Tim Converse Personal page		Our PHP Book
Where I'm From Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Blog Roll Troutgirl, Adam Rifkin, Lemonodor, WillWhim, Jeremy, Alex Russell, Joe Kraus	Worries Super volcanoes, mega tsunamis, asteroids and comets	Authors I like David Foster Wallace, Borges, Michael Frayn, Michel Houllebecq, Martin Amis, John LeCarre
Geek Interests Algorithms, chess programs, chess variants, PHP, Lisp, vector graphics, weblogs, captchas, blog comment spam	Music I Like Radiohead, Bach(Well-Tempered Clavier), De La Soul, Iggy Pop, Robert Fripp, Common, Bartok, Eminem, Elvis Costello, Eno, White Stripes	Professional Interests Web search, engineering management, document categorization, algorithmic detection of search engine spam, hiring	Weblog New blog (2004 - now) Old blog (2000 - 2004)
What I Do Manage software projects, write prose, write code, play music	My Job Engineering Manager, Content Classification Yahoo! Search Technology	Job Openings in My Group A Perl/PHP/MySQL hacker and a senior C++/algorithms dev	Anti-skills graphic design, CSS, computer networking, home maintenance
		Artistic inspirations for this page Mondrian, Hollywood Squares	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