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I woke this morning to find the heater on in the office. The heaters in the back of the unit are manual control baseboard units. I hope this means a cat slipped between the cat stand and the control knob in the night, turning it on. Surely it can't have been on before that.
Fortunately, the heatwave of last week was pushed away by the front that brought the threat of measurable rain, but we seem to be on a warming trend again. Okey-dokey, weather.
The light box came out this weekend, and was quite welcome during last week's cloudiness. I know i need 15-30 min at least, but the bulbs are old and i tend to just stay in front of it for long stretches. Yesterday, in particular, i ran it the whole time as i was trying to figure out (1) what research engineers need to do for this quarter (2) who would be most interested about what research, and (3) how to schedule all the work so every one was working on something in their preference list at one time.... Essentially, it was trying to schedule a week long conference with two to three sessions going on simultaneously. I think i managed.
A couple years ago i researched getting new bulbs: my light box was over ten years old at that point. Fluorescent bulbs loose their intensity with time. What i learned is the drop is in the first year or two, after that the output dims very slowly. As i had been doing well enough with the extended duration i decided that i'd just keep these bulbs. Maybe in another five years there will be a more efficient alternative at a better price.
Yesterday was Meeting, then working with laundry breaks, wrapping up with dinner and a Terry Jones entertainment-doc on ancient weapon inventions. Someone wrote a clever little script, Terry goofs off for the camera, and every now and then a weapon was reenacted. I enjoyed what i learned, but it seemed a little more fluffy that some of the Terry Jones things i've seen. Is this because it was for the Discovery Channel instead of a British channel?
Today? We'll see. I do feel loads better today: is it because i have this week (which i have been worried about) sort of planned, and i now know that we can cover all the questions over this week? Or is it because i sat in front of the light box this weekend and the prozac is ramping up?
Finally: what do Silicon Valley women wear to interviews? I'll be bugging![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stef_tm. Suits? I'm trying to imagine a suited woman in the valley, and i think the problem is that my last suit shopping was in 1998.
Healthwise: ( My record keeping )
Fortunately, the heatwave of last week was pushed away by the front that brought the threat of measurable rain, but we seem to be on a warming trend again. Okey-dokey, weather.
The light box came out this weekend, and was quite welcome during last week's cloudiness. I know i need 15-30 min at least, but the bulbs are old and i tend to just stay in front of it for long stretches. Yesterday, in particular, i ran it the whole time as i was trying to figure out (1) what research engineers need to do for this quarter (2) who would be most interested about what research, and (3) how to schedule all the work so every one was working on something in their preference list at one time.... Essentially, it was trying to schedule a week long conference with two to three sessions going on simultaneously. I think i managed.
A couple years ago i researched getting new bulbs: my light box was over ten years old at that point. Fluorescent bulbs loose their intensity with time. What i learned is the drop is in the first year or two, after that the output dims very slowly. As i had been doing well enough with the extended duration i decided that i'd just keep these bulbs. Maybe in another five years there will be a more efficient alternative at a better price.
Yesterday was Meeting, then working with laundry breaks, wrapping up with dinner and a Terry Jones entertainment-doc on ancient weapon inventions. Someone wrote a clever little script, Terry goofs off for the camera, and every now and then a weapon was reenacted. I enjoyed what i learned, but it seemed a little more fluffy that some of the Terry Jones things i've seen. Is this because it was for the Discovery Channel instead of a British channel?
Today? We'll see. I do feel loads better today: is it because i have this week (which i have been worried about) sort of planned, and i now know that we can cover all the questions over this week? Or is it because i sat in front of the light box this weekend and the prozac is ramping up?
Finally: what do Silicon Valley women wear to interviews? I'll be bugging
stef_tm. Suits? I'm trying to imagine a suited woman in the valley, and i think the problem is that my last suit shopping was in 1998.Healthwise: ( My record keeping )
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