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Upping things a notch...
Jan. 18th, 2013 11:39 pmIt occurs to me that I have been neglecting the "outfitting" of my new Asus machine, and that further, I will have a pretty good opportunity to put it through its paces next week (a "hot" run, so to speak, more about which later—maybe).
So in addition to finishing the despeckle of the education job (the big, 22,000-word item was sent off today, leaving just one article and bio) and some small files that arrived this morning, I should probably sit down and figure out (a) just what needs to be loaded onto the machine, and (b) how to make sure everything is configured properly.
One of the things that must be done right is the organization of assignments. Some time ago, I started making sure that all files related to any given assignment reside in a single directory, and that all such directories reside in what originally started out as a directory of active assignments (which quickly became a directory of both active assignments and assignments to be invoiced).
In retrospect, the reason I didn't have separate directories for those two categories was because (a) I wanted to minimize the number of places in which to look for files when I needed them, and (b) moving directories is no mean feat in Windows, because closing files and their related applications is no guarantee that said files are actually closed, from the perspective of the operating system (the poster children for this are PDF files that are opened in Acrobat).
A few months ago, I changed my setup, moving assignment directories to a single annual "archive" directory, which now makes it pretty easy to maintain separate directories of active assignments and those ready for invoicing (the secret is to use shortcuts). To make a long story short—or is it too late?—there is a slight lack of consistency between my 2012 files (apropos of which, I am still a little surprised that I managed to complete 464 assignments) and the assignments that have arrived since the first of the year, the major impact of which is going to be my having to massage most of the directory links my emacs org-mode files.
I can go on about trivialities, can't I?
At any rate, that's only a small part of what I need to confront. The other major part is going to have to do with installation of applications I use on a regular basis.
I suspect I am a little over-tired right now, hence the graphomaniacal output. I need some sleep.
Cheers...
So in addition to finishing the despeckle of the education job (the big, 22,000-word item was sent off today, leaving just one article and bio) and some small files that arrived this morning, I should probably sit down and figure out (a) just what needs to be loaded onto the machine, and (b) how to make sure everything is configured properly.
One of the things that must be done right is the organization of assignments. Some time ago, I started making sure that all files related to any given assignment reside in a single directory, and that all such directories reside in what originally started out as a directory of active assignments (which quickly became a directory of both active assignments and assignments to be invoiced).
In retrospect, the reason I didn't have separate directories for those two categories was because (a) I wanted to minimize the number of places in which to look for files when I needed them, and (b) moving directories is no mean feat in Windows, because closing files and their related applications is no guarantee that said files are actually closed, from the perspective of the operating system (the poster children for this are PDF files that are opened in Acrobat).
A few months ago, I changed my setup, moving assignment directories to a single annual "archive" directory, which now makes it pretty easy to maintain separate directories of active assignments and those ready for invoicing (the secret is to use shortcuts). To make a long story short—or is it too late?—there is a slight lack of consistency between my 2012 files (apropos of which, I am still a little surprised that I managed to complete 464 assignments) and the assignments that have arrived since the first of the year, the major impact of which is going to be my having to massage most of the directory links my emacs org-mode files.
I can go on about trivialities, can't I?
At any rate, that's only a small part of what I need to confront. The other major part is going to have to do with installation of applications I use on a regular basis.
I suspect I am a little over-tired right now, hence the graphomaniacal output. I need some sleep.
Cheers...
