br />
<a href="http://www.collegecrunch.org/entertainment/15-podcasts-that-will-make-you-smarter/">http://www.collegecrunch.org/entertainment/15-podcasts-that-will-make-you-smarter/</a> recs<br />
<a href="http://www.podcastbunker.com/Podcast_Feeds/Podcast_Feeds/The_Big_List/">http://www.podcastbunker.com/Podcast_Feeds/Podcast_Feeds/The_Big_List/</a><br />
<br />
librivox<br />
<a href="http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2010/03/1000_new_free_a.html">http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2010/03/1000_new_free_a.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/104911-good-librivox-books">http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/104911-good-librivox-books</a><br />
<a href="http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Staff_Picks_2011">http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Staff_Picks_2011</a><br />
<br />
chinese<br />
<a href="http://gb.cri.cn/inet/programs/cz.htm">http://gb.cri.cn/inet/programs/cz.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/12072-chinese-language-podcasts/page__st__160">http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/12072-chinese-language-podcasts/page__st__160</a><br />
awesome! <a href="http://www.londonhuayu.co.uk/?page_id=2797">http://www.londonhuayu.co.uk/?page_id=2797</a> / <a href="http://www.londonhuayu.co.uk/?s=mp3&feed=rss2">http://www.londonhuayu.co.uk/?s=mp3&feed=rss2</a>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-36549023462523263522011-07-17T21:55:00.002-04:002011-07-24T18:41:40.416-04:00Notes to self: things learnedThings learned over the last two or three weeks (?? time flies):<br />
<br />
UROP:<br />
Op-amp filter design and optimization (picking resisters for gain values, differential amplifiers to boost range of ADC) <br />
Piezos, transducers, FSRs, tiny light sensor SMDs<br />
A bit of Rhino (boolean operations), more solidworks tricks (features: add and subtract)<br />
Relearned the lasercutter, observed cutting of 1'' diameter clear cylindrical acrylic<br />
Mold making and casting (Sil 325, 6, rubber)<br />
Shopbot CNC to STL to Gcode -- for milling out wax mold<br />
<br />
SMD soldering (zero resistors and tiny components!)<br />
Circuit debugging (multimeter-ing ahoy and battery plug schematics)<br />
AVR programming (avrdude, ISP cable, usbtiny programmer, ISP vs. serial, why the USB port fail on my netbook, codeblocks setup, ladyada tutorial), atmel datasheets, DDR ports pins pin-numbers<br />
<br />
Code for America:<br />
What makes a good API wrapper (auto-completion triggers are good, documentation is good),<br />
Code coverage coverage.py, pep8, vi setup (nerdtree, Janus, other people's github dotfiles)<br />
Github / git<br />
Need to learn Jenkins for continuous coverage<br />
<br />
Life:<br />
EL wire (http://members.shaw.ca/ubik/thread/order.html, Jordan's "the best conductive thread everhttp://www.bekaert.com/en/Product%20Catalog/Products/B/Bekinox%20conductive%20fibre%20based%20-%20filament%20based%20products%20for%20anti-static%20textile%20applications.aspx -- 30 ohm/yard"), conductive thread resistances<br />
RFID reader / card scanner costs, wireless setup costs <br />
McMaster ordering, parts finding (robot marketplace, summary of surplus sites: http://www.nostalgickitscentral.com/info/parts.html, ebay is trustworthy), steel ordering (Turner Steel)<br />
MIG welding<br />
A bit of Eagle routing (simple 555 circuit), toner transfer ironing<br />
PCB / flatbed epson printers (epson = piezoelectric printheads, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet_printer)<br />
<br />
Also, resolved to ask infinite questions! That way, when more girls show up at MITERS, I can answer their questions :) I have to live up to the title of a being junior now...nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-15280345913336139022011-07-17T21:17:00.003-04:002011-07-24T18:43:11.657-04:00if (advantages == disadvantages)I admit it. At MIT, sometimes I'm a miserable ungrateful human being who wishes I'd started learning programming when I was seven. 'cos everyone around me seems to have done so, gotten bored of it, and then picked up another field to master too between seven and eighteen. o__o<br />
<br />
Then I ran across this:<br />
<a href="http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/advice.html">http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/advice.html</a><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I've been programming for a very long time. So long that it's incredibly boring to me. At the time that I wrote this book, I knew about 20 programming languages and could learn new ones in about a day to a week depending on how weird they were. Eventually though this just became boring and couldn't hold my interest anymore.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span> </blockquote>So, on other days, I remember to be glad that I have so much to learn and so many people around me to teach me. Because programming, for me and for now, remains a wondrous activity that I've sought to learn how to do for years and still don't really believe I know how.<br />
<br />
That, I know, is a problem with my attitude. I'll always think there's more to something than there might actually be, because I've decided to worship the acquisition of some skills. Programming, the mill/lathe/lasercutter/waterjet, simply being knowledgeable... Wah, why is there so much stuff to learn?<br />
<br />
In other news, at Code for America, we did rails training [edit: I first wrote this post 6/28/11]. The impression of ruby+rails I got was:<br />
"RVM Synaptic apt-get wait the internet hold on let's try gem install"<br />
"oh now gems won't work because I have a semi-right version of ruby but not gems"<br />
"uh...<br />
*terminal freezes for 30 seconds with no indication anything happened after I hit enter*<br />
...yay UI fail"<br />
<br />
Code code code. Feeling a bit overworked as I try to finagle my "it's summer" brain into working on my Media Lab UROP (mostly me learning electronics), code on Code for America work (which I admit is hard to do alone, and not nearly as fun as when I was at the office and everyone was chilling out and working with each other and I could feel not guilty about pestering everyone with questions), and working on My Own Projects. Due to aforementioned balancing act, I'm constantly swinging between "oh it's hopeless, why don't I know anything / why am I so behind" despair and "ahhhh this stuff is due" frenzied work.<br />
<br />
Mmm... My Own Projects. Like cloning the hexabot Instructables. I love the feel of electric vehicles... so much quiet power. <3nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-50354221671136069152011-06-24T18:41:00.000-04:002011-06-24T18:41:24.394-04:00Code for America, Week 3: Why API auto-generator DNEWell, aside from dreaming of rideable hexapods, during the day time I am working away on code for america developer tools project. Namely, I have been learning about how to write a python API wrapper, and attempting to learn how to write a good one.<br />
<br />
Stackoverflow was not so helpful in this regard:<br />
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/517237/howto-write-python-api-wrapper">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/517237/howto-write-python-api-wrapper</a><br />
<br />
Re: the autogeneration question that <a href="http://mashape.com/">mashape.com</a> is working on, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/rryan@mit.edu">RJ</a> explicates:<br />
<blockquote>I think you'll be hard pressed to automate this. Few if any APIs come with a machine readable description of what they are and how they work. This is because it's really hard. It'd be a great thought exercise to try and come up with a schema or ontology for APIs, but even if you did almost no APIs would use it so it wouldn't matter anyway.<br />
<br />
Incidentally, the core of REST is this very thing -- self-descriptions of how to consume an API that eliminate the need for the API's wrapper in any given language from needing to know any hardcoded information about resources provided by the API. (e.g. the wrapper doesn't have to know that the Person resource is provided by the URL route /people/<br />
<br />
Almost no so-called "REST API" is truly a REST API, because it does not provide this self-description. What people latched on to by calling things "REST" is that its simple, state-less, idempotent, and based on the 4 actions get / create / delete / put. Everyone conveniently leaves off that last requirement of REST because it adds more complexity and the way everyone implements API wrappers is by saying "let me read the API human documentation and poop out some Python that can do everything it's capable of".<br />
<br />
another reason why auto-generating an API wrapper would be hard -- people, especially programmers, are highly aesthetic. Every target language has their own community standards and principles for how things are supposed to work (e.g. "Pythonic") so your wrapper generator will have to somehow account for this to not offend the programmer's sensibilities. My gut feeling is that most machine-generated wrappers will be stuck in some kind of uncanny valley where it'll feel crappy.<br />
<br />
I think Google Protocol Buffers are a good example of this. While they are awesome, no way would you think that the code auto-generated for interacting with a protobuf was written by a human, because all the method names are very machine-like (i.e. pluralizations aren't quite English -- think "num_citys").<br />
<br />
Well, you're right that this kind of thin-wrapper [edit: <a href="https://github.com/codeforamerica/SBA-Python/blob/master/api.py"></a><br />
around an API is not very expressive. As a Python API writer, I think I would far prefer something similar to how the Django ORM expresses database queries. Something like this would be nice:<br />
<br />
class Business(RESTResource):<br />
.. <br />
type = ... (enum type)<br />
zipcode = ... (string)<br />
.. <br />
<br />
businesses = Business.get().by_zipcode(zipcode).filter(type=business_type)<br />
<br />
(nevermind that zipcode is not l10n-considerate)</blockquote><br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Zach, my fellow Python devtools intern, has been working on an awesome generic Python API wrapper template which is well-documented to boot:<br />
<a href="https://github.com/codeforamerica/Python-API-Module"></a><br />
Also helpful was studying the Sunlight Labs python code: <a href="https://github.com/sunlightlabs/python-sunlightapi"></a><br />
And looking at this, although perhaps it's not the best example:<br />
<a href="https://github.com/codeforamerica/FCC-Python-Egg/blob/master/generic_api.py"></a><br />
<br />
These are all for the simple APIs, of course.<br />
<br />
I've certainly learned a lot, but I'm also 100% the code I'm writing right is crap. That's okay though, I decided to forge ahead, learn things, and come back and fix it later. Otherwise, I'll never get anything done.<br />
<br />
Oh also look we're on the internet!<br />
<a href="http://codeforamerica.org/2011/06/15/meet-the-2011-cfa-interns/">http://codeforamerica.org/2011/06/15/meet-the-2011-cfa-interns/</a><br />
<br />
And also <b>fellowship applications</b> are open~<br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">2012 Fellowship Application<br />
Application Deadline: 8/1/2011 | Program Start: 1/4/2012<br />
Online application:<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><a href="http://codeforamerica.org/fellows/apply/">http://<wbr></wbr>codeforamerica.org/fellows/<wbr></wbr>apply/</a><br />
Learn more:<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><a href="http://codeforamerica.org/fellows">codeforamerica.org/<wbr></wbr>fellows</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">That's my "I'm homesick for a place I spent a week in" spiel :) I haven't had face-to-face contact with people in forever, and today there was a hardware talk going on that I just pestered people until someone gave in and let me skype in. Then I realized how much I miss the office, haha.</span></span></span>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-38826431951270263932011-06-10T19:29:00.000-04:002011-06-10T19:29:09.378-04:00Code For America, Week 1: 10 Internets of AwesomeIt's the start of my google summer of code 2011 internship at Code for America, a week Dan Melton, our CTO, has termed the "bootcamp." Whew. It's been a crazy week for me. I didn't know what they expected, since I fall into a lot of categories:<br />
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<ul><li>Female</li>
<li>From MIT</li>
<li>Not a full-blown CS major</li>
<li>Haven't had a real programming job before</li>
<li>Have never contributed to open-source code</li>
</ul><div>The first few days or so I lived in constant fear that they would find out they hadn't gotten what they'd bargained for (I seriously considered resigning). I'm closer to believing that they'll accept me the way I am, clueless and all. For a while I wondered: was I only here (despite my lack of expertise in python/github/FOSS development) because I was a female or because I was from MIT? Then the feminist side of me came out and was like "screw that I shouldn't have to think those thoughts, I was admitted for better or for worse so let's just get on with it."</div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyway, for me it's been a whirlwind tour of once again, getting over my aversion to asking for help. WTF, it's pretty obvious I'm completely inexperienced, why am I still afraid to show the extent of my uh lack of anything in my brain?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Hehe. Ah well, it's Friday, which is open labs (work on whatever you want), and I'm in a happy mood and fine with the fact that I still need to improve myself.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Learned/learning this week:</div><div>Github, git</div><div>Serious python development: nose, mock, coverage.py</div><div>Vi plugins: minibufexplorer, janus, solarizer, nerdtreeexplorer</div><div>Dotfiles .bashrc .vimrc .coveragerc</div><div>How to be humble and also how to not run away and hide in my dreams</div><div>APIs and devtools and how to write wrappers, RPC, JSON, XML, REST, http headers, chrome inspector navigator</div><div>App deployment (in 5 minutes o.o) and some of the services out there</div><div>Continuous integration server for python</div><div>Fabric, python eggs</div><div>Mashape</div><div><br />
</div><div>Talks this week:</div><div>Coda Hale, metrics</div><div>DJ Patil, LinkedIn / color</div><div>Twitter product head, cofounder random questions</div><div><br />
</div>nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-9587708107366402032011-06-01T05:14:00.000-04:002011-06-01T05:14:10.103-04:002d tshirt printer + soluble ink for one-time shirtsmost t-shirts are for one-off events anyway, and while they're good for memories, really? do we need that many t-shirts? kind of wasteful.<br />
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of course the craftier among us can reuse the cloth to create awesome individualized clothing...<br />
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but another solution might be the t-shirt printer (DIY Direct-to-garment:<br />
<a href="http://hackaday.com/2010/06/06/how-to-diydtg/">http://hackaday.com/2010/06/06/how-to-diydtg/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.t-shirtforums.com/diy-dtg/">http://www.t-shirtforums.com/diy-dtg/</a><br />
<a href="http://hackaday.com/2010/06/27/dtg-using-a-stock-printer/">http://hackaday.com/2010/06/27/dtg-using-a-stock-printer/</a>)<br />
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combined with a soluble ink of some kind. Most t-shirt inks are designed with permanence in mind (to prevent fading with repeated washing). And the erasability of the ink has to be balanced against not wanting the ink to come out during a hot summer day (heat + sweat or rain). Ideally it would come off in ordinary washing machines, and it wouldn't stain other clothing when it washed off.nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-25260330649252757152011-05-31T17:26:00.001-04:002011-06-13T00:14:15.811-04:00summer 2011 budget<b>[Edit] 6/13/11</b><br />
Haha, so I screwed up. So now I have the time but not really the money to make things. _sigh_<br />
New Budget:<br />
In, 5000<br />
2400 travel, housing, taxes?<br />
500 donate<br />
200 gifts<br />
500 on books<br />
200 on food<br />
1200 on projects: 200 on hexapod, 150 on diy dtg, 500 on evt, 200 misc., 150 ?<br />
100 for room / building<br />
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<b>In:</b><br />
4400<br />
5000<br />
=9400<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">hopefully covered by psc:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">980 in travel expenses (Nicaragua)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<b>Out:</b><br />
2000 - taxes<br />
2400 - housing, travel<br />
=5000 left<br />
800 - donate<br />
200 - gifts for friends<br />
=4000<br />
500 on books / textbooks<br />
500 on UROP related stuff<br />
=3000<br />
Projects~<br />
500 for a scooter<br />
1500 for a 3d printer?<br />
=1000<br />
100 for a 2d tshirt printer<br />
200 for room furniture building supplies<br />
500 for misc. supplies to play around with<br />
200 for food<br />
= 0nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473802550629755.post-41075600282288560402011-05-25T02:12:00.000-04:002011-05-25T02:12:42.550-04:00humanssometimes it seems as if literature has such power to inspire and heal, and technology such power to drive humanity to destruction. but I suppose it goes both ways, and I should stop trying to pretend I'm not human. People are irritating, I'm a person, I'm irritating, and you know what? Who gives a piece of cake, it's fine that I'm human and flawed.<br />
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Mmm, cake. :D Yay indulgences of life during the summer... Wait, this is terrible, during term I justified it as stress-eating. >__> <__<<br />
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Wikipedia says of monasticism,<br />
<blockquote>Sādhus strive to treat all with respect and compassion, whether a person may be poor or rich, good or wicked, and to be indifferent to praise, blame, pleasure, and pain.</blockquote>Well, screw that, I'm not at that stage yet and have no desire to reach it. I want to be human and love and hate and not censor myself...<br />
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but I will still totally take up immortality. To have infinite time to learn things, why would anyone give up such a chance? Am I merely out of touch with being human, with passion and emotion and such, that I am only dimly able to fathom people who wish to die as their loved ones die?nrobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422385347170954353noreply@blogger.com0