After finishing a demo in the morning, I drove to San Francisco, listening to Edvard Greig’s piano concerto (A minor, opus 16) on the way, and went to the Legion of Honor to see Boticelli’s drawings, which I finished on time by avoiding reading all the descriptions.
It was a beautiful day, with the sun shining and Golden Gate bridge visible from the museum.
Rainy Saturday, writing, drawing.
https://youtube.com/shorts/JWvLbMC-kI4
https://www.behance.net/gallery/189507309/SleepingProfileSofa
I avoid Duolingo Pro so that I won’t have enough hearts to to too many exercises.
The dog slept a lot and thus remained stationary for a good drawing subject.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/188961613/ChewieJan2024
I spent the evening on some manual household installation/repair tasks and felt a visceral sense of satisfaction of using my body, which tends to be missing for sitting in front of a computer all day.
Given that our bodies are designed (or more precisely, evolved) to be moving around, I wonder if there are ways to structure our work routines so that we can use our bodies more.
The existing design for “spatial computing” is mostly for content consumption and authoring tasks that are inherently spatial (e.g., 3D modeling).
How to extend that for more abstract tasks (like programming) is an interesting question (personally I doubt if spatial manipulation of node graphs or the like is the right answer).
This is by far the longest PhD defense I have ever attended, and I have attended many.
The first half was spent on the presentation, with the second half on discussions (among thesis committee members and later the candidate) about how to deal with the lack of publications.
I enjoyed the first half much more than the second.
Is buffet an expression of gluttony, aside from catering for workspace events which can be more convenient than sit-down meals.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/186107513/PortraitsMotoGStylus/modules/1062082245
I spotted this water tanker with a front bumper made of water pipes, took a photograph, and later photoshopped imaginative water spills and other effects.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/187784895/WaterPipeBumper
When I go through repetitive exercises (e.g., swimming laps), I often group the repetitions via integer factorization, such as 6 by 6 for 36, with a little voice in my head saying something like: 6 times are easy, and you just need to do 6 of these.
So psychologically I perceive the repetitions differently even though they are all the same.
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