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Revision: 1242
          http://assorted.svn.sourceforge.net/assorted/?rev=1242&view=rev
Author:   yangzhang
Date:     2009-03-02 23:52:28 +0000 (Mon, 02 Mar 2009)

Log Message:
-----------
updated and published contact info, projects, links, software recs

Modified Paths:
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    personal-site/trunk/src/index.txt
    personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt
    personal-site/trunk/static/plain.css

Modified: personal-site/trunk/src/index.txt
===================================================================

--- personal-site/trunk/src/index.txt	2009-03-02 23:32:25 UTC (rev 1241)
+++ personal-site/trunk/src/index.txt	2009-03-02 23:52:28 UTC (rev 1242)
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
     //item( 'AIM', 'aim:goim?screenname=', 'sorta lame' );
     //item( 'MSN', null, 'hotmail.com', 'noneofthegoodnameswereleft' );
     //item( 'Yahoo', 'ymsgr:sendIM?', 'overbored' );
-    //item( 'Jabber (Google)', 'xmpp:', 'gmail.com', 'yaaang' );
+    item( 'Jabber (Google)', 'xmpp:', 'gmail.com', 'yaaang' );
     //item( 'Skype', 'callto://', 'yaaang' );
     //item( 'FreeNode', 'irc://irc.freenode.org/', 'zeeee' );
-    //item( '"Office"', 'MIT/CSAIL <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32&Buildings=go">32</a>-<a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/9G/G908.gif">G908</a>, <a href="http://www.eecs.mit.edu/stata-link.html">Stata Center</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32+Vassar+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02139&sll=42.357926,-71.093616&sspn=0.00842,0.01575&ie=UTF8&ll=42.362682,-71.093495&spn=0.008419,0.01575&z=16&iwloc=addr">32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA 02139</a>' );
-    //item( 'GPG public key', '<a href="yang.gpg.asc">yang.gpg.asc</a> (<a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB1E65B60">MIT PKS entry</a>)' );
+    item( '"Office"', 'MIT/CSAIL <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32&Buildings=go">32</a>-<a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/9G/G908.gif">G908</a>, <a href="http://www.eecs.mit.edu/stata-link.html">Stata Center</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32+Vassar+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02139&sll=42.357926,-71.093616&sspn=0.00842,0.01575&ie=UTF8&ll=42.362682,-71.093495&spn=0.008419,0.01575&z=16&iwloc=addr">32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA 02139</a>' );
+    item( 'GPG public key', '<a href="yang.gpg.asc">yang.gpg.asc</a> (<a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB1E65B60">MIT PKS entry</a>)' );
     document.write( '</ul>' );
     // ]]>
   </script>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 Projects
 --------
 
-Here are the non-confidential projects in which I've been involved.  More
+Here are the (non-confidential) projects in which I've been involved.  More
 details when I have time!
 
 - [H-Store]: a distributed main-memory relational database management system
@@ -208,14 +208,19 @@
 - 6.431 Probabilistic Systems Analysis (spring 2006)
 - 6.875 Cryptography and Cryptanalysis (spring 2006)
 - 6.827 Implicit Parallel Programming (fall 2006)
-- 6.033 Computer Systems Engineering (TA, spring 2007)
 - 6.867 Machine Learning (fall 2007)
 
+Teaching
+
+- 6.033 Computer Systems Engineering (TA, spring 2007)
+- 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science (TA, fall 2008)
+
 <a name="stuff"></a>
 
 Stuff
 -----
 
+- [My blog](http://y_z.scripts.mit.edu/wp/)
 - [Links](links.html)
 - [Software recommendations](recommendations.html)
 <!-- - [Notes](notes/) -->

Modified: personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt
===================================================================
--- personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	2009-03-02 23:32:25 UTC (rev 1241)
+++ personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	2009-03-02 23:52:28 UTC (rev 1242)
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 % Software Recommendations
 % Yang Zhang
 
-<!--
-Software recommendations
--->
+Underdogs
+---------
 
 Some underdogs that more people should know about.
 
@@ -52,16 +51,8 @@
 [Gobby]: http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/
 [screen]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
 
-- __[Opera]__: The fastest, smallest browser I've used is also the most usable
-  and comes with the most features out of the box. Its M2 mail client is
-  awesome too, but alas, it's too buggy.  [KHTML] is probably the
-  closest-performing engine, but I've found it to be too crash-prone.
-
-[Opera]: http://www.opera.com/
-[KHTML]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTML
-
 - __[gprof2dot]__: A handy tool for visualizing the callgraph results of gprof,
-  the Google CPU profiler, python cProfile, and more.
+  the Google CPU profiler, Python cProfile, and more.
 
 [gprof2dot]: http://code.google.com/p/jrfonseca/wiki/Gprof2Dot
 
@@ -71,13 +62,41 @@
 [wtf]: http://nmstl.sourceforge.net/doc/nmstl-guide.html
 [gstlfilt]: http://www.bdsoft.com/tools/stlfilt.html
 
-<!--
+- __[clamp]__: A C++ preprocessor that provides lambda.  Boost ScopeExit
+  provides something similar but less general.
+
+[clamp]: http://home.clara.net/raoulgough/clamp/
+
+- __[Lazy C++]__: A C++ preprocessor that allows you to (mostly) ignore
+  separation of headers and source files.
+
+[Lazy C++]: http://www.lazycplusplus.com/
+
+- __[Scala]__: An awesome JVM language.  Give this a look if you're working on
+  the JVM and have some freedom to choose your tools.
+
+[Scala]: http://www.scala-lang.org/
+
 Preferred Applications
+----------------------
 
-- web browser: [Opera]
-- mail client: [Thunderbird]
--->
+- Web browser: [Opera].  The fastest, smallest browser I've used is also the
+  most usable and comes with the most features out of the box.  [Chrome] is
+  making great strides on the Windows-only front, and [Firefox] has a ton of
+  useful extensions.
 
+[Opera]: http://www.opera.com/
+[Chrome]: http://www.google.com/chrome
+[Firefox]: http://www.firefox.com/
+
+- Mail: [Thunderbird].  Fast, usable, and generally "good enough" (sorry,
+  nothing astounding).  I've tried various others, from Outlook to Horde to
+  Pine to Sup, and I think this one annoys me the least.  I still prefer the
+  [Gmail] experience, but my main mailbox is on an IMAP server.
+
+[Thunderbird]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
+[Gmail]: http://www.gmail.com/
+
 <!--
 vim:ft=mkd:et:sw=2:ts=2:nocin
 -->

Modified: personal-site/trunk/static/plain.css
===================================================================
--- personal-site/trunk/static/plain.css	2009-03-02 23:32:25 UTC (rev 1241)
+++ personal-site/trunk/static/plain.css	2009-03-02 23:52:28 UTC (rev 1242)
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 }
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, h1 a, h2 a {
-  color: gray; /* #527bbd; */
-  color: gray;
   font-size: 18pt;
   font-weight: normal;
   font-family: arial;
@@ -56,10 +54,11 @@
 
 h1 {
   border-bottom: 2px solid silver;
-  letter-spacing: -3px;
+  color: gray;
+  letter-spacing: -2px;
 }
 h2 {
-  border-bottom: 2px solid silver;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid;
   padding-top: 0.5em;
   letter-spacing: -2px;
 }


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