• I'm very pink today. Wearing my most awesome pink snowboots and pink spring jacket. Outfit ftw! #
• IBM Case Study Competition RSVP form: http://bit.ly/6Bcirr – sign up! Will be awesome! Spots limited! please RT! #
• Dear uOttawa wifi. Your function is to provide internet access. You are failing miserably at this. Yours, frustrated student trying to work. #
• So apparently after working my tail off for the last 6 months, I have made no contribution to anything. I could cry right now. #
• My normal reaction to a setback is to work harder. But I'm hit for six right now so I'm wondering about aimlessly. #
• Liking this from Fistful of Talent – Wanted: Normal Employee – http://bit.ly/5dNttb #
• My boots are beautiful. @tgrevatt is wrong! #
• Hi Tuesday, can we do better today? Not hiding in the restroom crying would be a great start. I have a plan, just need time to execute, ok? #
• The trade-off between useful and interesting, or why I'm not cut out for grad school – http://bit.ly/8ocbrs #
• I have crunchies. Yes, I am attempting to bribe my students to speak to me. It's the only way!!!!! #
• In windowless basement lab. Thought these days were over! #
• Facebook's funniest status updates – some people are really stupid… http://bit.ly/8Og1XM /via @sluedee @u2sarah #
• Bookioo: dating site w/a twist; women focused, designed around socialization – http://bit.ly/bTPxeM /via @zephoria @esmevos #
• Been hard at work and undistracted for a bit (not been managing this much lately), so I can chill+have lunch with Desperate Housewives 🙂 #
• OK this iPad thing is all very exciting, but if I had $500 I'd buy new ski boots. Not sure of utility when already have iPhone and Air. #
• Twitter Conversation Network Visualizations up for @danielalfon @holdenweb @ninajansen – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv – pls RT 🙂 #
• Twitter Conversation Network Visualizations up for @sachac @snookca @stratwonk – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv #
• Twitter Conversation Network Viz up for @tgrevatt, her network is HUGE! Crikey charlie! http://bit.ly/7ekdLv #
• Can I buy a satnav at the mall? Anyone know where? #
• We're going for korean tonight, @jpdaigle put an event on twegather but I can never remember how to reply! Anyone want to come? Downtown. #
• Came into hairdresser for desperately needed trim. Guy has more exciting ideas though so we'll see what happens! #
• How unique and trackable is your web browser? http://panopticlick.eff.org /via @dgou #
• I just became the mayor of Quizno's on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/d12Eid #
• So it looks like everyone is flaking on tonight's thing… I guess I get to spend some quality time with my favourite @jpdaigle! #
• So 1600h and I'm just starting on todays "thing I need to work on". I fail. I do have great hair though. #
• Excellent. I am matchmaking. If you would like to go on a date with a fun, cute, single woman contact me and I will vet you. #
• I just unlocked the "Crunked" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bcYSuo #
• Hungover. That @jpdaigle is a terrible influence! (but so fun) #
• Gah! Having a frustrating week. #
• Looking for some great examples of visualizations that draw new meaning from data. Anyone have any? Thanks! #
• Nooooo crashed browser, lost work… **sobbing** when will chrome for mac have java enabled? :'( #
• Trapped in garage!!!!!!!! Gahhhh!!!!!!!!! #
• I just became the mayor of Banc Sushi on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/7MhOzT #
• Being in my office Saturday AM is rubbish. Feeling like I'm having a breakthrough – makes it worthwhile 🙂 #
• Behind the judging at IBM extreme blue! Good stuff happening! #ibmeb #
• Feel Iike I didn't sleep at all last bight. Urgh. Early morning to go skiing has lost novelty and appeal. #
• I just unlocked the "Bender" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cnlwz3 #
• Children 1, cate 0. So exhausted! #

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• Wondering if going to drive test to exchange license counts as eating a live frog. #
• Bye bye British drivers license :,( on the plus side, exchange is painless and quick. #
• Graphing conversations to discover more about bomber –
  http://bit.ly/5mC1ix /via @jphatala @tgrevatt #
• I <3 love <3 @douglasgresham despite my terrible error reporting ( http://bit.ly/6nhXWg ) he has diagnosed and fixed cal sync problem! #
• Anyone used a resume writing service? Suggestions or recommendations? #
• Interesting article from the economist about the #geny attitude to public service – http://bit.ly/4C6h50 #Brazen #
• I just unlocked the “Super User” badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/8FTBfE #
• I’m getting sick. Trying to disinfect myself with tea. That works, right? #
• People have doubts about the tea and are suggesting whiskey. But I have drank ~3 litres of tea today, so perhaps that will prove me right! #
• Vote for Barbie to be a computer engineer http://bit.ly/8CtIh0 /via @tobi @newsycombinator @chris_saunders #
• Google knows what boyfriends and girlfriends want from each other! http://tinyurl.com/y8rbvl3 /via @postsecret @boingboing #
• This is pretty awesome – updating billboards in Google street view – http://bit.ly/7MoKgU #
• Ok i’m definitely sick. And have to TA lab in French for 3 hours this afternoon. Noooooooo! Aiming for 5l of tea today, new personal best. #
• I just ousted @nancykenny as the mayor of Timothy’s Sandy Hill on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/6KVwyC #
• I just ousted @smithdm3 as the mayor of Desmarais building on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/81LMEg #I have the best office mates, we all had a long discussion with supervisor and I need to prep for lab so one went to get my lunch! I <3 him! #
• Other office mate brought me vitamin water. He too is awesome! 🙂 #
• In contrast to boyf who has been v unsympathetic. “you’re not really that ill”. “you shouldn’t be having custard for breakfast”. Etc. #
• Tutorial going ok but I wish they would talk to me! #
• Have survived first lab. Students started talking to me! Yay! I actually love my job this semester 😀 #
• There’s a baby yelling at me. Babies should come with a mute button. #
• The Ph.D. & wages – http://shar.es/aFDSD /via @GenBub_tweed @Richard_Florida @tgrevatt #
• Awesome TED Talk on motivation by autonomy, mastery & purpose by @DanielPink http://14t.me/DV7xg /via @Pistachio @emdaniels #
• Yay! Surprising people with chocolate in the morning and asking for something is effective! @snookca will be presenting for WISE next week! #
• I can haz business cards? Yay! #
• **sobbing** have double booked myself. Also, my calendar looks empty but why can’t I schedule anything with trainer? Failing at life today. #
• Awwh dealer sent me a pic of my car saying pls come get me I’m waiting for you!! I want to! Stupid insurance broker!!!! #
• What is it with insurance brokers not calling back? Don’t they want to sell insurance? Isn’t that their job? #
• Crazy request I know, but does anyone know any insurance people who will, I don’t know, sell you insurance? I’m at a dead end here. #
• Why is it that the only people who answer the phone are the ones that can’t help me? Gah! #
• It’s like a miracle! Insurance broker called me back! #
• Thanks to @pinemud, The Applets Are Coming – http://bit.ly/85DfIK #
• Yay fired my broker! Thanks to @ottawainsurance I can collect my car tomorrow! Brrrm! 😀 #
• I just became the mayor of Starbucks on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/8s9bxa #
• Love this from @sachac – Getting started on your web presence – http://bit.ly/6Gplt6 #
• Coffee this afternoon with 2nd year SE girl. Nice to share stories of making it though CS as one of few girls. WISE has new team member! #
• Prof is explaining the very basics of JUnit. Frankly worrying that this is necessary in grad course, but I’m catching up on other things! #
• I just became the mayor of Maru on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/71uhZC #
• Pet hobo is on a diet. No more whole chickens! Dinner is a lean cuisine dinner – for two. With gone off eggnog and cake. #
• I think pet hobo is cooking vomit for dinner. It really smells like it. Taking dieting too far, IMO. Pet hobo is the anti-bulimic! #
• Ah Carleton. We’ve been seeing a lot of each other lately. What have I done to deserve this? #
• Friend calls last night: “I was watching the discovery channel and was bored so I bought a plane ticket to India and I leave on Sunday” #
• Working on my resume and I have some questions – if you have a mo, would really appreciate your insight! http://bit.ly/7VtEwe #
• So true, why I prefer Canadian men -“Charm, Offensive” (On American women and British men) http://bit.ly/92jbRK /via @tgrevatt by @paulcarr #
• This is wonderful and inspiring – I have no talent – by John Nunemaker http://bit.ly/5aa3vm /via @chrisjschmitt #
• Reason why I love my iPhone – working in coffee shop. With a pen and paper, how very un-compsci of me! #
• I need to learn how to say no/how to become super human and never get sick/how to survive without sleep/how to acquire a minion army. Tips? #
• Collecting car!!!!! #
• Car made it safely into parking space with only one minor panic thanks to @snookca! Very nice of him to rescue me! #
• Email: “we’re excited about it so we’d like to start in march”. Me: “if you can make there be 30 hours in the day you can have it for feb”. #
• Fascinating post by @cshirky – “A Rant About Women” – http://bit.ly/4GeQOz #
• For those of you are also spending Friday night on Twitter… a preview of what I’m going to release on Monday! http://bit.ly/71JhXM #
• Awesome next generation rain protector – I want one! http://bit.ly/zIHwX /via @jennielees #
• Declining CS grads is a national security threat! Need more women too! http://is.gd/6ks6E – /via @ddej #
• Mistake in previous link – deleted it now and replaced with correct one. Sorry! That was NSFW! #
• Get up to make porridge and discovered that pet hobo opened and drank the milk. Plotting revenge. #
• Apparently the milk was mixed into the vomit pet hobo ate for dinner on Thursday. How gross. Is this why other people don’t have pet hobos? #
• Being a living contradiction. How do we need to change to live our values better? http://bit.ly/74p9ZJ /by @feather #
• Moving @dlitz and we’re ahead of schedule!!! Yay! #
• Stuck in elevator. @map_maker is not a talented elevator operator. #
• How many compscis does it take to debug an elevator? #
• Hahaha @jpdaigle is covered in hickeys! He says from shaving but why didn’t he shave the rest of his face? #
• I just unlocked the “Explorer” badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/7EAU75 #
• Starts work as a ski instructor next week! Yay! #
• Another sneak preview…
  http://bit.ly/4nsu5D and http://bit.ly/7avtM6 #
• Increasing engagement in the classroom – teaching naked, and on demand – http://is.gd/6sW2R /by @sidneyeve #
• Rebuttal to @cshirky’s “A Rant About Women” by @TomCoates /via @zephoria – http://bit.ly/8zhF2e – We have come to value the wrong things. #
• Hello Monday! Release day, so much to do… #
• Yay! Only 1030 and I’ve already been quite productive. Big day today! Excited for later 🙂 #
• Gah gah gah! Things not going to plan! Everything falling apart! #
• Event tomorrow has not been advertised, and people keep coming to me with problems even though I’m not in charge. Panic! #
• I just ousted @gmulongoy as the mayor of Technology & Engineering @ University of Ottawa on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/5WyaJ2 #
• Deep breaths. Things looking up. #
• In Monday vs cate, Monday won. this mornings optimism all gone. Good game, Monday. We’ll do battle again next week. #
• Dear Internet, truly, a terrible time for my FTP server to cease to work. That is all. #
• Release time! Twitter Network and Clique visualization – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv – register if you want one, and pls RT! #
• Advice for young developers – http://j.mp/7bAKHZ – /via @GergelyOrosz @rachellaycock @timrossinfo #
• Released late yest so for morning people – a NEW AND IMPROVED Twitter conversation and clique viz – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv – pls rt! #
• I did NOT know it was the 19th today. Begin Panic. #
• Twitter Conversation Network Visualisations up for @terriko and @warty9 – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv #
• (yes that means my website is now fixed. That was a 5 cups of tea problem – eep!) #
• OK! Office hour 1-2, then I’m giving a talk- 15 Tools to make university easier for @uOttawaWISE then 3 hour lab then off to @theCodeFactory #
• My jeans are looser. I wonder if it’s because I never seem to have time to eat lately. #
• RT @zephoria “Whose voice do you hear? Gender issues and success”: http://bit.ly/5MZJrR (response to @cshirky & @tomcoates ) #
• Ohhh no, Twitter Search API is being rubbish, so can’t graph more people today. Got quite a list going on! 🙂 #
• Urgh having one of those days where I wonder if the difficulty of moving to another continent is worth it. #
• Next Processing Jam – Friday January 29th! Who’s in? /cc @jpdaigle @emdaniels @dlitz #
• Richard Florida on reinventing the way workers learn http://bit.ly/4MqhpN #lrnchat /via @tgrevatt @AuthenticVoices #
• 2 hours and we’ve knocked up the basics of my friends website. I <3 wordpress! #
• Really like this from @gminks, The Web Has Been Around for 20 Years, “We can use the web to change the world.” http://bit.ly/6cGevy #
• Twitter Conversation Network Visualizations up for @behnooshhariri @carson_ @lana_l @sean_mcdonald http://bit.ly/7ekdLv #
• I’ve been getting a lot of headaches since that tv fell on my head. Wondering if I should go see a doctor. #
• Everyone telling me to go to doc, went last time had multiple concussions. They just give you drugs+say come back in 3 months if still bad. #
• Also had enough fun and games with Canadian medical care as int’l student+can’t afford to go back to UK again. Think just decide to be fine. #
• IBM Case Study Competition for female sci/eng students: http://bit.ly/61P4bj /via @uOttawaWISE #
• Prof is saying – The bare minimum any programmer should do – ensure your code is 100% covered in test cases. So many programmers don’t :'( #
• This is really cool! RT @cshirky Gilad Lotan of MSFT Research on visualizing the spread of Twitter #hashtags: http://bit.ly/8Ue56k #
• Great slide deck from @dreamwidth! Build Your Own Contributors, One Part At A Time http://slidesha.re/7kdMTs /via @hypatiadotca @Skud #
• Boyf and pet hobo are drinking tonight by the chess board. They are both quite inebriated. #
• Been working through the waiting list for graphs… going to put them up now. OoooooOOOOooooooO! #
• Graphs up for @__asm @sluedee @loudandskittish – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv #
• Graphs up for @gailcarmichael @anitaborg_org @ghc – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv #
• I like this – “we are all curators now” – sharing content on the web http://bit.ly/7oj4Ak #
• Outsourcing your lovelife! (I would totally want to do this if I were single!) http://bit.ly/4Un5iK /via @pinemud #
• Comparison of input speeds using pen+paper/keyboard/treo/graffiti/iPhone/Newton – http://bit.ly/8zFeet /via @jpdaigle #
• RT @sidneyeve – Why everything you ever believed about successful online dating photos is wrong http://is.gd/6On3V #
• Friend calls me in a panic “I was trying to write you a recommendation on linked in and I think I’ve shared your calendar with the world!!!” #
• Sending out information for IBM Smarter planet competition for @uOttawaWISE and @cuwise next weekend! Register quick! Going to fill up fast! #
• Graphs up for @chromesushi @dgou @baroquebobcat @fleur_de_lotus @gordbot (all very talkative!) – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv #
• Up v early for skiing. Ski tip! Widen your stance, will increase stability and help you use your edges better #ilovetoskisomuchithurts #
• Back from skiing, just a quick one this morning. Have to work out with trainer this arvo! Amazingly, boyf is awake. Dunno where he is tho. #
• I just became the mayor of GoodLife Fitness on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/5hS32f #
• RT @cshirky Clinton’s Internet Freedom speech, abridged to those passages with a policy bias or commitment by the US http://bit.ly/4AU5JO #
• Liking this from study hacks – “Beyond Passion: The Science of Loving What You Do” – http://bit.ly/5oh0lx #
• Give A Man A Fish… And Make It Illegal To Teach Fishing http://bit.ly/53Oxou /via @douglasgresham #
• one tree branch & a dozen jars – http://naoko-ito.com/website02-002.html /via @jliyi @paperquip #
• Visualizations up for @debbyk @amyallcock @emdaniels @jdemond @jliyi @krusk @melgallant @smiffy – http://bit.ly/7ekdLv – pls RT 🙂 #
• Survived first day as ski instructor! Woooo! #
• Child: you don’t want your kneecap to fall off. You don’t really want any part of your body to fall off. Except for armpit hair and cavities #

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• Ooh Monday, I have big plans for you! Wish they didn't involve going outside though, looks rather chilly and snowy out there! #
• Hehe I made @isfalk feel sick all night after tumble turn boot camp. Serves him right for leaving me on the ground for @tgrevatt to rescue!! #
• Oh crap. This is Not Good. Not Good At All. #
• This is kinda cool – tweetpsych updated http://bit.ly/8mCVRL /via @danzarrella #
• Thoroughly discouraged. Hopefully I don't have to go to Carleton tomorrow, losing will to live on first day of semester an all time low. #
• Relieved that I don't have to go to Carleton tomorrow. Plan to jump in the canal put on hold for now. Week may yet improve. #
• OK I totally set up Tungle so I never have to schedule a meeting again. Somebody organize something with me! http://tungle.me/CateHuston #
• This is cool, how to get students interested in programming not hating it – http://bit.ly/5iL84A /via @cuwise #
• Ooh my iPhone is finally (and legally!) unlocked. Hopefully a sign that today will be better than yesterday, not that that would be hard… #
• I need to buy a crap car, anyone got any recommendations as to where to get one that will last until summer at least? #
• What is this "proroguing" and why do Canadians do it all the time? #
• Excited for tonight's #ProcessingJam! I hope we all fit in my apt (and on my wifi connection!) 🙂 #
• Super excited about event coming up in partnership with @cuwise and @ExtremeBlueGirl Going to be AWESOME! Date and details soon! #
• Had 2 great and productive meetings today, but where did the rest of my day go?! #
• The lengths that @dlitz will go to in order to avoid Java are incredible! #
• Yay #ProcessingJam was a success I think. Thanks to everyone who came! Stay posted for the next one 🙂 #
• Hate Carleton. Made it, prof late. Who thought class at 0830 was a good idea? Missed Monday's too because class hadn't started at uOttawa. #
• Hmm… not a good sign. I'm pretty sure that if I didn't know this stuff already I'd have no idea what the prof is talking about. #
• Zzzzz I like functional programming but even I'm questioning the point now 3 has become λf.λx.f(f(f x)) ! #
• Looking for cars. Well my friend jake is taking care of everything while I say things like "i'm sure that one is fine… Let's just buy it" #
• Ok kneecaps taped into place… and i'm going kickboxing! #
• At kickboxing trainer came up to say hi whilst I was doing snap kicks. I screamed and fell over. Reactions still fast, but prob ineffective. #
• This is so awesome! I need one for my, ah, fight against evil? http://bit.ly/84suRF /via @snookca @mezzoblue #
• Massive blind-spot alert! Life explained on 1 Page http://bit.ly/4M5XiK /via @ekreeger @NurtureGirl @valdiskrebs /by @SunniBrown #
• Great perspective – Visual thinking and the population of China http://bit.ly/IfuRD /via @ekreeger @NancyWhite #
• Feeling more like a liquid molecule than my normal gas molecule self. How do you get your energy level back up when discouraged? #
• I just unlocked the "Newbie" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/6uCSc7 #
• Starbucks are out of Earl grey. Again. #fail trying some "awake" stuff :-s #
• Who's in for the works at st laurent tonight 1830? #
• Yay I made prestige status on air canada! All that time spent in economy had to be good for something! #
• Great article on relationship afterlife on the web – http://bit.ly/6SDn63 – "Breaking Up in a Digital Fishbowl" #
• I just unlocked the "Overshare" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/8JVuZs #
• Car shopping with my buddy Jake! #
• Still car shopping. Apparently it's inadvisable to pick a car because it "looks nice". Who knew?! #
• I can haz car? Brrrrrrrm!!! #
• Clearing out the notebook that constitutes GTD mobile inbox. Full of ideas and useful information! And tasks. Them too :-s #
• This is kinda funny! Neutra Face – ode to a typeface http://bit.ly/4RiL8x /via @chris_saunders @zedshaw #
• Pro tip: don't kick someone in the elbow, it hurts you much more than it hurts them. #
• My Journal is Online – http://bit.ly/7PQiQ2 -People #GenY are self obsessed self-important, but perhaps we're just keeping track for us. #
• Who's your customer? Create a red velvet rope. Are You Getting Dangerous Feedback? http://bit.ly/5x5npz /via @JonMorrow /cc @thecodefactory #
• It's like the clueless wardrobe, only better. I always wanted to make that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDi0FNcaock /via @Shell_man #
• Suddenly the Canadian winter doesn't seem so bad… at least there's the infrastructure here! http://bit.ly/6XfsL7 /via @zara_p @jennielees #
• Oh Americans, y'all need to wake the hell up to equality – http://bit.ly/7rLXHX /via @Greeblemonkey @missrogue @ekreeger #
• My student who I named after my Macbook Air found me on Facebook after like, a year and a half. Super cute! #
• Good article on perception of time and "going freelance" – http://bit.ly/8C0QQM /via @samdavidson @BrazenCareerist #
• Lifehacker – better tools to be a better student – http://bit.ly/4s55ZH #
• I just unlocked the "Local" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/5dJJmk #
• Sunday afternoon at the office :'( hopefully I'll make some progress on things. Wish I was x-country skiing with @tgrevatt! #
• Facebook take a worrying change w.r.t. privacy – inspired by blogging, twitter, and reality tv :-s http://bit.ly/653f6R #
• Worst thing about being in the office on Sunday – @starbucks closed so no tea without going outside. Anyone want to bring me some? O:-) #
• Have made barely noticeable inroads into The Pile. Tea-deprived and discouraged :'( #
• I just unlocked the "Adventurer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/8Mkeb8 #
• At nac to see shen yen. @dlitz wasn't impressed by the amount of falun gong refs so I'm not as excited as I was. But maybe it will be ok! #
• Show program is promising me "a greater sense of meaning in life". I'll keep you posted! #
• Religousness escalating and political statements about china's oppression of religion… Hmm. #shenyen #
• Disappointed by shen yun. Not as good as i saw in Beijing and shanghai, bit disjointed. Dislike feeling tricked into religious propaganda. #

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• T-2 and a bit hours. Have barely slept. Wild eyed and panicky! #
• Technician guy! Work your magic!!
  (I hate computers) #
• I'm going to cry. Of course in a talk on technology, technology is kicking me. I'm down technology, I'm down! You win!!! **sobbing** #
• Survived! #
• Sad to report that the computer also took round 2 of computer v technician :'( but excited for this afternoon's talk! More people! #
• Pet hobo: you play with the computer enough and you get desensitized and then a yoyo looks fantastic. #
• From @dlitz – "Cate's really good at deadpan humour. She told, like 5 jokes, and nobody laughed" – well done me :-s #
• Thanks to everyone who was encouraging earlier! English talk went really well and I'm happy and relieved. Now to take a few days off! #
• Last night a television fell on me and hit me on the head. Surprisingly I'm feeling OK this morning, apart from slight headache. #
• Who wants to get together for a processing jam, Tuesday 5th Jan? http://bit.ly/8mlM9D #
• BTW, we're having a party on NYE! Come if you don't already have plans 🙂 #
• Boyf is being v unreasonable about getting rid of the TV that fell on my head. Also there was a dresser that fell on me too. Ouch. #
• What related posts plugins do people recommend for wordpress? #
• Yummy sushi at 1830! See you there! #
• Really fun and sushi filled evening. Terrible headache though. Protip – don't have a tv fall on your head. #
• Lovely @jpdaigle made me apple crumble and custard, unfortunately I told him I hate apples before I realized he'd done something nice for me #
• I am really terrible at this relaxing malarky… So much I want to do! Today might be the day I deal with my email. #
• I set up a custom twitter landing page (read somewhere it's a good idea). Have you guys done that? What do you think? http://bit.ly/5sVtwB #
• Convincing boyf to watch girly movie = good. Adding custard = outstanding! Spifftastical! #
• Someone just dm'd me saying they'd sent me an email. A sign that my email has become a real problem? #
• Priceline, why do you have a tab called "email preferences" when you won't let me express my preference not to receive email from you? #fail #
• Boyf is very taken by hamster calendar my mom got us – sample quote, "This one thinks he's a lump of sugar!" #
• Trying to make loans on @kiva with gift certs from @map_maker and @dlitz but they appear to be out of people to loan to! Wow! #
• Ploughing through email. Determined to start 2010 at inbox zero! Nothing else done though. Think lack of email is key to my productivity. #
• Having a Bad Hair Life. But looking forward to tonight! Hope I can stay awake until midnight. Also – happy new year Brits! #
• There's a baby in my apartment! Eeeep! #
• Boyf and I have been dancing like crazy people to "remember you're a womble". A potential resolution for the new year, I think! #
• Saw the new year in bouncing up and down on the roof with 20+ people. Great start to 2010!!!! #
• Hi 2010, can we have a do-over of this morning tomorrow? Urgh, hangover! Great party though! Tons of people, some of them I didn't know! #
• Is this why you don't go skiing witha hangover? Because a pair of skis might land on your nose and really hurt? #
• Apart from skis falling on nose, has been a good start to the year. Fun day skiing with @dlitz and now boyf is making me dinner 🙂 #
• Great Ted Talk on how the internet helps authoritarian regimes – http://bit.ly/HQNjo connectivity =/= democracy! #
• Oooh there's a course at Carleton next semester where you have to use Haskell! Awesome! Worth the trip to the back of beyond I hope! 🙂 #
• 73 spam comments on my blog this morning! Need to add captcha or something – any recommendations? #wordpress #
• Really what I want is for first time commenters to be able to be approved with one-off captcha, rather than waiting for me to approve. #wp #
• Yay! Made 5 more loans on @kiva 4 of them paid for with repaid funds and gift certs from @dlitz and @map_maker 🙂 #
• Maru (by the Bytown) is giving away tons of coupons on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ottawa-ON/Maruinottawa/176863807527 #
• Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy! This guy is awesome, love his work! http://on.ted.com/480B #
• Yay! Have changed theme on blog and added navigation back to main site (thanks to @dlitz and @ddej) – http://cate.blog #
• *sigh* have birthday cake for my friend and ingredients for dinner… and his car won't start :'( #
• Anyone who doubts the power of online communities should check out this video – heartwarming http://bit.ly/5CKQml /via @TheBloggess #
• RT @CACMmag Best practices for CS teachers: http://tinyurl.com/yc8kj2c #
• This is awesome! Gravity Swarm, built using processing http://openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=2363 /via @jpdaigle #
• Can't get this song out of my head – date my avatar (nice vid, too) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU /via @jdemond #
• This is super cool! iPhone + book for interactive experience. http://bit.ly/4giQLK /via @gailcarmichael @augmented #
• Preparing for my first x-country ski. It's cold outside. A terrible idea and I'm probably going to die (no, I'm not being melodramatic!!!!!) #
• Survived. Treena v patient although did haul me off ground by scruff twice! Brrr cold now and covered in snow. Need tea! #
• Watching girlie movies and wishing I had custard! X-country skiing and swimming have wiped me out completely. #
• RT @jpdaigle Processing Jam Jan 05, 18:00 at @kittenthebad's place Reply: @twegather #ProcessingJam http://bit.ly/5c00z9 Yes/No/Maybe #
• World Map of Social Networks by country http://j.mp/5q0xNv /via @Vincos @DanielAlfon #
• Super cool! Visualizing version control – Gource – http://bit.ly/8UklvA /via @kateho #
• RT @mwbuckingham You may, on occasion, be tempted to measure yourself by what you believe. Others will always measure you by how you behave. #
• Awesome and humbling – I have a long way to go! Teach Yourself Programming in 10 Years – http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html #

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• Last day in the UK! #
• Why have o2 still not transferred my number? Causing problems. Grr! #
• Saw physio here, she was wonderful. Says skiing good, kickbox more! Univ physio in Ott working wrong muscles. grateful for bupa! #
• Love this in the NYT – getting kids excited about programming! 🙂 http://bit.ly/6WCkve #
• Thinking about perfectionism – when is it appropriate, when does it just hold you back and distract you? http://bit.ly/4qrQG4 #
• Coming out the gym I feel high on life: I've missed this. Now, time to pack (again! Not even over jetlag!) #
• Arriving tomorrow on flight AC167 from Halifax. Who's coming for sushi? Maroooooooooooo! #
• I've deleted all my follower notifications for the last month – too many to deal- blame the spammers. Say hello if you aren't a spammer pls! #
• "The meaning of open" – interesting thinkpiece by Jonathan Rosenberg, google SVP of product mgmt: http://bit.ly/54DEa2 (via @google) #
• RT @ zephoria A tremendous critique of bad habit of putting people on pedestals: "Tiger Woods, Person of the Year" http://s.nyt.com/u/vxP #
• At LHR – check in painless and I've found some random tube map merch for @map_maker #
• Security lines st LHR ate a nightmare! #
• Doing solstice shopping at the airport – a truly terrible idea. Hot and frazzled. Changing flights will be a nightmare!! #
• In halifax! Flight delayed but not sure how much. #
• So @pinemud appears to be tracking my every move via the Internet. Is this weird behavior? My boyfriend takes far less interest. #
• Plane boarding – byeee Halifax, it's been fun. Ottawa here I come! #
• Landed in ottawa! Looking forward to seeing everybody 🙂 #
• I know some awesome people. Good to see them again. Thanks for coming out guys! #
• Up early and full of go! Zillion things to catch up on and don't know where to start, so I applied a facemask. Got 10 mins to think now! #
• I'm on the front page of uOttawa's website, and this is terrifying me rather than pleasing me. Also, there's a typo in the title :'( #
• Next semester I'm officially TAing java. Still in French though. Feels like a promotion! #
• RT @DLitz Change in ski plan: Edelweiss Valley (Dec 25); Tremblant (Dec 26 & Jan 1) – I'm in!!!!! Zoom zoom zoom! #
• Apparently, my friends mom wants to pay me to convince him to marry some girl he doesn't know. I'm not for sale! My life is pretty weird :-s #
• Another friend is trying to get me commit to being in a specific country 6 months from now. Hahahahahahahaha! Poor guy! 🙂 #
• Getting inspired by the "We Feel Fine" book. Beautiful, charming, a great example of art meets humans meets computers. #
• Gahh, want to unlock my iPhone but O2 won't let me into their site 'cos I'm not in the UK :'( #
• This is beautiful and inspiring – fight for your ideas http://www.copyblogger.com/fight-for-your-ideas/ /by @JonMorrow #
• I find a there's fine line between being really inspired and feeling like I've wasted the first 24 years of my life and will never catch up. #
• Going skiing with my favorite @dlitz! Yay! First downhill of the season. Now, where did boyf put my ski boots…? #
• Good time skiing but not many runs open. Been offered instructor job, need to get a car so I can take it! #
• Crikey! Post featured on Brazen Careerist again- http://bit.ly/7O83mP – in general this week has been v good for my ego. Many opportunities! #
• I really want custard. Why don't we have any? Pet hobo is telling lies about how custard is made. He's so drunk and crazy. #
• *Sigh* bought boyf airport express because they told me we didn't need a stereo. Trying to work out whether that's true now. :'( #
• Quite enticed by thoughts of boxing day madness sales… But need to prep for Monday! #
• Running low on inspiration. How do you motivate yourself when you need to create something great but feel a bit burnt out? #
• Have decided to stop panicking about Monday's talk – possibility and change are more important than my fear – http://bit.ly/5nMm2B #
• CS curriculum needs to change – why and how – http://bit.ly/5197aU /via @jliyi @hmason #
• This evening @Jpdaigle and I were talking about organizing a processing jam, anyone else fancy it? #
• Finally, I'm inspired! Tea, bagel, then I will commence creation. Excited for tomorrow, just in time! #
• After tomorrow's talk, I'm taking the week off. Probably not, but I'm not setting myself any "goals" other than to relax and have some fun. #
• Introductory slides for tomorrow's talk up here: http://bit.ly/5VI3cY (let me know what you think!) #
• Slides part 2: Art! http://bit.ly/4yMGRa
  (Thanks everyone for the feedback so far, yes the lego men are v cool!) #
• I don't understand when randoms talk to me on skype, why they're surprised when I say I don't want to chat – better things to do! Shock! #
• Slides part 3: life! http://bit.ly/6JA8bt #
• Final part of slides – programming! http://bit.ly/676ob6 #
• Details for the talk I'm giving tomorrow – Art, Life and Programming. Everyone welcome! Come if you can and pls RT – http://bit.ly/7oNhvh #

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• Wide awake! This never happens to me in this direction. Never! Time to get up and do stuff / eat breakfast / get MRI 🙂 #
• Had MRI. Weird and vibratey but didn’t take long. #
• Each time I change continents, I wonder if this time will be the time that jet lag proves to be fatal. Yes, I can be a little meladramatic. #
• Watching amazing talk at #LeWeb from @zephoria http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2836730 #
• Great article on terrible approach of tech sales to women – http://tinyurl.com/yabqnfm / via @gailcarmichael @theirishdancer #
• This looks awesome – how to inspire people with technology, the difference between users and programmers – http://bit.ly/76O7eR #
• Contemplating the 80:20 paradox w.r.t grad school – how do you maximize your 20%? http://bit.ly/7wvLex #
• Revolving climbing wall + dashboard confessional = happy cate. Revolving climbing walls are AWESOME. #
• I slept 13+ hours. And napped yest arvo. Do not cope with jetlag well. Off to look at iPhones (eeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!) #
• Not only did I not get iPhone, no longer have phone period. Phone store took it :'( Need to go into town to Apple store to get iPhone. #
• It’s not always overt, but sexism is still alive and well :'( http://www.copyblogger.com/james-chartrand-underpants/ #
• Sister is doing her xmas shopping in a v aggressive way, hauling us into kitchen and demanding we pick things on Amazon. Efficient, though! #
• PT totally wore me out, great exercises to stop kneecap going on more visits to places it shouldn’t! Sleepy now though so bed – on Brit time #
• Thinking about James Chartrand article (http://bit.ly/6TaJbb), think more about snap judgements, how about you? http://bit.ly/5J850I #
• Why do my parents live in a fridge? Brrrrr! #
• Email from recruitment agency, “are you a future prison leader?” – erm… I hope not? #
• This is kinda cool! Political sentiment on Twitter – http://search.tweetminster.co.uk/ #
• Interesting article on perceptions of computer scientists and how off-putting it is to women /via @jennielees – http://bit.ly/7YBbme #
• OK off to the doc to find out if I can kickbox again. Will be tears if I can’t! If I can’t ski I’m going to need a *lot* of meds. #
• Sooo still awaiting confirmation from mri but looks like I can kickbox again! Super excited! That @pinemud better watch out! #
• Working on report for my clique finding twitter graph stuff. Critique from prof: not enough combinatorics. Prob why I find it interesting… #
• hehe I like this – measuring code quality in “wtf’s” per minute! http://bit.ly/6Lk9Bu /via @douglasgresham #
• I’m somewhere between GMT and EST. But report is at 32 pages, full of pretty pictures and it’s time for bed. #
• I am in so much pain. My PT either hates me, or is getting my great legs. Seeing her tonight, so hope it’s the latter! #
• RT @terriko Tips for not irritating your TA : http://terriko.dreamwidth.org/16616.html – sorry about broken link! #
• OK report for graph stuff basically done – http://bit.ly/7vULax (pdf) 🙂 yay! #
• Discovering the value of personal branding – http://bit.ly/8TbNGS #Brazen /cc @pattichurch #
• All day I’ve been hunched over and yelping with pain periodically but off to trainer I go. If I’m not back later… she’s finished me off. #
• I don’t know how my sister is so skinny when she eats everything in sight. Including my dinner. Quite grumpy now! #
• Friday, feel like you’re kicking me in the head. Finish report… why did I forget to update the student who was complaining about ONE mark? #
• My traffic stats for yesterday are way up… I think it’s because @krusk was doing my PR! =”..”= #
• Why is an “unlocked” iPhone £440 and still locked to a network?! #
• You may gather from that I did not get my iPhone. Am a sad sad panda :,( #
• Have plan for iPhone! #
• I can haz iPhone? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! #
• Am up late hoping to speak to boyf. I really miss him. Is this the thing about living across different continents? Always missing someone. #
• Off to London to see @douglasgresham and @zara_p! #
• Is taking AGES for iPhone to get set up. Still don’t have data. Gahhhh! #
• I don’t really like london but I love @zara_p and @douglasgresham! Great to see them, heading back to leics now. #
• Btw google’s new phone? I saw one, slimmer and perhaps more beautiful than an iPhone. Lucky dig and his company dogfood! #
• Having an iPhone might mean I start responding to emails. Short and typo filled responses, but responses nevertheless! #
• Holiday reading: 7 habits, wisdom 2.0, getting things done, power of less. Guess what my focus is! Acheiving more+being happier in process! #
• Brittany Murphy died. 32, so young :'( people already speculating it’s drugs, apparently. Cold. #
• Panic- thought Facebook made all pictures public, but just profile. Worrying how little I trust the site which has so much about me on it. #

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