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Scientist. So back off man.

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Children gathered around a box of raspberries. The baby stuffing them in his mouth fast so nobody else can have any. He learns quick.

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@stefanvdwalt When you figure Cython out, let me know. I am still trying to figure out how to link to an external C library.

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Tween texting next to me through the whole flight. Considered explaining the 'rules'. In the end, I was just glad she wasn't talking.

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"Open source coding is like a not-so-demanding mistress." -- Titus Brown
http://bit.ly/hdYM7

Matches my experience exactly..

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@barryjwark Don't know -- you did get me to fire up Mathematica, though..

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@sween Apocalypses: 7 & 8 clearly reversed.

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Looked for my name in the citations (of a new book) months ago. Wasn't there. bummed.. Found my name in the Acknowledgments today..

happy.

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day three. tweet-a-day. flagging. At least I made it to three.

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Love: http://www.morenewmath.com
but.. somebody needs to teach this guy Calculus
(thanks @gruber)

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I am really good at python... so why do I need to google how to check if a file exists .each. .and. .every. time... geez.

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Just split an infinitive. On purpose.

Ha! Take that, grammar nazis.

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No cable. No analog to digital converter. Painting the baby's room.

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Got the boy legos for his birthday. His idea of a good time: holed up putting plastic together. He hasn't discovered computers yet...

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@cleversimon toast course: toast like bread or toast like 'to your health'? Either way, awesome.

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Baby got sick. Other kids got sick. Now, I got sick...

And the baby is fine, now.

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I see I didn't write anything for the last two weeks. This must be what is meant by 'between the years.'

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So ready for the semester to end, but then the insane travel starts: Hamburg, SF. Staying home for xmas looked lame, now seems awesome.

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@barryjwark I actually emailed the guy, and he was pretty responsive. He even sent me a recompiled version that fixed a bug for me once!

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I should finally break down and learn pdb... this whole run, wait, wait, wait, find out the next thing broken is really getting old.

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Grading exams using excel, now how is this supposed to be easier than real programming? eg, how to average all but the three lowest quizes?