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Not Really a Mainlander: Academic Spam
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Sunday, June 21, 2009. I received this message today, from what seem to be a somewhat sophisticated spammer. I receive academic spam regularly, usually from conferences in Florida that accept computer-written papers. Dear Christopher Collins ,. I am writing on behalf of the International academic publisher, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG and Co. KG. In the course of a research at the Library ofUniversity. So, LAP Lambert, no I d...
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Not Really a Mainlander: August 2009
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Dealing with e-procrastination issues or cyberslacking. And it's a Firefox extension that allows you to be your own "NetNanny". During thesis writing, I've used it to block Facebook, Google Reader, and Google News from my browser. Very helpful! You just have to resist turning it off. Other focus-enhancing tools I've found include:. The FM3 virtual Buddha machine. Merlin Mann's (10 2)x5. So, several times a ...
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Not Really a Mainlander: Visualization Hall of Shame April 2010
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Monday, April 5, 2010. Visualization Hall of Shame April 2010. Pie charts are useful, the metaphor is that they are pieces of pie. Thus the pieces generally add up to one pie. As their core business, yet their own pie chart makes no sense at all. Shame! I don’t claim to even understand the data underlying these charts, but if I had to guess, I’d say perhaps the questions asked about each data item were. Posted by Christopher Collins.
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Not Really a Mainlander: April 2009
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Thursday, April 9, 2009. Note to HP: Canada does not use A4 paper. While I think the ISO 216 system of paper sizing. A4, B1, etc.) is much more sensible than arbitrary "letter", "legal", HP should know that Canada doesn't use it! We use "letter". I'm using the HP 'universal printer driver' at work, and it's helpful features. Raise an interesting question about interface design. Posted by Christopher Collins. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Not Really a Mainlander: Visualization Hall of Fame
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Visualization Hall of Fame. The slick tour will get you started on analyzing this fascinating data for yourself, or check out my sample collection below on Canada and the environment. . Posted by Christopher Collins. I have the pleasure to brief on our Data Visualization software. TC is a new concept in viewing statistics and trends in an animated. Sector, we have Deutsche Bank New York as our client. Http:/ ...
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Not Really a Mainlander: May 2010
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Monday, May 17, 2010. Tulsa Library: Bastion of Censorship Online. The Tulsa City library system has a shameful system of online censorship. . I do not support internet censorship of any form, but I do accept that libraries may want to filter potentially. Offensive materials to protect other library patrons from inadvertent viewing. . Examples of blocked sites:. Posted by Christopher Collins. Monday, May 3, 2010. NASA’s Aqua s...
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Not Really a Mainlander: June 2010
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Monday, June 7, 2010. Lambert Academic Publishing Continues to Spam. I was contacted today by a representative of Lambert Academic Publishing requesting that I change the title of my blog post " Academic Spam. LAP is essentially an on-demand publishing house. I would like to know how many of the submitted theses actually go into the physical bookstores? Well, I decline to change the title of my post,. Http:/ littlecomputerscientist&...
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Not Really a Mainlander: Lambert Academic Publishing Continues to Spam
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Monday, June 7, 2010. Lambert Academic Publishing Continues to Spam. I was contacted today by a representative of Lambert Academic Publishing requesting that I change the title of my blog post " Academic Spam. LAP is essentially an on-demand publishing house. I would like to know how many of the submitted theses actually go into the physical bookstores? Well, I decline to change the title of my post,. Http:/ littlecomputerscientist&...
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Not Really a Mainlander: April 2010
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Visualization Hall of Fame. The slick tour will get you started on analyzing this fascinating data for yourself, or check out my sample collection below on Canada and the environment. . Posted by Christopher Collins. Monday, April 5, 2010. Visualization Hall of Shame April 2010. Pie charts are useful, the metaphor is that they are pieces of pie. Thus the pieces generally add up to one pie. 8221; replied ̶...
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Not Really a Mainlander: Critique of Culture Colours
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Not Really a Mainlander. Writings of a Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Monday, May 3, 2010. Critique of Culture Colours. David McCandless has published a book of visualizations called Information is Beautiful. The visualization that is used on the cover of the book is a graphic of colour connotations across cultures:. Original post at informationisbeautiful.net. The location and dual nature of the legend means that to read this graphic a lot of back and forth referencing is needed. Also, it's diff...