Done yesterday (20100629 Tu)

[mdlbear]

0629 Tu
  * up 6:45; W=193.4; drugs, nose, teeth; laundry, dishes, coffee
  @ Apple Goes Semi-Pro (Part Two) - Cringely on technology
  @ Online Backup for Mac | Arq | Haystack Software
    Backup Your Mac to AS3 with Arq | Snipe.Net
    www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/s3_data_format.txt encrypted git, sorta.
    all blobs encrypted with the same AES key.
  @ When anyone can be a published author - Laura Miller - Salon.com
    via andpuff - some good comments there, too.
  * lunch at Bombay Oven with Jake
  & made a wise suggestion at work (which I no longer remember), that
    surprised the youngsters I'm working with.
  @ some great links on frugality
  @ The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know
    What It Is (Part 1) - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com 
    If I were given carte blanche to write about any topic I could, it would
    be about how much our ignorance, in general, shapes our lives in ways we
    do not know about.  Put simply, people tend to do what they know and fail
    to do that which they have no conception of.  In that way, ignorance
    profoundly channels the course we take in life.  And unknown unknowns
    constitute a grand swath of everybody’s field of ignorance. 
    % obviously says a lot about my awareness of my  own compentence in work
      and personal areas.
  * bed ~10:30

Another mostly nondescript day at work, with no walk and lunch at Indian buffet Bombay Oven. I did make a sensible suggestion, which surprised the youngsters I'm working with. (I just remembered what it was; can't say much except that it was an observation about something that didn't have to be done, which greatly simplified the way documents get stored.) $BOSS's comment: "maybe we should keep him around."

Several good links under the cut, but the main one is The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is, a five-part blog series on nytimes.com. The money quote is:

What It Is (Part 1) - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com If I were given carte blanche to write about any topic I could, it would be about how much our ignorance, in general, shapes our lives in ways we do not know about. Put simply, people tend to do what they know and fail to do that which they have no conception of. In that way, ignorance profoundly channels the course we take in life. And unknown unknowns constitute a grand swath of everybody’s field of ignorance.

This has a lot to say about a subject that's been on my mind recently since it came up in conversation over the weekend: my different awareness of my own competence and ability in the areas of programming and people.