Shortlog - a log of everyday things

2011-12-04

Today, while walking home from campus, I saw not one, not two, not even three, but four raccoons. The first two were poking about the garbage cans next to a house which had a sounding burgler alarm. I suspect this was the doing of the coons.

The second two were in the yard of a house outside which I often run into a friendly cat. I heard a rustling sound, pulled out my light, and sure enough, two more of those faces staring at the bright thing. Crazy.

I could tell it was that time of the year because there were some 20 people in the BiD Lab today. Yes, on a Sunday. I'm personally trying to finish up:

• An interesting distributed systems project
• IP law assorted things
• Giving good feedback to the 15 teams in the HCI class I'm TAing (and providing whatever other resources they need to succeed)
• Finding a job at a top-notch startup, which implies learning more about stock, options, and trying to compare benefits. Also interviewing. Also applying.
• Booking plans for my Europe trip in less than a month
• Preparing a quality talk for 28c3
• Oh, research towards my masters project is probably supposed to be on this list somewhere.

So, uh, that's why I haven't been updating as often as I'd like.