3 Nov 2003 salmoni   » (Master)

SalStat

More hacking done! I found there was a problem with the output, but that's sorted now - I am placing each tests output into a html table which looks okay. I must pay some attention to the layout at some point too, in order to make it look nicer.

The modularity has been improving, and I've done what I would call some "voodoo" on the code (though doubtless, others here would quick likely call it basic stuff, but I am still learning!). SalStat can now work out what tests have been implemented and knows how to call them when the user selects them. This doesn't sound like much, but it means that to add a new test, the code just has to go into the stats engine module. That's it. No changes anywhere else needed in the entire program which is good for me and the program in general. I still have to finish the output for 3+ sample tests which will involve changing the test methods for the anova. That's going to be a hassle, but not major. The other 3 tests should be okay though (Cochranes Q, Kruskal Wallis, Friedmans).

I put an advert up at SourceForge for translators - currently have 3 offers for 4 languages: Swedish, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainiane. Hopefully these people aren't going to be too daunted by the task: the manual is ~9,000 words. I only took one evening to write it, but then I am a very fast typist. Either way, I'll get back to them and see what I can sort out.

Jobs

Nothing at all around here. This is getting depressing, for I cannot even lay my hands upon even the most basic of positions. Of course, I am really in the wrong part of the world considering my qualifications and experience (in particular: the one qualification I will have soon!), and all I can get hold of are adverts for IT Skills courses. You know the kind; well-meaning but aimed at other people: "Retrain for computers! Learn IT skills!" I had a look at the website of one of them (tut tut, no alt text for the images!), and it's all how to use Office XP and the suchlike. I guess there is little call around this area for people like me. Maybe I should strike out on my own. I quite like the idea of working for myself, but it is a bit scary at times.

Life Not too bad considering I'm unemployable in the country of my birth! Had an email off my friend Trish (in Oz) this morning which was nice, and one of my webmail accounts had 518 (!) spam messages. One of them said "Stop emails like this one!" which I thought was quite ironic and a bit amusing (for once!), but still spam nonetheless.

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