Monthly Archives: September 2012

Two years old, and still my favorite

There are many Healy-isms, but my favorite remains the coda to his Setup interview: But even if TextMate 2 drops from the sky fully-formed and marveled at by all, Emacs will still be there, waiting. It will be there when the icecaps melt and the cities drown, when humanity destroys itself in fire and zombies, […]

September 26, 2012 – 9:44 am | By Peter | Posted in Data, Nuts and bolts | Comments Off on Two years old, and still my favorite

Coursera courses

I am taking two courses through Coursera now, though these are the first courses I’ve taken since, swearing off of school after finishing the PhD. I was a little bit inspired by Mitch Duneier’s description of his intro course he taught in this fashion, and I’ve been wrapping my head around what’s going on with […]

September 24, 2012 – 8:44 am | By Peter | Posted in Education | Comments Off on Coursera courses