-report="\
-\n\
-Current information overload consists of:\n\
-[gathered on $(date)]\n\
-\n\
- $note_depth\tgrunty notes\n\
- $html_item_depth\tto-do notes in html\n\
- $cloud_active_depth\tactive items\n\
- $cloud_project_depth\tproject files\n\
- $source_example_depth\tsource examples\n\
- $cloud_trivia_depth\ttrivial notes\n\
- $unsorted_depth\tunsorted files\n\
- -------\n\
- $total_overload\ttotal items\n\
-\n\
+# scan all the trivial project folders.
+analyze_by_dir_patterns "trivial items" ~/cloud/*trivia*
+
+# source examples need to be sucked into other places, other codebases. they are not
+# supposed to pile up here.
+analyze_hierarchy_and_report ~/cloud/example_source "source examples"
+
+# and then count up the things that we think will be cleaned soon, but one thing we have learned
+# unsorted files haven't been categorized yet.
+analyze_hierarchy_and_report ~/cloud/unsorted "unsorted files"
+
+# we now consider the backlog of things to read to be a relevant fact. this is going to hose
+# up our weight accounting considerably.
+analyze_hierarchy_and_report ~/cloud/reading "reading list"
+
+full_report+="\n\
+ =====================================\n\
+"
+full_report+="$(format_report_line "$total_overload" "$total_weight" "Total Overload")"
+full_report+="\n\
+[gathered on $(date)]\n\n\