PRODUCTIVITY I put a VirtualBox with Ubuntu on my laptop. That's fun. Even more fun: I'm scheduling out 4 50-minute blocks of time each week, minimum, to start going through Learn Python the Hard Way. If I end up with significant downtime at work, I'm going to try going through How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, since I can do that without having to screw with my work laptop. I've learned that I'm a lot more likely to stick with things like this if they are clearly scheduled out. NOT PRODUCTIVITY Hanging out with a lot of people who work for the big tech companies out here and trying not to feel like I'm a "part of the problem" but they seem like good people and it's weird trying to look at this group from the outside. People fall into strange places and I've been falling hard lately. Going to Portland in two weekends so cgod better tell me the name of his damn cafe.