24 March 2009

It's the end of March and I'm still not data gathering.
But I think I'm close.
I want to finish the JDM.
I want to consider experimental/lab work.
And I'm ready to go.
Just about.
Nearly.

Brazil has proved to be a trememdous distraction.
Having to complete the ECIS revisions also put me into a different mental space.

But I think I've found my groove again at last.
And I'm ready to rock.

I find bribing myself works, the satisfaction of putting lines through tasks helps. And my time estimates are still far too conservative.

I've decided that one way or another, I'm here to finish this.
I really hope I can do it quickly

9 Feb 2009 - Chunking

Memory and chunking:

"fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it"