Monthly Archives: September 2007
Keeping up with things
Homework I have been so swamped lately that I didn’t get much of my reading done for class this last Thursday.
Today was a good day
New iListen software I am dictating this blog using my new software. This software has not learned words like blog, as of yet. Memory class today today I had memory class. I have been so busy teaching classes all week, that’s my way is not able to free to the full chapter on using this [...]
My Great Family, Part II
I stayed home today because I am just not feeling well.
A Great Family
Graduate School I have a great family. They really step up when I need it, even when I don’t ask for help. I have been so overwhelmed with trying to figure out statistics and trying to read enough for my first research project that I have little time to do anything but school work when [...]
Trying to finish my first research proposal
My Proposal I have been working on my first research proposal, and Robert is expecting a great deal from me because I am a doctoral student and we are trying to get this proposal accepted for publication. My biggest errors have been misunderstanding of Academese. Robert has been patient. Deciphering Academese I have given him [...]
Adviser Meeting or Email = More Work
Robert Zheng, Ph.D. is my graduate adviser, and he keeps me hopping. Every time I hear from him or meet with him, I have more work. And I am not talking about a little thing, I am talking about research papers, lit reviews, thesis proposals, conference proposals and papers, etc. But that is what I [...]
New MacBook Pro
At Last! I have wanted a new computer for months. It has finally arrived. [quicktime width="396" height="626"]http://www.lauradahl.org/blog/wp-content/movies/new_macbook_pro.mov[/quicktime] I made the above movie with Comic Life software that comes with new Macs. It is pretty cool. Ben now has my old 12″ Powerbook.
