Tag Archives: google

Tabs or spaces?

I know this debate is old as dirt, but it was resurrected on my Google+ stream not too long ago, so I wanted to poll the intertubes and see what it, the Font of Knowlej, thought. The Debate It’s pretty … Continue reading

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Online services I don’t understand

When it comes to “social revolution”, I have to admit I’m pretty skeptical. Yes, I’ve jumped on the bandwagon of more than one social network (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn), have used them extensively, and still continue to do so. But … Continue reading

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Childhood Experiences

Over the last few days I’d been working on a post that described in disgusting detail the issues I’ve been having with the kernel regression method I used to get an idea of how my average running pace has improved … Continue reading

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Philanthropic computer donations

For those who aren’t aware, my sister is a full-fledged member of the Peace Corps and is currently living and working in a small Moroccan city. It’s a pretty spectacular setting: dirt roads, traffic jams with animals instead of cars, … Continue reading

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Failed marathons and cross-country excursions

Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of time to update–getting set up as a Google employee is quite time-consuming–but I wanted to mention a few things that have happened lately. Cathryn and I attended the Pittsburgh Marathon, slated to run … Continue reading

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Quick aside

Just wanted to put this out there: in the last three weeks, I have become a committer in the Apache Mahout project (I’m drawing up thesis ideas that revolve around this) had a paper accepted with the BSEC conference (will … Continue reading

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Research, or tool for research?

Every Friday afternoon, the students in our Ph.D. program are given the opportunity to present their research to the other students in the program. It’s a great chance to take stock of what you’ve been doing, as well as give … Continue reading

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GSoC 2010 is well underway

It’s that time of year again, kiddos! I spent the weekend researching and narrowing my options (there were quite literally around two dozen companies whose projects piqued more than just a mild interest), and now I have a list of … Continue reading

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Code! Jam!

Don’t look now, but the 2009 rendition of Google Codejam is very close to concluding its qualification round! The competition opened yesterday at 7pm eastern. I worked with my partner in C++ crime who goes by the moniker of Danimal … Continue reading

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I, for one, welcome our search engine overlords

Ok: I know everyone and their former college roommate has written something about this already, so while I can’t totally invalidate the “sheep” label, I will try to live up to my internship’s philosophy of being a “purple sheep” in … Continue reading

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