I may be turning into an old worry wart...

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I finally got an e-mail from my eBay correspondent, to the effect that my package had been delivered today, with delivery confirmation. Over the past few days, I had imagined, briefly, this to be a plausible scenario (i.e., the package had been sent and the seller just wasn't too communicative), but kept my attention focused on the lack of response from the seller. I shall, of course, go down to the store tomorrow morning and check things out, which I was going to do anyway. There is undoubtedly a lesson in here, somewhere.

Prior to receiving that e-mail, I put a nice 2200-word dent in a 6000-word assignment for Monday, but just couldn't keep my attention focused on the job at hand. After cooking dinner (pork chops and fried cabbage), I upgraded my copy of SuperMemo 2002 on the VAIO and then sat down to play a bit with the Wiki software on the "companion disk" enclosed with my copy of The Wiki Way that I'd acquired earlier this year.

Interestingly enough, after a frustrating hour or so trying to get the software to work, I decided to see if there was any information "out there" about the apparent failure of the software to work, despite my efforts and review of the source code.

It turns out that the software on the CD was "mangled" for Macs (i.e., lines are separated by LF characters) in the first printing of the book, which is apparently what I have. Downloading Windows-mangled code (where lines are separated by two-character CR+LF combinations) took only a minute and bingo! everything started working.

I also took a closer look at the TWiki software, because a few nights ago I dreamed of a major improvement to my job-tracking capability which would cut down on the labor of repetitively typing the names of project managers and the companies they work for.

* * *Dreams have been very interesting, lately, in that I've been having them. Last night, I dreamed a very well-developed science fiction story with a beginning, a middle, and an end involving one of the oldest themes in the book: an alien invasion. Moreover, I dreamed it as one might see it on a screen.

I remember reviewing some of the main plot points upon arising, but they appeared much weaker in the cold, gray light of morning than they had while I was unconscious. However, that's not my main concern - nor am I, really, "concerned" about having had the dream - except to note that normally, I don't recall any dreams that I may have while sleeping. We'll see what develops during tonight's session with Morpheus, which ought to start a scant few minutes from now.

Cheers...

Comments

[love337.livejournal.com]

well, one interpretation is:
Invasion :: To dream of an invasion, represents your need to be more assertive. Stand up for yourself and let your voice be known.

But dreams are interesting nonetheless. In fact, you've reminded me of something, so my next LJ post is dedicated to you :)