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Congratulations to Lydia!
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
A case where UTF-8 and utf8 in perl made an important difference. Continue reading
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Han Suyin (1916?-2012)
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.+++
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
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
It’s the long good-bye for my 17″ MAG XJ700T monitor. Continue reading
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Spam storm
In the last week I’ve gotten over three thousand spam comments, and I’m now averaging several hundred a day. This is way too much for me to cope with, so I’ve turned off comments to all posts. I’ve never had … Continue reading
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Stupid programming tricks: #1
how to redirect messages and errors from your perl script to a file in the same order that they appear on your screen. Continue reading
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Welcome back
Back to the classroom at last. It looks like a full schedule, with some big, big classes. Plan to do new and interesting stuff this semester, and still keep up with the syllabus (don’t hold your breath). The school has … Continue reading
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School’s out for summer
School’s out Continue reading
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