Just updated my BasicTeX-2008 install to the 2011 edition. Pretty simple really. I deleted the old installation using: tlmgr uninstall then downloaded the latest incarnation from http://www.tug.org/mactex/2011/morepackages.html, then installed it. I had to update the path in my .tcshrc to point to the new bin directory, and voila! Latest and greatest TeX install. I then …
Category Archives: Grad School
Done.
I defended my dissertation way back on July 23, 2010, and on Monday (12/20/2010) it was accepted for submission. So I’m done with grad school. Huzzah! Now I just have to find a job.
New Year’s Update
Happy New Year! I suppose now is as good a time to post a general update as any. Here’s a potpourri of random things going on in my world. Health: I’m fighting a cold (that I’ve also managed to give to Kim), but otherwise I’m doing pretty well. I start cardiac rehab next week (delayed …
Londres
I’ve been meaning to post for a while now, but I’ve been just busy enough to give me an excuse. A little nudging, and here I am again. Which oddly enough isn’t in D.C. I’m in London, England for the Google Conference on Test Automation. My advisor is speaking here, and I tagged along for …
Impersonal Kitsch
For some reason, I thought this was totally cool: Message: ———————————————————- THIS IS A ONE TIME NOTICE! Student: Fouche, Sandro Advanced to Candidacy on: 09/01/2006. If he has any current aid offers, please check that they are updated to Step III. —————————————————————– This email was automatically generated One of the perks of going to a …
My last exam…
Oddly enough the last exam I will probably ever take was called a “preliminary” exam. Anyway, as of yesterday, August 4, 2006, I passed my preliminary exam and advanced to candidacy. I am officially a ful doctoral candidate! 🙂 Now back to your regularly scheduled life.
Hiding from the World
Or more importantly, holed up at home while I slog through my doctoral proposal in preparation for my preliminary exam in a couple of weeks. So I really haven’t had much to post about, or the time to even think of posting. When I do get a moment you might hear about: Floyd Landis’ amazing …
What’s up?
Ok, so if I complete a two year old project for a class I took an incomplete in, I can stay in school. Yeah! The bad news is that I’ve not really feeling well right now (you really don’t want to know), and making progress is hard. I’ve also got the main bathroom in the …
Life changes
The spring semester is over, and with it I’ve hit a milestone in my graduate career, or at least I’m supposed to have. This was to be my last semester of classes (and I’m 3 overdue for the end as it is), but I missed completing my requirements by getting 1 ‘B’. Officially, I’m overdue …