Tim Converse Personal page	Contact Info Email: tim underscore converse at yodelingexclamation dot com. YM: tim underscore converse	Geek Interests Algorithms, chess programs, chess variants, PHP, Lisp, vector graphics, weblogs, captchas, blog comment spam
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My Job Engineering Manager, Content Classification Yahoo! Search Technology	Authors I like David Foster Wallace, Borges, Michael Frayn, Michel Houllebecq, Martin Amis, John LeCarre	Where I'm From Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Anti-skills graphic design, CSS, computer networking, home maintenance
Worries Super volcanoes, mega tsunamis, asteroids and comets	Jobs (reverse chronological order) engineering manager, engineer, tech book author, entrepreneur (aka contractor), lecturer, grad student, computer lab tutor, bbq grill cook, dishwasher, security guard, paperboy, lawn care specialist	Blog Roll Troutgirl, Adam Rifkin, Lemonodor, WillWhim, Jeremy, Alex Russell, Joe Kraus	Where I Live Sunnyvale, California, USA
Professional Interests Web search, engineering management, document categorization, algorithmic detection of search engine spam, hiring	Job Openings in My Group A Perl/PHP/MySQL hacker and a senior C++/algorithms dev	What I Do Manage software projects, write prose, write code, play music	What This Is An exercise in narcissism