date: '2004-11-21 16:36:45'
layout: post
slug: daytime-in-le-vieux-carre
status: publish
title: Daytime in le Vieux Carre
wordpress_id: '57'
categories:
– Travel
Back in our funky hotel room resting our tired feet after spending the day in the French Quarter. After a lovely brunch we wandered around listening to street musicians and exploring and exploring art galleries.
Despite being November it was quite warm and, of course very humid. During the hottest part of the early afternoon we took refuge in the Ursalines Convent, the oldest extant structure in the Mississippi valley, and took a tour. After a stop for refreshments we did a little more exploring and then took the streetcar back to the hotel.
date: '2004-11-21 20:36:54'
layout: post
slug: wonderful-meal-in-fins
status: publish
title: Wonderful meal in Fins
wordpress_id: '58'
categories: Travel
Wine: La crema, Anderson Valley, 2001
date: '2004-11-21 12:53:18'
layout: post
slug: brunch-at-begues
status: publish
title: Brunch at Begue's.
wordpress_id: '56'
categories: Travel
Yummy. Great buffet with lots of variety.
date: '2004-11-18 18:29:33'
layout: post
slug: film-analysis
status: publish
ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20151105210850/https://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/
title: Film Analysis
wordpress_id: '54'
categories: Product
Yale's Film Analysis site is a great reference for understanding how films are made, along with lots of illustrative stills and some clips.
date: '2004-11-09 19:05:55'
layout: post
slug: c-tutorial
status: publish
ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20100112012813/http://www.softsteel.co.uk/tutorials/cSharp/contents.html
title: C# Tutorial
wordpress_id: '53'
categories: Programming
It looks like it would be convenient to write some Windows device-access code in C#. This C# Tutorial looks like a good quick start.
date: '2004-11-02 11:34:42'
layout: post
slug: nerves-are-racked
status: publish
ref: http://www.electoral-vote.com/
title: Nerves are racked
wordpress_id: '52'
categories: Society
Man, it's nerve racking! electoral-vote.com is showing Kerry ahead by a single electoral vote. Meta-Analysis of State Polls – election.princeon.edu with somewhat more sophisticated statistical methods is predicting Kerry 311/Bush 227. The Iowa electronic market which had shown Bush ahead for the last few months is now closing towards dead even.
As a disenfranchised expatriate living in the U.S. it is frustrating not being able to vote. Though I did help the literacy student I am tutoring to register to vote, and I am going with her to the polls this afternoon to help guide her through the process. And as an extra bonus she is mostly going to vote the way I would (I was as objective in my tutoring, honest!)
date: '2004-10-26 21:01:44'
layout: post
slug: a-handy-cheat-sheet-for-election-night
status: publish
ref: http://contrapositive.blogspot.com/2004/10/election-night-cheat-sheet-as-promised.html
title: A handy cheat-sheet for election night
wordpress_id: '51'
categories: Society
Here is a handy cheat-sheet for election night.
date: '2004-10-17 00:33:08'
layout: post
slug: ehcache
status: publish
ref: http://ehcache.sourceforge.net/
title: ehcache
wordpress_id: '49'
categories: Programming
We buillt a cache like ehcache for a previous project. Next time I think I will try using ehcache instead.
date: '2004-10-05 10:34:32'
layout: post
slug: lets-see-how-well-the-iowa-futures-market-predicts-the-election
status: publish
ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015422im_/https://128.255.244.60/graphs/Pres04_WTA.png
title: Let's see how well the Iowa futures market predicts the election.
wordpressid: '48'
categories: Society
image: https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015422if/https://128.255.244.60/graphs/Pres04_WTA.png
image-text: graph
Lets see how well the
Iowa futures market
compares the outcome of the election compared to opinion polls as reported on
electoral-vote.com
date: '2004-10-01 18:49:40'
layout: post
slug: how-and-how-not-to-write-a-good-systems-paper
status: publish
ref: http://www.usenix.org/events/samples/submit/advice.html
title: ' How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper'
wordpress_id: '46'
categories: Programming
I came across this useful set of advice for writers of computer science systems papers. This is very very pertinent right now as I am in the early stages of writing such a paper.
