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Monthly Archives: December 2009

The lowering standards of academia

Since around 1:30 yesterday afternoon, I am de zeer geleerde heer Dr de Jager. Difficult to imagine, isn’t it? The invigilation was relatively gentle (my committee were kind), and my mother startled all the straight-laced Dutch folks by bursting out in Maori as the diploma was handed over, something ringing and powerful that left tears [...]

Countdown

This time tomorrow, I’ll be just breaking into a sweat as the committee tear into my dissertation. Please wish me all the luck you can spare, I’ll need all of it.

Emacs 23 magic

Anyone else using emacs 23 yet? Here’s something awesome I stumbled on by accident: try to open a pdf from inside emacs. Go on, go and try, I’ll wait. Neato, huh?