+source_example_depth=$(calculate_depth ~/quartz/example_source_code)
+#$(find ~/quartz/example_source_code/ -type f -exec echo \"{}\" ';' | grep -v "\.svn" | grep -v "\.git" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+
+# the list files are web documents with to-do lists. individual items are marked with <li>.
+item_depth=$(find ~/quartz/grunty_notes/ -type f -iname "*.html" -exec grep "<li" "{}" ';' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+
+# scan across all appropriately named folders in our folders that live in the "cloud".
+cloud_depth=0
+for i in ~/cloud/project-* ~/cloud/research-*; do
+ temp_depth=$(calculate_depth $i)
+ cloud_depth=$(($cloud_depth + $temp_depth))
+done