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ugly myspace page: Teki Latex

But what a band name, eh.

I will post this on the blackboard site…

7 Strategies to Raise Your GPA this Semester | Pick the Brain

my favorite: Come to class.

Although every now and again, I get a student who gets A++, and never, ever comes to class. Usually from a different major, too.

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Yup

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I especially disklike ‘I could’ve thought of that.’

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Meetings like internet comments

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swissmiss: Internet Commenters Behaviour

I imagine some dysfunctional faculty meetings come close…

Outage

Skype has been out for 2 days.  It has both hurt and helped my productivity.

That is all.

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How I write a report

1. Skim the paper to get the basic argument.
2. Read the paper very carefully, making notes on things I do not understand, do not agree with, and technical details I need to think about.
3. Get away from the manuscript and think hard about it.
4. Convert the notes from step 2 into a list in a document that will be the ‘bones’ of my report.
5. Start writing a summary paragraph about the paper into that same document, and the summary paragraph will lead into my overall discussion of the paper in the report.
6. Edit the document into a coherent report.   The final report includes  a paper summary, a discussion of my overall views of the paper, and a page by list of questions and comments.
7. Get away from the report and think it over again.
8. Reread and edit the report again.
9. Write the letter to the editor.
10. Submit.

Sometimes steps 6-8 get repeated many times.  All this takes me between one and two days, unless I can figure the paper out really quickly.

I cannot think of a good headline for this,

nor much of anything to add:Gamernode: Industry Video Game News – The future is now. Games you control with pee

via: Digg

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How long I have waited to submit travel expenses?

a) 1 day
b) 1 week
c) 1 month
d) 1 year
e) still waiting
f) all of the above

A nice way to return to blogging

I felt like this before my vacation, not after….

Tired of Hanging Around Waiting to be Eaten on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

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