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Word yo: universal interchange format
E-mail I received today:
Hello Donna,
My name is and I am a Recruiter for Amazon. I came across an older resume of yours online and was wondering if you would be interested in new opportunities with Amazon. If so please forward me your most recent resume in Word format. That will start the process of reviewing your qualificatons (sic) and ( Read more... ) -
LJ doesn't understand english
Dear LJ,
The sentence "jcreed is your mutual friend" makes no sense. He is my mutual friend with whom? If you mean to say that we are each friends of each other, pick another word or phrase.
Sincerely,
Ms. Mean-What-You-Say-and-Say-What-You-Mean -
pdfsync and Skim rock my world
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LaTeX thesis tip
Compiling each chapter of the thesis individually:
The problem with making individual documents for each chapter of the thesis is that cross-references between chapters won't work. Turns out there's a package that will help out here, xr.
Suppose Chapter 2 references Chapter 1, and you have created individual tex files for each (chapter1_alone.tex ( Read more... ) -
Manual fixpoint
Don't you just love running and re-running latex until you reach a fixpoint? Undefined references. rereun latex. ooops some page numbers changed. rerun latex. they need some sort of incremental algorithm. -
Shocking -- good wireless customer service!
Everyone always complains about customer service (including me), but shockingly enough, I randomly got an AT&T rep who knew what she was talking about, and was friendly and helpful! Turns out if you move to somewhere outside the AT&T coverage area (including Switzerland), they will refund the Early Termination Fee. Last guy told me two false ( Read more... ) -
Twitter
Does anyone who read my blog know someone who works at Twitter? I've applied for a job there, and I'd like to make sure my application goes to an actual human. -
Thesis title
My current thesis title: "Coding Without Your Crystal Ball: Unanticipated Object-Oriented Reuse." :) Thoughts/comments/suggestions ( Read more... ) -
Can you spot the errors in the review?
I recently had a paper rejected from ECOOP '09. It sounds like it was close to getting in, and it's possible that the review summarized below tipped the balance. I've paraphrased most comments to protect the guilty. A running total of the error count is displayed in parens.
> "This paper appears to be very carefully worked out. However I have ( Read more... )