Max Beatty

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    Archive for April, 2009

    Quick Perl Script to Extract Text from a File

    How long would it take you to copy and paste 230 things from one text file to another? If your answer is more than 10 mins, you could probably use this short script I wrote tonight.
    I needed to expand a list of URLs I already had that are serving as “seeds” for my search engine [...]

    Informatics in Action

    Not a week has gone by in the last four years where I didn’t have to try and explain what Informatics is. For starters, it’s my major and it’s awesome. If you come off as the type of person who isn’t on Facebook and thinks a Nokia 3310 does the trick, I’ll probably tell you [...]

    A Good Laugh from Great Customer Service

    I was super impressed by Zappos when they delivered two pairs of shoes to me in less than 24hrs last week, but a small sandwich shop from Greencastle, Indiana just topped them. If you’ve heard of Greencastle or DePauw University, you’ve probably also heard of Marvin’s and their GCB’s. For those of you are clueless, [...]

    The Only Reason You Should Ever Take The Elevator One Floor

    You are disabled meaning you can’t physically climb a flight of stairs at all or without being in severe pain.
    That’s the only acceptable reason for taking an elevator up or down one floor. If you are moving a refrigerator or suffer from extreme bathmophobia, then maybe I can let you slide, but no able-bodied person should ever take [...]

    Stop Misusing Technology Tools, Start Getting More Out of Them

    My day has been filled with people misusing technology tools as common as voicemail and email, and as “cutting edge” as Facebook statuses and Twitter. I’m not an expert or guru or ninja at any of them, but I’d like to think I pay enough attention to see how people are using these tools and [...]

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