Author Archives: Robert

The 2017 JFK Records Act releases at NARA: Q & A

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Robert

After looking at Harold Weisberg’s archive last year, I became interested in the JFK assassination, a subject I had never really looked at before. The recent NARA release of documents under the JFK Records Act, which was supposed to be … Continue reading →

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Zotero to Endnote: part III

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Robert

This is the latest update of a note I first posted four years ago. Below is a summary of what I’m trying to do, then the revised solution. I use both Zotero and Endnote to do bibliographies. References that I … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Chi Nan, Fall 2017

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Robert

Hi! The new semester is now into its second week and I’m a little bit behind on most of my stuff as usual. To the new students, Welcome! To the sophomores, juniors, and seniors, hope you had a good summer … Continue reading →

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Capturing system command output in perl

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Robert

Running system commands from inside a perl script is one of the nastiest of all perl headaches. I suffered grievously when trying to use this method with some pdf file addons, and have scars to show for it. Lately, having … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Spring Semester!

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Robert

Hello! Fall 2017 was a very quiet semester in the warren, hopefully there will be more coming up this spring. If you want to get in touch and you’re an NCNU student, NCNU’s Moodle site is probably the best way. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the new semester at Chi Nan!

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Robert

Another semester begins, and I hope all the students in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature had a pleasant first day. I’m looking forward to the semester, and to seeing all of you.

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“I have always had adequate sex that no one appreciated”: The best of Studies in Intelligence

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Robert

Taking a 10 minute pause from grading final exams, I would like to announce that the Warren will begin a new series introducing government funded fun and enlightenment from Studies in Intelligence, the CIA’s in-house journal. While there is much … Continue reading →

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Chiang Kai-shek Meets Tu Yueh-sheng

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Robert

This note picks up from my last post on the sources and claims of Sterling Seagrave’s 1985 book, The Soong Dynasty (SD). SD enjoyed a fourteen-week run on the New York Times best-seller list and launched Seagrave’s career as a … Continue reading →

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Updating WordPress

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Robert

I finally got around to updating this site’s wordpress installation. The reason for the long delay was that the online updating process from wordpress was broken.  I had originally thought this was because I had used non-standard permissions in the … Continue reading →

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Two sources for the Weisberg Collection

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Robert

There are currently two places to get materials from the Weisberg collection. The main source is naturally the website that Hood College set up for the collection.  The second source is Archive.org. The Archive.org now has a “copy” of the … Continue reading →

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