Archive for February, 2006

Bibtex File URL from CiteULike

« 28 February 2006 | 15:27 | Computing, Research | 1 Comment »

I’ve been using CiteULike more and more to track my references, but up until now I’ve still been maintaining a separate bibtex file that I edit by hand. I’ve decided that having pretty spacing in my file is not worth the extra effort compared to:

wget http://www.citeulike.org/bibtex/user/rpadams -O rpadams.bib

Anyway, CiteULike is highly recommended.



Laptop Ordered

« 12 February 2006 | 16:30 | Computing, General, Linux | No Comments »

Well, I ordered a new laptop the other day: a Sony Vaio VGN-TX650P/B. I opted for the 650 instead of the 610 for a couple of reasons: 1) it is actually available and so the price tends to be comparable 2) it has a DVD recorder and since the laptop doesn’t come with installation [...]



Offtopic Lunch: Personal Finance

« 11 February 2006 | 16:29 | Economics, General | No Comments »

I gave a talk on personal finance at Offtopic Lunch on Friday. The slides are here.