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During the Christmas break of 1996, when I was working on my Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, I asked my boss at the Engineering Writing Center if I could log about 10 hours converting a bunch of paper handouts into hyperlinked web documents. I actually put in about 20 hours, and slapped into shape…

Freshman writing students present their research projects in a suitably decorous setting. Free popcorn is involved.

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The heir to the throne of Gondor and and a scruffy looking nerf herder are handing out candy.

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