Tight Pacing

I have recovered from almost not eating lunch, and am hurrying to whittle the submissions for the second machine exercise I gave today, which, admittedly, was upped in the difficulty setting by a notch. I must check results from the first ME, because I may have moved points from one student to another.

Squeezing In

Time has an interesting property of being simultaneously dense and elastic, in a local area. I have a tendency to squeeze time under the unfortunate assumption that I perform better under stress. Let's hope stress isn't in anyone's local area of dense and elastic time, shall we?

Belly Ache

Working through the sequencing that Eng'g Week carefully but utterly befuddles, I am forced to finish the first module of the CS 131 Quiwa notes before December 7 (5:30-8:30), when the exam will be given. I also have to give an exam for CS 135 (December 9 or 16), and CS 11 (December 14, 12-2), along with two more machine exercises for CS 11 (November 30 and December 7, three shifts each, so three sets each), a second problem set for CS 135 (given December 2, when the first one is due, and due December 13). Should I plan on a bonus research for CS 131? Or one of the machine problems (although I think they should be for the second and third sets... what is my breakdown for CS 131?)?

What to do first? At least there's an extended weekend... but I may want to look into something the British Council is co-sponsoring... and I have the other class...

At least there's a two-week vacation for Christmas... in which I will have to work on the three other CS 131 modules, and encode the other class notes, and work out the schedule for CS 131 and CS 135, not to mention the syllabus changes I may want to enact in CS 135, and the requirements for CS 131...

Edit: Lucky! Met Prof. Quiwa to get both the notes and the slides for the second module, which I have to study for the restart of classes in January. More work!

Busy as a Bee with Honey in My Nose

Sounds sweeter than it is. Unfortunately, it more gooey than it aught to be. Must read up on Richmond's method, and do a bit of CS 11 documentation.

Edit: Belatedly found that my TF 6 PM class is actually a TTh 6 PM class. Not that that changes my schedule much. Just that on the days I have it, I can wear sandals.

PS: Must buy umbrella. Mustn't summon the thunder.

Another Busy Day

Booted a project class out for my CS 11. I hope no-one is too surprised by this. Giving the first machine exercise---as I speak---to the first batch of the class, of three batches. The last batch I will have to have Ate Mila watch over, as I must look presentable for the faculty meeting, which I doubtlessly will enter late. Came walking briskly from the Wednesday morning, and will be walking briskly to the Wednesday night. Tight schedule.

Edit: The ACM certificates arrived through the mail. No more ranks, just Honorable Mentions. Oh well.

Lazy Lately

It could just be old-flavored laxness or something more tinged with mucus, but I don't want to push too hard today. My coughs aren't as fake as they could be, but could do with a little more phlegm to expectorate. I wonder if it's my asthma acting a little up, or maybe a little bit of hypochondria?

Are Numerical Methods Boring?

Of course, what I mean is that my own take on the CS 131 class must be enormously boring. My personal charisma versus Prof. Quiwa's need no comparison to find lacking. However, is there a better way to present numerical methods than to just read and present the slides? How about evaluating them?

An evil thought begins to hatch...

Ill Versus Sick

As I remind people every so often, I am (nearly always) sick. However, the illness that prevented me giving and attending my Friday classes has gone the traditional route from respiratory tract to digestive tract, meriting a lateral promotion from flu to stomach flu. Anyways, I've decided to change my consultation schedule to the following ten-hour allotment:

Thursdays 12:00-1:00
Mondays and Thursdays 1:00-2:30
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 4:00-5:30

This now allows me to leave in time for the TF 6 PM class, and allots sufficient morning leeway, while not touching the Wednesday schedule, which is tight enough as it is.

Also, today marks the debut of the Quiwa notes. No relation to the title of the post.

Drawn

After yesterday's tight marathon, today's lunch break offers little reprieve. Checking completions is one matter that grows direly important as the week ends, and I have to decide whether I will rely on slides or my own knowledge of the subject matter, which I admittedly have to at least research on now.

Thumbing My Nose

Overheard about broadband:

If I'm paying through the nose, I can afford to be snotty.