In the past four days, I've read and made notes on 450 pages of programming documentation. It's still not enough, have 250 pages to go.

The goal when I'm done is to use what I've learned to put a web survey package together and release it free to the world. Which would sort of make me a recognized expert on the topic and I might make more money. With more money, I could abandon research entirely and open a bar.

In case you got lost, here's a nice chart:

learn new programming techniques => build research software => release software free => be recognized as expert => make more money => open bar => spit on former colleagues => die in a bathtub

Speaking of which, my first bartending class starts tonight.