MetaChat - What notes do you have on your desk?

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I have some scribbled notes written whilst drunk and watching public television:

I'm extremely doubtful as to the role of fruit in Newton's life.

60 ft/2 sec

infinitesimally small - not zero, but smaller than anything you can imagine

CALCULUS - aaaaah Newton!
diff than Catallus

22 years of age! Logarithms!

Bad dental hygeine - how many teeth did Newton have?

Galileo's telescope, fringe of color. D'oh! New Newton telescope NNT! substituded [yep, that's how I spelled it] mirror. Free of color distortion. Newton thought it was a TOY, shown to Charles II.

Alchemist - doo doo doooooh! Philosopher's stone! Lead into gold. Dude.

Minstrel of the sordid blood. OVID.

posted by Specklet 28 December | 13:42

C#

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 28 December | 13:45

475974OSLQM

Fix §

Grog Shop

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yeah, yeah, I'm lame.

posted by sciurus 28 December | 13:46

I have no desk. Merely a box of crayons in a room with nice soft walls.

posted by jonmc 28 December | 13:48

- PB9 network LB performance
- IAVA 10.100.12.121
- ant scripts

Well, you asked.

posted by mike9322 28 December | 13:50

More than I can count. Here's a representative example:

- scalability?
- web front end - browser compat - IE only?
- SQL server - separate metadata from transactional data

Specklet's are cooler.

posted by matildaben 28 December | 13:54

What mike said...

check status: extra pipe
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check stats: queries/day
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new spr: clerks.tcl on path
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LA-W 05 21751

I'm afraid I don't take notes while under the influence.

posted by danostuporstar 28 December | 13:57

Here's my notepile.

- [REDACTED] -
collateral

Mark-to-market report in summit

[REDACTED]'s report - Make sure it's the prior day - CURRENT VALUE entered in DVA under SWAPTIONS OCF

SUMMIT:
analytics»reports»p&l (enter)»mtm&realized cash to date report
under parameters -
-f cgrp[REDACTED}swp -cvid svd -asof 12/22/05 -detail
(prior bus. day)
[RUN] exit status 0 [PRINT]

analytics»rep'ts»highlight all & delete

in summit FTP under username check \SPOOL
highlight ..._MTMREAL_...(today's date)
move to folder:
G://[REDACTED]

Open in EXCEL
leave FIXED hit NEXT»
adjust header tabs NEXT»
FINISH»

--------------------------------

SCROLL down MATURITIES comlumn
1930's dates to 2030's dates
save as EXCEL file PRIOR DATE
insert column between Maturities and Gross MTM
LAST CELL in GROSS MTM column make summation, BOLD
Remove subtotals
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SWAPS
5***77AT pull, change CCY to USD (SVD)
note each swap has 2 legs
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copy & paste pay/receive legs to empty column in Excel file
in Gross MTM column, delete one leg and put SUMMIT total for swap in first SWAP row

MONTHLY [REDACTED] MTM lists 8 swaps - do the smae thing for each one
highlight print area, landscaped, 4 pages [PRINT]

=================

DAILY VARIANCE [REDACTED]
add values, pull values down à la DVA.

=================

[REDACTED]'s report
G://[REDACTED]/2005/DEC/1222_2005swaptionsmtm
enter value from [RWEDACTED]'s spreadsheet, print DVA

2005 cash collateral [REDACTED] summary sheet -- round to nearest 10^6

Once collateral hits 0, tell [REDACTED].

Not so interesting, even if you're me.

posted by Hugh Janus 28 December | 13:58

I have a bunch of notes, but they're all confidential. Sorry.

posted by brainwidth 28 December | 13:59

Though if you look closely, you can see me working around a Y2K glitch.

posted by Hugh Janus 28 December | 13:59

Hugh wins!

posted by mike9322 28 December | 14:03

Metachat: Each swap has 2 legs.

posted by matildaben 28 December | 14:06

I just heard the word redacted for the first time the other day. Since then, I have seen it everywhere. Did someone just make it up?

posted by mike9322 28 December | 14:13

Yeah. [Redacted] did.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 28 December | 14:19

Naw, it just means edited, but sounds a little more legalese. Second definition. I think it makes it look like a legal department somewhere went over my post with a fine-toothed comb. Though, like a big dummy, I mispelled it up there in my transcription.

posted by Hugh Janus 28 December | 14:20

will
slade dental
flex spend
fraud alert
home warranty
J__ credit
a new calendar
Miles: 9, 10.35, 8.7, 8.75, 10.4, 10.25, 14.75, 16.5 (1.25,0,5.25,4.5)
luge
gourmet sauce?

__

inbox
test
newsletter
renewals
lables 4 endorsements?
auto cards Lexington - T___ H___, add Chevy tahoe
Time - no lunch 27, 28, Dr's 28

posted by rainbaby 28 December | 14:27

Among the various email addresses and phone numbers on post-its and scraps, I found:

there is no team in meat, mate

From the handwriting, I'd say I wrote it in the car. What it means, I'm not sure. Probably just a phrase my mind wandered to.

posted by me3dia 28 December | 14:29

Ha, I didn't doubt it was a real word; it's just odd how often I've seen it (and in so many different places) since seeing it for the first time within the past week. It's my word of the month.

posted by mike9322 28 December | 14:34

Mine are possibly second only to Hugh's in boringness and boringosity:

===
Pietr, 1992 - cellular proliferation p6
IGF-I (10ng/ml) cells 40 x 10^3 cm^2
JB1 @ 100 ng/ml will be a little down ~ 32
@ 0.5 ng/ml will be ~ 25
1 ug/ml ~ 16 === conc. dependent

autophosphorylation: IGF-I 20ng/ml; JB1 0.5 ug/ml inhibits
===
Obesity Rev 4:239 (2003)
Nature (2000) Barsh, Burks
==
Jesus I was evil
Birthday (stereo bus)
==
Tony protease and phosphatase inhibitors from pCREB study
==
95260382
==
mitochondrial biogenesis, acute vs chronic, nuclear respiratory factor, UCP2,
==

Oh the humanity...

posted by gaspode 28 December | 14:35

"there is no team in meat, mate"

Hah! Reminds me of my favorite response to the insipid "there is no 'I' in team."

"No - but there is an 'eat' and a 'me.'"

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 28 December | 14:36

email to mgt abt services/intranet site
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sourdhough bread [sic]
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Rod Hoff
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XXX back 29 am, get approval asap

posted by tr33hggr 28 December | 14:37

Frankfurt->Amsterdam->Brusses->Zurich->Vienna->Prague

(my travel plans for Europe on postit notes)

I also have a lot of class relationship diagrams for some software that I'm not allowed to talk about.

posted by cmonkey 28 December | 14:41

*is stowing away in cmonkey's luggage*

posted by Specklet 28 December | 14:44

I don't have notes. Just fortunes taped to my monitor. Notes would probably help if my brain ever had an affair with some random foot. My favorite fortune is one I got just before we found out Emily was pregnant:

The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into the tiger's den.

posted by panoptican 28 December | 14:47

CNF3390TMM

CNF3390TN1
ST/APSHV COMPAQ/HP

BAR A 1&2, BAR B 1&2, Helpdesk HD 1&2

C-clamps w/ power ports.

Remind Deb about 9th or 10th.

Need hubs for 116. Measure and make cables.

New hub for ghostserver.

Need new switches.

Need new 9v for fox and hound.

Image rollouts.

Re-image backlogged student laptops.

Butter the duck's buttocks and lick Stinky Wizzleteats all over like so much delicious candy. Powdered Toast Man flies at midnight.

posted by loquacious 28 December | 14:54

One pinned to the wall that says:

Hi Rich-
Need you in 121 (next to my office) for a quick update on OCS.
-Jerry

This note is about 2 years old and refers to a meeting where I was told there was a pretty good chance I would be laid off in the next few weeks. Ended up not happening, but I keep it as a reminder of not taking employment for granted.

On my monitor at home I have a scrap of paper cut from a magazine and mailed to me by a friend I am no longer in touch with. It reads "TICKETLESS TRAVEL IS SOCIAL EVIL" in English under some Sanskrit (I'm guessing) script that may or may not convey the same message. It's another old note, one I've always had stuck to either a monitor or printer since around 1994.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 28 December | 14:56

I don't have a desk at work, but at home there are notes that say:

"find and rip CCR"

"Keith Berry- "A Strange Feather'"

an email address or four

the command you enter to make your name show up in the IRC list on MECha

posted by BoringPostcards 28 December | 15:06

"Question: Same stuff already in VDR? 8/8/05"

posted by TrishaLynn 28 December | 15:10

minimal and dead boring at the moment:

___________

archcss
___________

head-common
refs css

archives-header
incs head-common

9 5 8 9 9 5 8
7 7 6 | 5 8 8
9 5 3 5

(something) ltd.

simple $1 or 2

1 page mockup

OKAY
release

zisi
2310813368

posted by taz 28 December | 15:11

I cleaned my desk off before I left town, but still have a few cryptic messages laying around.

I've one note permanently taped to my monitor that says "You have a fucking unique voice. Fucking use it already. Goddammit." This is my attempt to tough-love myself into writing, but it hasn't worked very well.

Another says "When the Messenger Is Hot." I'm fairly certain this is a book I want to read, because I don't often encounter hot messengers.

Then there's "Gym using a joystick?", which I am not able to explain.

And finally, a post-it that says "Mark your words. It won't happen." I don't remember what it was that wasn't going to happen, but it obviously didn't.

posted by mudpuppie 28 December | 15:12

"sale grosso"

"10.30"

posted by matteo 28 December | 15:14

"Snklashe
snuffneksla
nekslashe
vampire she"

The dates for next years Sonar

And a note suggesting I have the means to push the Earth from its orbit.

posted by urbanwhaleshark 28 December | 15:19

Orion Subject search
Oral history

Oral history Methodology (7)
Oral history Philosophy (1)
Oral history Social aspects England London (1)

ORION2 search
oral AND history
quick limit English

10 America, the dream of my life
18 American mosaic
29 Arms to fight, arms to protect
36 Before freedom, when I just can remember
38 Beginning the unemployment insurance program
39 Behind the Orange curtain
...

posted by halonine 28 December | 15:26

I'd like to just get to the notes on my desk, but seeing as they're completely covered by CD's and coffee cups, ATM receipts and scribbled addresses, that is not possible. Here's a quickie fake note I wish were on my desk, though:
"Call agent re: upgrades for London appearance" or maybe,
"make sure cue comes in shorter for encore song" or even,
"contact lawyer re: restraining order for crazy-ass fangirl"

posted by Lipstick Thespian 28 December | 15:39

Lipstick, all you had to do was ask me to stop camping out on your lawn. No lawyers are necessary.

posted by mudpuppie 28 December | 16:53

At first I read this as "what notes do you have on you monitor" as opposed to my desk. So, the monitor:

1. diagram I made of how many total relationships there are between 5 people. I was reading Blink at the time, and trying to visualize what he was describing.
2. diagram I made inspired by what a 4 year old girl said when I asked her what she thought molecules looked like: "Little balls, stacked on top of each other."
3. diagram I made reminding me of the little men inside me whose job it is to push back negative noise and let beauty come out in whatever form it wants.
4. phone number for a headhunter dude who called me two weeks ago I haven't called back yet
5. list of lineweights and color assignments
6. measurements of our window openings for new blinds I need to order
7. label from a Yogi brand tea bag that says Be proud of who you are.
8. a bunch of borrowed cd's, ticket stub from seeing the Blue Man Group in '03, email addresses on lots of bits of paper

posted by chewatadistance 28 December | 17:03

phone numbers on postits, logins and stuff, and "ask Johanna/Susan about benefits" (my company had to change their policies--an outgrowth of a Microsoft lawsuit, and now has to provide benefits if you work more than a certain nbr of hours each year, and apparently i'm eligible)

posted by amberglow 28 December | 17:26

Most of my notes are phone numbers and addresses on postits, ad numbers...nothing too exciting.

posted by sisterhavana 28 December | 17:52

John - 10 desk hrs./wk
Joe - 15 desk hrs./wk
Ellen - Program hrs. on non-prog. days, 9-10 first 3 Tuesdays of month
Tracey - Delivery 1st hr., slips before lunch, slips/mail last hr.
Joi - hr. for cards, hr. for serials (afternoon)
Sabrina - Cleaning on Weds. morn., hour for A/V
Janie - hr. for mending

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Prog MM E Samples

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14-day to take off

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Check for other patrons at (patron name removed for privacy's sake)'s address.

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1/28, 2-4:30 (firm), Do the R T
2/25, 2-4:30 (f), Heat of N
3/25, 2-4:30 (both dirs), H20/Choco
4/22, 2-4:30 (both dirs), Sunshine (Huckabees?)
5/27, 4-6 (4 firm), SWars
6/17? 24? Glory
7/29? Color Purple
8/26, 2-4 (both dirs), Rwanda
9/23, 2-4 (both dirs), Akira (more anime?)
10/14, 2-4 (both dirs), Malcolm
11/11, 4-6, Antwone
12/23, 2-4, Oz

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LP Rotation!

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Ask Ellen about movie tie-ins.

posted by box 28 December | 17:56

I'm not at work so I can't relay the specific contents of my notes but in general they are hastily scribbled lists, hastily drawn diagrams of the network and lots of random text. I do scribble a lot and keep a stack of unwanted printed documents just for scrap paper for this exact purpose.

Funnily enough I rarely refer back to what I've written, I just find that writing something down helps me remember.

posted by dodgygeezer 28 December | 18:04

upper left-hand corner

798 572

January - +35%
February - +25%
March - +25%
April - +38%
May - +25%
June - +25%

posted by hootch 28 December | 18:23

fire
bucket
people
water
bone
trees
dish
tube
ball
springs
(this all refers to Grow cube and goes on in different order for some pages until I gave up & found the cheat.)
a star diagram I made last night
a couple of phone numbers
Remember, I'm unemployed. ;-)

posted by mygothlaundry 28 December | 18:34

I have a note reminding me of my dentist appt. It reads: 12/29, 10:45. Unfortunately, I returned home to a message asking why I hadn't turned up for my appt. today. Clearly, there was a miscommunication. But I'm sure they won't cop to it being a mistake on their end.:-(

posted by jrossi4r 28 December | 18:34

My desk is complete mess at the moment due to ongoing room rearrangement, but this was from last night's apron pocket. Last night, when, the bussing staff, who may or ~~may not~~ have been out drinking past dawn, all called in sick within minutes of one another. Coincidence? I think not.

So, it's 7:30, we've hit stride and would have been sweating with a full staff. I'm taking the order for a party of 12, while trying not to rush them as I watch other tables goose neck for someone...anyone to assist them.

On a small piece of paper in hurried shorthand:

18 k
arugula x II
tuna x III
endive x II
calamari
prawns
scallop
CBass x III
steak x II
risotto x II
lamb x III
FOIE x II
chix x II
Isabel
Chass x II
Rex
Ridge

and then along the side in very precise cursive:
Phone in hit on bussers

posted by Frisbee Girl 28 December | 18:44

Post-it Note:

Dr. Ross
10:40
Thurs

(it was for last Thursday [I went] and is scribbled over)

Lat +49
Long -122

(fairly close lat/long showing where I live, written down because of mathowie's recent pony on our profile pages)

Semi-permanent note attached to my monitor:

The mister's work number
The mister's cell number
RV park's number
Library card number
Long distance: 10-15-945-1-
Bro#1's home number
Mum's home number
Shaw Cable's phone number

posted by deborah 28 December | 18:50

Slasher - 0418-776491

If anyone can get him to answer his phone, send him over to my new place to cut the grass, at it is now above head height. Thanx.

posted by dg 28 December | 22:12

28 December 2005