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-MYSTCommunity quote: "You can see this (But I can't, haha)", 300happy-

I had only two lines worth of dream journal this morning. Think it's because I had to substitute water for milk at dinnertime. I drank 4 glasses instead of 3, but that still wasn't enough to make up for it being, well, not milk.

::segue!::

I got started programming on a TI-82 calculator. Of course, this means that I only know BASIC, which is pretty much the dinosaur language, but I still have a whole lot of fun doing it. As usual, I am coding by the mantra of "if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing". For example. I just started a program intended for the lofty goal of supplanting the TI-89's onboard note taker. TI people will know what I'm talking about: though it's nice to have that "notefolio", it sure gets annoying having to switch to alpha, then find the letter you're looking for, and back again out of alpha for any commas or numerals.

Of course, I'm limited by the equipment. I went for the "organic" approach, e.g., you don't have to find the letter, but you use the arrow keys to trace it out (like <-^-> for A and <-v-> for V). Those biology nerds among you will notice another organic correlation.

I'm not entirely certain this will be faster than notefolio, because I'm lousy at good program structure, so there's lots of awkward pauses in the tests so far. However, it may be less painful (?) once I get used to it (well, and finish it, so it does more than just backspace, A, and space!).

I may consider posting the code when I finish, so y'all can laugh derisively at its ineffeciencies. May decide to post other programs I made as well.

But not today. Remember to reality check, and have a great weekend!