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Some suggestions

I am looking for programming jobs. Ideally, I want to work outside the US, but I’m willing to return in the case that I can’t find anything outside. This is a request for comments on my resume*, which I will begin distributing shortly.
If, of course, your first thought upon seeing the resume is “I need [...]

Future thoughts

I was out walking today (mainly to remind myself that the sun does exist, and that unlike a vampire, I will not wither and die from contact with its rays), and I saw a bunch of kids playing soccer in the field. This would not be particularly remarkable in and of itself, because winter here [...]

personal statement re:becoming a CS graduate student

This is the first draft of my personal statement, which is the only essay I get to write for my graduate application. I’m curious what you think of it.
Your Personal Statement should be a brief but carefully written essay regarding: 1) your reasons you want to do graduate work in this particular field, 2) your [...]

Xitami PHP Failure

I don’t suppose anyone just happens to know how to make php work on xitami? I get the following error: “Internal error: your request was unsuccessful Cannot create CGI process - program not found”
I’m pretty sure I’ve set the config to the proper directory, but it doesn’t seem to be working for some reason.
[edit 20080719]
This [...]

eudora is not cutting it

Do any of you have an email client that you particluarly prefer, that runs on Windows? I really liked KMail, but getting it to run within Windows is troublesome, as it’s a Linux application.

technical support

Ok, here’s how it is. I have a set of about 400 contacts, which I keep in my Palm Pilot. I want to take the 100 I use most often and put them into the phone, without having to type each one in on the keypad. The phone I have is the Nokia 3560.
Unfortunately, the [...]

on later reflection, I think this is not true

Ok, I just thought of this now, but I’d be grateful of someone good at math would take a look at it and see if it makes sense. This may or may not have already been proven, but…
Given that a point is defined as a location in two-dimensional space, and
Given that a ray is a [...]