Potpurri
I’ve been up to an awful lot in the past few weeks, and I’ve been posting about precious little of it as I scramble to stay on top of everything. In the interest of clearing the decks, to get on with writing about the present rather than past, I offer this ChangeLog entry.
Apartment News
On the day that we got the keys to our current apartment, we were notified that the complex had been bought by a real estate company based in Orlando. A few months after that, we were told that the complex was being converted into condos. We knew we were going to have to move when our annual lease was up. Given the fact that our lease is up on June 30, we went ahead and made our final decision over the weekend.
We’re going to be moving back to the southwest side of Gainesville at In the Pines. We’ll be getting about the same usable space as our current apartment for about the same price. We’ll be just a hair farther from campus, but not enough of a difference to matter.
We’re currently looking at moving on the weekend of June 23, and I need to examine our budget/finances to investigate the possibility of hiring movers. The actual process of moving will be much easier this time since we pared down so much crap when we moved last year. Also our level of organization is much higher.
Food Processing
After wanting one for my whole life, I finally got around to getting a food processor courtesy of some birthday money and some cash I had saved up. Amazon had the food processor I wanted, a machine with a retail sticker price of $300 or so, discounted down to $179. 700 Watt motor. 12-cup capacity. Ability to cater to my fantasies of a being a TV chef with a cooking show.
Expect much hummus.
GTD in IT
My department is putting on a mini-conference here at UF, and I’m currently slated to give a presentation tentatively titled “Getting Work Done in IT”. In my presentation, I’m outlining an approach to IT management that integrates a lot of the GTD work of David Allen and the activity around lifehacks originally popularized by Danny O’Brien into a loosely organized swarm approach to IT work. My presentation focusses on the department and enterprise rather than the individual, and you can of course expect an article or two on Bactroid.net once the presentation is given. Initial screenings of preliminary material have been well received within my office.
Vegan Sushi
I made spicy tempeh sushi from the PPK tonight, and it was effing amazing. I used Sriracha chili sauce in lieu of chili oil because I wanted actual vegan spicy sauce much like you would get on tuna at a sushi restaurant. The whole gestalt even tasted fishy without the need to kill any animals.
I declare the vegan sushi to be an overwhelming success. Even my resident flexitarian agrees.
Recently Completed Projects
- Turn in forms for In the Pines lease
- Determine when we can switch cell providers
- Pay DP water bill
- Pay Cathy for dinner
- Make vegan sushi
- Teach ARM-CONTBR to only pull in records where RUID is null
- Find a new apartment in Gainesville
- Review June NP
- Clean camera lens
- Read ghost stories online
- Move top PAPA notes to bottom field
- Update PAPA with outstanding ARMS issues
- Vacuum living room with Roomba
- Vacuum hall and kitchen with Roomba
- Create report of HTML links for Jay
- Create strategic planning mailing list
- Organize iCal by contexts
- Season wok
- Notify Allyson of Verizon contract end date
- Hang quantity and quality affirmation in work cube
- Create EAGLE Wikipedia entry
- Print pictures of Allyson’s birthday presents
- Share notes from Vicki’s team with Strategic Planning committee
- Make chili for Cinco de Mayo
- Buy VeganLife multivitamin
- Enter time into myUFL
- Put new parking decal in car
- Put new tag registration on/in car
- Read May Shoot
- Post about Freddy Adu
- Send Allyson possible birthday ideas
- Get new tag registration
- Make Knorr spinach dip in a vegan fashion
- Make polenta
- Phase out WebDAV shares
- Backup hard drive
- Archive LVV video
- Post Wolves season analysis
- Post CL about Johnny Cash illustration
- Buy Allyson birthday presents
- Change Favorites pages on DA Wiki
- Delete extra LVV video
- Buy whole wheat pastry flour
- Make correction to strategic process for Vicki’s team
- Get more deodorant
- Pick up Allyson’s pills
- Send Johnny Cash illustration to Raue Center for publication
- Shop for weekend food
- Order Wolves clearance shirt
- Post instructions for when backups fail
- Balance Quicken
- Enter Best Buy World Cup sweepstakes
- Tell Dave about Choices billboard
- Reconnect video adapter to Betsy’s student computer
- Create jump keys for/access to ARMS pages
- Set up kudos Gmail label to forward praise/thanks to
- Post ChangeLog about getting involved
- Present video at LVV
- Create a Joga account
- Pay bills
- Pay Verizon bill
- Shred MBNA documents
- Put dose of Advantage on Tux
- Enroll Mac Mini in Applecare
- Pick up FedEx package
- Get more Advantage for Tux
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