Rob St. Amant
- Birthday
- December 31
- Bio
- My roots are in San Francisco and later Baltimore, where I went to high school and college. I stayed on the move, living for a while in Texas, several years in a small town in Germany, and then several more in Massachusetts, working on a Ph.D. in computer science. I'm now a professor at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh.
My book, Computing for Ordinary Mortals, will appear this fall. www.amazon.com/author/robertstamant
MY RECENT POSTS
- Why vote?
May 29, 2012 05:38PM - The magic of writing
May 28, 2012 07:58AM - Boring stories of... (OS)
May 27, 2012 09:20AM - An ongoing revolution... in
computing education
May 25, 2012 06:38PM - I'll bet you like ice cream.
May 23, 2012 08:35AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Spumey, protest votes
are a tradition in many
countries,
especially if
voting is…”
11:30AM - “(And I hope you've
listened to a lot of good
Beatles tunes
over the
years.)”
7:56AM - “Congratulations to you
and Mrs. Stim!”
7:55AM - “Hi, skypixie! I don't
really have a good answer to
the
argument that the entire
s…”
7:43AM - “I guess I'm more of an
optimist than
you,
AndNowForSomethingComplet
elyDifferent.…”
May 30, 2012 06:38PM
Rob St. Amant's Links
- Posts on various topics
- On writing a book
- On animal intelligence
- On the supernatural
- On computer jargon
- On plagiarism
- On alternative medicine
- On children's books
- On streets
- On sidewalks
- On fashion
- On mobility
- On dry stone walls
- On travel in the UK
- On torture
- On science and medicine
- On income equality
- Others' posts I really like
- odette on mean girls
- Verbal's childhood memories
- Lainey on The Secret
- Greg on his life
- Barry on beauty
- Rick on dignity
- Cherie on China
- Gary on toys
- Lisa on socialism
11:30AM
“Spumey, protest votes are a tradition in many countries, especially if voting is mandatory. Or so I've read. KC, that's a good way of thinking of it, in…”
About: Why vote?
“Spumey, protest votes are a tradition in many countries, especially if voting is mandatory. Or so I've read. KC, that's a good way of thinking of it, in…”
About: Why vote?
7:56AM
“(And I hope you've listened to a lot of good Beatles tunes over the years.)”
About: It Was 20 Years Ago Today
“(And I hope you've listened to a lot of good Beatles tunes over the years.)”
About: It Was 20 Years Ago Today
7:43AM
“Hi, skypixie! I don't really have a good answer to the argument that the entire system should be revamped, and I don't know enough history or political…”
About: Why vote?
“Hi, skypixie! I don't really have a good answer to the argument that the entire system should be revamped, and I don't know enough history or political…”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 06:38PM
“I guess I'm more of an optimist than you, AndNowForSomethingComplet elyDifferent. Also, I think that if what you're saying were true, we'd already know…”
About: Why vote?
“I guess I'm more of an optimist than you, AndNowForSomethingComplet elyDifferent. Also, I think that if what you're saying were true, we'd already know…”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 05:25PM
“Stim, one of my older (much older :-) friends has told me a story about walking across campus with a shoebox full of punch cards... and dropping the bo…”
About: An ongoing revolution... in computing education
“Stim, one of my older (much older :-) friends has told me a story about walking across campus with a shoebox full of punch cards... and dropping the bo…”
About: An ongoing revolution... in computing education
May 30, 2012 05:22PM
“I like your civic sense, Fusun. Thanks for letting us know that it's more than just a statistical artifact.”
About: Why vote?
“I like your civic sense, Fusun. Thanks for letting us know that it's more than just a statistical artifact.”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 05:14PM
“Hi, Poor Woman--good choice. I may do the same if I get organized. I wish all of existence were like that, Stim. Oh, wait. Zombies. Never mind. Excellent… ;”
About: Why vote?
“Hi, Poor Woman--good choice. I may do the same if I get organized. I wish all of existence were like that, Stim. Oh, wait. Zombies. Never mind. Excellent… ;”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 03:33PM
“Excellent suggestions, MrsRaptor. And thanks for sharing your experience from being on the ground, working the polls. I've never done that.”
About: Why vote?
“Excellent suggestions, MrsRaptor. And thanks for sharing your experience from being on the ground, working the polls. I've never done that.”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 02:28PM
“Hey, Tom. We're on the same side here. There are some things I wish Obama had done differently, and some things I wish he'd stop doing, but in the end…”
About: Why vote?
“Hey, Tom. We're on the same side here. There are some things I wish Obama had done differently, and some things I wish he'd stop doing, but in the end…”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 02:25PM
“Good for you, libby. Sometimes you'll hear that a third-party candidate has no hope of winning the Presidency (the last time this happened was with Mil…”
About: Why vote?
“Good for you, libby. Sometimes you'll hear that a third-party candidate has no hope of winning the Presidency (the last time this happened was with Mil…”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 10:16AM
“I was re-elected to my Chair Nice. Now all you need is minions.”
About: HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THINGS: Just fake it!
“I was re-elected to my Chair Nice. Now all you need is minions.”
About: HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THINGS: Just fake it!
May 30, 2012 10:12AM
“You're right, Chicken Mãâàn, the intuitive part is missing entirely from my analogy. (I was going to write "is missing from th…”
About: The magic of writing
“You're right, Chicken Mãâàn, the intuitive part is missing entirely from my analogy. (I was going to write "is missing from th…”
About: The magic of writing
May 30, 2012 10:01AM
“Hey, Juliet, you're not the only one who has had trouble with the = sign. Niklaus Wirth designed the Pascal programming language to use := instead of =…”
About: My Code Year, Things Being More Equal Than Others
“Hey, Juliet, you're not the only one who has had trouble with the = sign. Niklaus Wirth designed the Pascal programming language to use := instead of =…”
About: My Code Year, Things Being More Equal Than Others
May 30, 2012 09:48AM
“I agree, Alan. It's a burden for some people to take off work to vote, and improvements to the early voting process would make things easier. (Republic…”
About: Why vote?
“I agree, Alan. It's a burden for some people to take off work to vote, and improvements to the early voting process would make things easier. (Republic…”
About: Why vote?
May 30, 2012 07:32AM
“Thanks for your vote, Tink! It is messed up in a lot of ways. One of the problems with turnout, from what I've read, is that we have elections more ofte…”
About: Why vote?
“Thanks for your vote, Tink! It is messed up in a lot of ways. One of the problems with turnout, from what I've read, is that we have elections more ofte…”
About: Why vote?
May 29, 2012 09:21PM
“Tom, you're a man after my own heart. That's exactly the way I should have put it. Joyce is probably the best example of someone who knew the rules a…”
About: The magic of writing
“Tom, you're a man after my own heart. That's exactly the way I should have put it. Joyce is probably the best example of someone who knew the rules a…”
About: The magic of writing
May 28, 2012 03:23PM
“Hi, Coyote--What a coincidence! I was just checking another blog site, looking to see where the (very few) hits were coming from, and so I clicked the…”
About: Boring stories of... (OS)
“Hi, Coyote--What a coincidence! I was just checking another blog site, looking to see where the (very few) hits were coming from, and so I clicked the…”
About: Boring stories of... (OS)
May 28, 2012 02:10PM
“how to approach writing as a computer scientist :) Busted. Julie, I think you and skypixie (and others, from past exchanges here) would say that detailed…”
About: The magic of writing
“how to approach writing as a computer scientist :) Busted. Julie, I think you and skypixie (and others, from past exchanges here) would say that detailed…”
About: The magic of writing
May 28, 2012 01:34PM
“Very nice, Fusun. Thanks for the Pope. What a great source for reflection. Thanks for the offer, Poor Woman. As long as we have time to savor it.”
About: The magic of writing
“Very nice, Fusun. Thanks for the Pope. What a great source for reflection. Thanks for the offer, Poor Woman. As long as we have time to savor it.”
About: The magic of writing
May 28, 2012 12:42PM
“But how can you know you're an iconoclast without knowing what rules you're breaking? :-) More seriously: Of course no one needs to follow rules or even…”
About: The magic of writing
“But how can you know you're an iconoclast without knowing what rules you're breaking? :-) More seriously: Of course no one needs to follow rules or even…”
About: The magic of writing
May 28, 2012 12:30PM
“You were at the forefront, Tom. That may have been how I got to know you; it was a good introduction. (I have yet to pick up a copy of your book--what's…”
About: Boring stories of... (OS)
“You were at the forefront, Tom. That may have been how I got to know you; it was a good introduction. (I have yet to pick up a copy of your book--what's…”
About: Boring stories of... (OS)
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