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Of Running and Programming
Seems like this has been my life of late: as spring blooms and the end of the semester nears, I’ve had time for running and working. Both have been progressing well, so I suppose I can’t complain. Well, mostly progressing well. … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Exercise, Google, Graduate School, lolcat, Programming, The Lady
Tagged capstone, codejam, computer vision, elite runners and walkers, everyone got a pr, google codejam, half marathon, java, just a short run, philoceraptor, that run with rob was literally one of the most taxing things ever, undergrads, underlings
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When I’m stressed, I get my car repaired too
Here’s a little piece of unsolicited advice from me to you: When you’re living on the third floor of a 3-floor apartment building, and therefore keeping your heating turned off to save on money (the heat rising from below is … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, foooooood, Graduate School, lolcat, Mathematics, Programming, Technology
Tagged bayesian networks, c++, chili, computational biology, d-separation, darbus, dripping wet + cold air = ouch, dynamic programming, expectation-maximization, haplotype inference, hardy-weinburg, hidden markov models, java, linkage disequilibrium, logistic regression, lol wut, machine learning, maximum likelihood, midterms, naive bayes, parameter estimation, ronon, salem, vsquared
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Zune Failure
I have to admit, even if Microsoft does publicly recognize Google as its biggest and most successful business adversary, Ballmer sure does seem to care quite a bit about what Apple is doing. Case in point: the Zune. Even after … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Technology
Tagged apple, ballmer, bodily functions, developers developers developers, drm, google, i love this ceo, ipod, java, microsoft, mp3 player, ms office, openoffice, proteins, squirt, xbox, zune
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HDD failure
While I had a post all ready to go on the topic of my excursion across the pond to our Spanish brethren the summer before last, I discovered MUCH to my dismay that the 20GB IDE hard drive that previously … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Graduate School, Holidays, random, Real Life
Tagged c++, classes, click of death, extremeblue, hdd, java, spain, study abroad
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Theatre of Consciousness 
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 →