Done yesterday (20110518 We)

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So... Hmm. The high point of the day was a phone conversation with Naomi, which started from a whimsical text message. I like whimsy, and my sister-of-choice has been very good at re-introducing me to that side of myself.

Baycon starts a week from tomorrow. I'M NOT READY!

I still don't know when I'll be back in R&D. Hopefully that can get pinned down this week.

Quite a bit of version-control puttering, at work (project-management makefiles) and at home (looking at CVS repos in $HOME). I meant to transition from CVS to git years ago, but never did; now I have a weird mix of CVS, git, and uncontrolled working directories. Not at all ready for prime time. At least the ones that I actually sync with my netbook are all consistently in git.

Lots of links again; probably the best is Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse from (of all places) CDC.gov. Though I must say the yarn-bombers are right up there. Did I mention that I like whimsy?

Baycon schedule

(From today's email from Programming)
0527 Fr 
  o 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM in: Alameda 	 Filk 101
      What is Filk? And why you should be interested.
        Panelists: Kitty Crowe, Bob Kanefsky, Steve Savitzky.
  o 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM in: Winchester 	 Computers: What's Next?
      Fifty years ago, computers occupied large rooms, and they required air
      conditioning and water cooling.  One million instructions per second was
      a super computer.  Today's smartphones have more memory and computing
      power, by orders of magnitude, than those early machines.  What does the
      next 50 years look like? 
  o 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM in: Grand Ballroom Meet-the-Guests Reception

0528 Sa
  o 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM in: Lawrence 	 Making A CD 
      How to produce music to make your own CD.
        Panelists: Jeff Bohnhoff, Margaret Davis, Steve Savitzky, Kristoph Klover

0529 Su
  o 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM in: Cypress 	 Music Instrument Demonstration for Kids
      Moira Greyland will show the ins and outs of how a harp works.  Also
      Steve Savitzky will give the kids a demonstration of guitars.  
  o 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM in: Cypress 	 Music for Kids
      Music performances by a harpist and two guitarists for the children's
      enjoyment.  (Adults welcome, too, of course)
  o 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM in: Winchester 	 Concert
      Come listen to Steve sing songs about computers, space, fantasy,
      friendship, and love.