October 25, 2008

On poverty

Lately I learnt that TAs at the U of C got pay raises--from $1500 to $3000 a quarter. Hurrah! I was approached by a panhandler when I was sitting at a cafe on Michigan many years ago. "Uh oh," I...

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September 15, 2008

What their web site does not tell

Just out of curiosity, I visited Lehman Brothers' Japanese website.. Knowing that the firm is in a big trouble--on the verge of bankruptcy--I expect to find some explanations/updates about the situation. Nothing. They are still showing images of happy shiny...

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April 06, 2008

How to use R with WinEdt

It took me a while to figure it out. At first I thought I had to run a macro from WinEdt because that was what I did to use Stata with WinEdt. No. 1. Download the package RWinEdt. Start R...

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