I miss my TV,
Because I must watch hockey
(It is playoff time).
Hockey Haiku (and alliteration)
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Pairs Trading in R
I’ve made public the R code I wrote to implement a pairs trading strategy I did this past month for a class. You can see it here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d3kfhws_35g7p6hmff.
Use at your own risk. Under the GNU FDL, I offer no warranty.
A genaral rule
Always walk on the sunny side of the street.
Sina’s Stanley Cup Picks 2009
I forgot to post my Stanley Cup picks for this year.
In the East: Boston
In the West: San Jose (again)
R
I had an interview on Tuesday with the Ministry of Education which went…okay, I suppose. Interviews are so superficial. They might as well hire me based on my looks.
I’m ga-ga over R. Although I find it interesting that even it is easier to use on a Mac (there’s a status bar at the bottom of the console that identifies arguments for functions being used. Also, the Mac version autocompletes brackets and quotes. Also, the Mac version script editor has syntax highlighting). I’m sure they’ll add that for Windows in the next update.
March is over
Updates? For future reference, of course.
- Lost my office, moving into a new one. It has a better view, but everything is so small.
- Looking for a job. Hopefully I won’t need one.
- Doing a stupid Time Series group project on pairs trading. Need to find a cointegrated pair, which is harder than it sounds.
- Just got a Blip account.
- Need to buy hiking boots, soon, and start hiking in preparation for Machu Picchu.
- Want to buy a bike (bicycle), not sure if I can afford it.
- Want to buy a bike (motorcycle), not sure if I can afford it.
- And I need to buy jeans. Nothing fits me anymore
- I also want to get a geotagging camera, but it seems not many are developed yet.
- Why does it seem like all I want to do is buy things…?
Wikipedia Knows Everything
People at work seem to be amazed at how quickly I find information. I find it amazing how amazing they find this. Really.
Here are three general rules to remember:
- Wikipedia knows everything. No exceptions.
- Google is your friend. All smart people use Google.
- Find/Replace will save you time reading/writing. Use it.
Remember that and all the old people you know will think you know everything.
Freakier Friday
It’s Friday the 13th. Again.
- Thus, vampires are in order. (updated 12:16am)
- xkcd hasn’t updated its Friday comic as of 12:31am. Very unusual. (update 12:31am) I just realized… the late update was probably due to daylight savings and his server not properly updating the time. (updated 9:43am)
- I guess this is weird. (updated 1:24pm)
- Strange substance found in bathroom soap dispenser. I’m pretty sure it was Bloody Mary. (update 5:30pm)
You can smell it in the air
The sun sets late now
Because of daylight savings.
It is very good.
Conservapedia might be Wikipedia's evil step-brother
Conservapedia informs us that “Obama is likely the first Muslim President” of the United States. They argue this because “Obama’s background, education, and outlook are Muslim, and fewer than 1% of Muslims convert to Christianity.”
But that all doesn’t matter anyway. Why? Because Obama isn’t the President of the United States. This follows from the fact that fewer than 0.0000001% of Americans have ever been the country’s President.