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	<title>A Day in the life of a CS Grad Student</title>
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		<title>Happiness Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of frustration involved with getting a phd. A Yesterday I had two separate conversations with peers that disturbed me. In one, a colleague said he didn&#8217;t know if he could put up with the pressure of constantly &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/happiness-now">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time Management 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up on my previous post, I&#8217;ve been wondering if and how time management skills can be taught? One way to teach students TM skills is by overloading them with work. Certainly giving them more work than they can handle &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/time-management-2">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s this time management technique where you categorize all your &#8220;todo&#8221;s into one of 4 categories along 2 binary dimensions. One dimension is important vs. unimportant. The other dimension is urgent vs. not urgent. Obviously important and urgent todos get done &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/time-management">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s rant about computers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do people hate or fear computers? Because they are both too smart and too dumb for their own good. They don&#8217;t know what the user wants but they like to try to guess (autocorrect, Mr. Paperclip &#8220;It looks like &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/lets-rant-about-computers">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another point of view on the phd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone interested in grad school, especially for the PhD, should read The PhD Grind by Philip Guo. It&#8217;s very well written, contains great advice, and provides keen insights into the process. It should, however, be read with a grain of salt. &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/another-point-of-view-on-the-phd">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Similarities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of similarities between getting a PhD and dating. Both require an enormous amount of faith and perseverance in the face of rejection and failure. A lot of time and energy is expended for goals that won&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/similarities">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GECCO</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll give Philadelphia the benefit of the doubt and say that the smell was due to the uncommon heat and humidity that the city (and much of the east coast) has been suffering through. Inside conditions were dry, odorless, and &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/gecco">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Formula Arcana</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 01:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there&#8217;s a paper that I think I need to read. The title and the abstract sound highly applicable to the research I&#8217;m trying to do. The body of the paper is about 15 pages of equations and there&#8217;s no &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/formula-arcana">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Stupidity</title>
		<link>https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/the-importance-of-stupidity</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a great article here about &#8220;The Importance of Stupidity&#8221; in scientific research. I recommend reading the article, but my summary goes like this: The point of scientific research is to study the unknown. Not knowing an answer makes a person feel &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/the-importance-of-stupidity">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to write like a scientist</title>
		<link>https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/how-to-write-like-a-scientist</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 19:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal Holtshulte]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/?p=213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to share this article. It&#8217;s wonderful. We&#8217;ve all read technical papers and dreaded pushing past the abstract or introduction into the thicket that makes up the bulk of the paper. The writing style is inert, the word-choice uninspired. Our &#8230; <a href="https://cra-ccc.org/lifeofacsgs/how-to-write-like-a-scientist">Full Post <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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