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I'm a Math/Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In my free time, I write code for open-source and my own projects. Away from the keyboard, I enjoy reading, sailing, running, geocaching, travel, and learning French.
You can find me on LinkedIn, twitter, and Facebook. You can also contact me the old-fashioned way at blog@paulbutler.org. Here is my résumé.
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Garden Path Sentences
I recently came across an interesting post on the Powerset Blog recently about garden path sentences. Garden path sentences are sentences that lead you down the wrong path through a string of words with multiple meanings. For example, The complex … Continue reading
Posted in Python, Ruby
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Endless Google Search
April 2009 Update: Originally, I had an live example of this running. However, the Google API doesn’t seem to work any more (it was discontinued over two years ago). In any case, there are better examples online now. Try Live … Continue reading
Posted in PHP, Web Apps
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