Saturday, October 17, 2009

NEdit word delimiters

For some reason, unknown to me, on RHEL4, with Gnome, the word delimiters in my .Xdefaults weren't taking effect - so '/' was a delimiter, due to which I couldn't select a whole pathname with a double-click.

Fixed by

ln -s .Xdefaults .Xresources

Sunday, October 11, 2009

I Could Pick Up Julia Roberts if She Were Single

Also sprach meine freund. He says there are three rules :

1) Eliminate all desire
2) Do something nice with the girl
3) Retreat. Don't pursue

You should make a spiritual non-religious connection with the girl. What they are thinking about is :

1) How interesting will their life be with you
2) How good a father will you make

There you have it. Now go forth and multiply.

Richard Mulvey : The 4 Minute Man

Check out a segment by this South African. Might be useful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPzclUzBa1I

Maybe you need to buy new clothes if a certain meeting is important to you.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Conner's Specialty : Stating the Obvious

He had to write a book after a great year. Problem is, he did it because he had to do it. Result, a painfully mediocre effort. The only useful stuff is on pgs 13-15 :

Self-image : make mental affirmations to improve your behaviour. Your conduct must reinforce the positive image you have of yourself.

How do you come across? Dress? Resume? Homework? Think ahead of what kind of image you'll be projecting in the moment of truth.

How do you speak about your expectations? Salary? You must know what you want and where you want to go. Responsibilities you'd like to have? Think about all this in advance. You must have a clear statement when faced with these questions. What questions do you have for your interviewer? Consider "Where do you expect this co to be in x years?", "Whom do u consider your biggest c?", "What's been your most successful line de prods?" worthwhile, as opposed to "What kind of quals are you lookng for?", "Is there room for promo?", "When will I have my first PR?".

Like I said, obvious.