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Entries from November 2004

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Pictures from Thanksgiving (29 Nov 2004 at 11:16)

I updated my picture pages picture pages with pictures from thanksgiving. I put one of my favorites in my gallery of "artistic photos," too.

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51k! (29 Nov 2004 at 02:20)

Last night I passed the magical 50,000 word mark for Nanowrimo, qualifying me as a "winner." As I've mentioned earlier, I started early this year, so not all of those 50k words were written in November, which then disqualifies me as a true Nanowrimo winner. But, since my novel is not actually finished yet, and I'm already at 51660 words, with two days left, all I need to do is keep up my standard word count and I will total 50k for the month and 55,000 total, requalifying me as a true winner.

Statistics so far: There are 20 illustrations in my novel, though I had planned to have more (I will probably draw some more over the next few days). It is so far 228 pages (my 2003 wrimo was only about 175, due to a lot less dialogue and a lot fewer illustrations). It contains two rock operas.

And so, coming soon to a vanity press near you: His Sophomoric Effort!

Category: nanowrimo

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Connect, cut (24 Nov 2004 at 02:16)

We made it to lovely Connecticut. It took a bit longer than expected because Adam's car broke down (overheating) about 25 miles from our house. This came right as we had finally succeeded in burning CANYON.MID and E1M1.MID to CD in order to listen at full blast while driving.

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Ultimate Super Rush Service 0th Class (22 Nov 2004 at 10:58)

From this article, speaking of a stopgap resolution (ie, a piece of paper):

A military plane flew that resolution to Chile, where Bush was attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, so the president could sign it to avoid any disruption of government.

Are you kidding me? Didn't you guys ever hear of the internets??

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I am nice (21 Nov 2004 at 23:06)

Recently I've done a lot of charity illustration for projects I'm not really involved in. First I made a logo and then DARPAified diagram for a new project that advisor Karl and officemate William are doing. (Disclaimer: It is universally agreed that the content of the second diagram (not my idea) is totally lame.) Today I made three drawings of robots for the CORAL group at CMU, which I have even less to do with. But drawing robots is pretty fun! (I really like the way the aibodog came out, of all these drawings.)

More importantly, I have just surpassed 40,000 words in my novel. I still have 600 words to go for my quota today, but 40k is an important psychological barrier. Unfortunately, I am a bit behind on illustrations; I had planned to have a lot more than I do (only 12 so far). But it looks like I will be done in time to create a bunch before nanowrimo ends on Dec 1.

Category: drawings

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Anonymous Fellowship (18 Nov 2004 at 14:07)

Today I got a fellowship of $25k for my research (which goes to help pay my tuition and stipend) from an anonymous CS PhD alumnus. This is all I know. How unexpected and cool!

Thank you, mystery donor!

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Enhance! (16 Nov 2004 at 14:12)

Now you too can zoom until you can read the license plates. Enhance!

http://www.tpd.tno.nl/Pics/DII/gigazoom/Delft2.htm

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Half way there! (13 Nov 2004 at 00:12)

I am now half-way done with my nanowrimo. In general I like the way this is shaping up, although this one is a bit more plot-oriented than the last one. (But, that's not saying much.) I still hope to spend a lot of time filling it up with illustrations.

Word count: 25005 (112 pages)

Category: nanowrimo

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A song for our times (09 Nov 2004 at 23:38)

What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to call/cc.

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Puzzle Royale! (06 Nov 2004 at 10:25)

It's puzzle royale time (with adam, jason, william)! Maybe this year team Eating Buildings will bring home the grand prize!

Word count: 14546

Category: contests

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The Desperate Things (04 Nov 2004 at 23:28)

Totally awesome song that I missed appreciating in 1995 but now know to love: "The Desperate Things You Made Me Do" by the Magnetic Fields ("Get Lost"). What else am I missing??

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Election! (02 Nov 2004 at 18:24)

Man, I am totally consumed by election-watching mania, and there aren't even any polls closed yet. I must say that my current favorite source of data at this early time is off-shore futures markets (shades of Adm. Poindexter) where people essentially bet on the outcome of the race. Right now the "smart money" is on Kerry by a large margin. Check out world sports exchange (lower numbers here mean favored) or tradesports for live odds.

Back to work for a while...

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Vote time! (02 Nov 2004 at 08:55)

VOTE

This is it, the big one! Today is a great day to vote! If you've registered and don't know where to go, try this site. Don't forget to bring your driver's license or passport.

Apologies for the sickening repetition to the ineligible (including my foreign friends) or those who have already voted!

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