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Re: Am I inconsistent?

mrdwab — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:22:22 -0000

Hi Saurabh,

Don't let this deter you from exploring SPSS... I just hope you have an actual need for it. DJ Orissa likes SPSS because it's what he's familiar with, and because it's a fairly commonly referred to software package among Indians. So, of course, he'll probably be quick to recommend it in class. But, since he's a researcher, I'm sure he would agree that his recommendation is not really based on a very "scientific" or "systematic" approach; it is more based on convenience and experience.

Here's a comparable example. I use WordPress to run this site, and I would readily recommend it to anyone wanting a dynamic content-management-system type site. Is it better than Drupal? Blogger? Joomla? Mambo? Maybe, but honestly, I haven't tried all of those extensively, so I stick with what I know when I make my recommendations.

Anyway, there are other people who have spent time trying all the different stats software, and they've written about it. If you're really interested, go beyond just the article content, and look at all the debate back and forth in the comments section to get an idea of what might suit your needs the best.

Re: Am I inconsistent?

saurabh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:46:32 -0000

Ananda,
After going through your post I can say that you are really minute observer and a teacher who is having "n" number of ways to teach the students, what he wants.

Re: CintaNotes and TiddlyWiki and Dropbox Fun

mrdwab — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:28:04 -0000

And I got an extra 250 MB for accepting your invitation. Pretty cool.... Maybe I'll write about using Dropbox to host your own website one of these days.

For most of my uses, Evernote is a little bit of overkill. That, and the internet at my work is pretty horrible; imagine a 1 mbps connection shared among all of the faculty and staff.... (Strangely, Dropbox has much better luck connecting and synchronizing at my work computer than Evernote does.) Also, in general, I really like the uncluttered interface of CintaNotes and its speed and efficiency for keeping text "snippets" (for example, any HTML or CSS code that I want to remember for using later).

Re: CintaNotes and TiddlyWiki and Dropbox Fun

Kiran — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:28:29 -0000

Nice. I got an extra 250 MB of space when you signed up for dropbox! I've been nerding it up with Evernote too, so much so that I think that I'm ready to get rid of real filing cabinets -- just need them to improve the search capabilities on their Windows client.

Re: CintaNotes and TiddlyWiki and Dropbox Fun

mrdwab — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:12:23 -0000

Afterthought #5: I assume that you could do a similar thing with your OneNote notebooks since those are nice compact single files. However, as a reminder, part of the reason for this is to get away from Microsoft Office.

Re: Reality Control? – Children of Terra

mrdwab — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:21:07 -0000

John sent an email mentioning that "Dan was the guitar player, forgot his last name though. Jason Fuentes was on drums, Shey Makenzie was on vocals. I forget who played bass as he was just filling in."

This means that I forgot to include a few people on my (very old) Santa Barbara/Goleta hardcore family tree (http://mrdwab.com/images/sb-goleta-hardcore-ful...).

Re: Nested Lists and CSS

mrdwab — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:50:34 -0000

Update: This can be used either on a CSS class or a CSS ID. For example, when I updated the theme on this site, the main post area had changed from an ID called "content" to a class called "post-bodycopy." Because of this, I had to change the "#content" in the CSS to ".post-bodycopy" to get the same effect.

Re: DWAB: New and Found Songs Keep the Music Playing

Name — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:11:46 -0000

Glad to see the Eclipse didn't get you.

Re: John Bender - I Don’t Remember Now

mrdwab — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:53:41 -0000

Viandy,

Thanks for the comment. I agree that for me, having an MP3 isn't nearly the same as having an actual product in hand, and with the current prices for these recordings, getting those copies can really cost you an arm and a leg!

Re: John Bender - I Don’t Remember Now

viandy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:21:00 -0000

I am glad I came across your listings. Posting these is in the same spirit as the ubu site, making items available to hear that should be heard. The original artists don't get a cent from the collector market for these recordings and having the MP3 doesn't stop a collector from wanting the original -- if anything, it increases it. Thanks for putting these up!

Re: Song Sketches: Coloring Outside the Lines

mrdwab — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:09:45 -0000

OK Christy,

Hope you enjoy it, but I know it's not quite your "style" of music....

Re: Song Sketches: Coloring Outside the Lines

christy — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:47:37 -0000

hai anada,

few minutes back only i downloaded your color sketches track from this website. Once i hear it, i will post my comment about those tracks

christy

Re: You Want to Rock?

mrdwab — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:22:33 -0000

No problem. The Profax songs on the Give Me Back comp was really what got me interested in them, and it's still my favorite Profax stuff. The first EP is fine, but I find it a bit too "typical" hardcore, unlike the funky minimal sound of the Give Me Back songs and the second EP.

Re: You Want to Rock?

Ryan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:32:29 -0000

I'm always getting Sleeping Body mixed up with Sinking Body.

Thanks for the Profax! I've only heard the song on the Give Me Back comp. But my ol' friend Marianne was in that band, and I was supposed to hear more.

Re: More Core… Vinyl Retentive, Share Common Ground, Up for Grabs

mrdwab — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:34:33 -0000

Hey Alejandro,

Just go to http://news.mrdwab.com/2008-12-06/you-want-to-r... and you can find some more Profax stuff. Profax was also on the Give Me Back compilation (http://news.mrdwab.com/2008-04-20/i-still-like-...).

Enjoy!

Re: More Core… Vinyl Retentive, Share Common Ground, Up for Grabs

alejandro — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:51:29 -0000

Hey good hardcore but where i can get the completes EPS of Profax i love that band...
You have something of active minds?

Re: I passed 100 posts and didn’t even realize….

mrdwab — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:35:11 -0000

Well, some of those those-of-you's might just be lucky enough to.... Well, I don't want to spoil your surprise, seeing that I have never used Indian mail before....

Re: I passed 100 posts and didn’t even realize….

Axle — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:19:01 -0000

Whoa, Anand, That's Really Cool!!!! It scrolls really nicely, and fun to see it all together.
On the other hand, for those of us who still love to hold a book in hand and flick through it, the book is definatley worth buying too.

Re: I’ve been so busy…

mrdwab — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:22:40 -0000

Yep, but not nearly enough....

Re: I’ve been so busy…

Axle — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:50:31 -0000

Glad you"re still doodling.

Re: More Core… Vinyl Retentive, Share Common Ground, Up for Grabs

cory — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:24:24 -0000

what happened....oh....bush

Re: Suckerpunch (10″ and split flexi with Born Against)

cory — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:22:27 -0000

i also just missed seeing them live. great stuff. you rock ananda.

Re: More Core… Vinyl Retentive, Share Common Ground, Up for Grabs

mrdwab — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:54 -0000

I know. Don't you miss those days?

Re: More Core… Vinyl Retentive, Share Common Ground, Up for Grabs

Kiran — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:19:47 -0000

God, hardcore was so great . . .

Re: “Self portraits” aka “The end of an era”

mrdwab — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:03:40 -0000

Compared to when one of my cats bit off a big chunk of my braid a few years ago (early in my days of going bald), what was left this time was pretty unimpressive.... I've already sorta forgotten where I've put this little remnant, but I think I'll survive without it.