Author Archives: Robert

Another (*&%&*^%R* Earthquake!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Robert

A 6.3 earthquake this afternoon. Supposedly only 5.0 in Puli, but one of the strongest and longest I’ve felt in a long time. Bookshelves down again, *&^%&!@$#!! This time both at home and in my office AGAIN, the second time … Continue reading →

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Ironic twist

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Robert

Literary irony in a Chinese context Continue reading →

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Push comes to shove

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Robert

Have finally thrown up my hands and begun to prepare my home desktop computer for Windows 7, and like all donkeys I’m doing it because of the carrot and the stick. The stick is the fact that our school’s computers, … Continue reading →

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Fun with Google translate

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Robert

entertaining machine translation Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Lydia!

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Robert

My MA student Lydia Lin successfully completed her thesis defense on Friday (4/26); good job! Now to get those revisions in.

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UTF-8 and utf8: Another piece of the puzzle

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Robert

A case where UTF-8 and utf8 in perl made an important difference. Continue reading →

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Han Suyin (1916?-2012)

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Robert

One notice that I missed earlier this year was the death of Han Suyin (Han Suyin Dies; Wrote Sweeping Fiction. The New York Times 5 Nov. 2012). The Times writer notes some of the criticism directed at Han, but closes … Continue reading →

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et al.+++

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Robert

Aubert, B., M. Bona, Y. Karyotakis, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, E. Prencipe, X. Prudent, V. Tisserand, J. Garra Tico, E. Grauges, L. Lopez, A. Palano, M. Pappagallo, G. Eigen, B. Stugu, L. Sun, G. S. Abrams, M. Battaglia, D. … Continue reading →

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Backing up and recovering Endnote libraries

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Robert

I try to back up every file that gets changed in my working directory every day or two. This is not a problem except for one program: Endnote, still my main bibliography manager. Unlike 99% of all programs, even if … Continue reading →

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I take Mag XJ700T for a ride

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Robert

It’s the long good-bye for my 17″ MAG XJ700T monitor. Continue reading →

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