Tim Converse Personal page	My Job Engineering Manager, Content Classification Yahoo! Search Technology	Weblog New blog (2004 - now) Old blog (2000 - 2004)
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	Anti-skills graphic design, CSS, computer networking, home maintenance	Artistic inspirations for this page Mondrian, Hollywood Squares	What I Do Manage software projects, write prose, write code, play music
Where I'm From Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	What This Is An exercise in narcissism	Geek Interests Algorithms, chess programs, chess variants, PHP, Lisp, vector graphics, weblogs, captchas, blog comment spam	Blog Roll Troutgirl, Adam Rifkin, Lemonodor, WillWhim, Jeremy, Alex Russell, Joe Kraus
This Page is not the same every time		Contact Info Email: tim underscore converse at yodelingexclamation dot com. YM: tim underscore converse	Authors I like David Foster Wallace, Borges, Michael Frayn, Michel Houllebecq, Martin Amis, John LeCarre
Our PHP Book	Professional Interests Web search, engineering management, document categorization, algorithmic detection of search engine spam, hiring	Worries Super volcanoes, mega tsunamis, asteroids and comets	Music I Like Radiohead, Bach(Well-Tempered Clavier), De La Soul, Iggy Pop, Robert Fripp, Common, Bartok, Eminem, Elvis Costello, Eno, White Stripes