TiddlyWiki!

So I’ve been quite busy these past few months as our lab has been getting put together.  Now that I’m able to do actual optics work (soon), hopefully I have more time.

For some time now, I’ve been using Zim, a Desktop Wiki.  It’s a pretty slick program, but rather bare bones.  I’ve been using it as a quick place to jot down random notes.  Basically, it’s a glorified text editor (a la Notepad) that allows hyperlinks between notes.  It’s a pretty neat program, but it is limited in its wiki abilities.

Yesterday, I ran across TiddlyWiki,  which is more like a cross between a wiki and a blog.  It get’s a bit difficult to read sometimes, but it is a pretty impressive piece of software. Basically, it’s a blog + wiki (blogiki? wikilog?) all written in one HTML file.

I’d like to use my personal desktop wiki as repository for writing things down as I understand them.  That would be little notes about, say, spontaneous emission or little derivations, etc.  I can even see putting in some wikipedia pages for reference, or information from other websites (such as notes for using VIM, or Sakurai notes).  In this sense, I think that TiddlyWiki would be better than Zim.  However, I still see myself using Zim to jot little quick things down, such as To Do lists, To Get lists, and everyday notes.

Missed Call

I just a missed call.  Apparently, More Than Carpets tried to call me.  Now, I’m not looking for carpeting, nor have I given out my number to any carpet store.  Let alone the fact that this store is in Ketchikan, Alaska.  This town is right by the Tongass Narrows, where the bridge to nowhere was to be located.  It’s quite likely that they dialed the wrong area code, but it is amusing nonetheless.  Either that, or they’re trying to give me a deal on a carpet if I ask my congressman to support the bridge.

Okay. I just wasted 30 minutes looking for how to adjust my fonts in GNOME. Apparently, GNOME 2.20 is now in Debian testing, and I ended up installing that. After upgrading, somehow my fonts were screwed up a bit, and wanted to fix it. But the GNOME programmers decided to change the preferences menu a bit, and got rid of the “font” preference, and lump it together with the themes, etc in a new “appearance” preference. Somehow it took my half an hour to discover this.

So this is a lame post starting off 2008.  Oh well..

Instead of a real post

I’ve sort of been writing a post about Wojciech H. Zurek’s talk a few weeks ago, but haven’t had the time to complete it. So, instead, I’ll just point this out:  Separated at birth?

Bob Ross

Wojciech H. Zurek

Oooh… WordPress…

Hm… I happened to check this out on Christmas! A gift to myself?

I’ll have to see if wordpress can be loaded onto my U of M account…

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