Reporting from Workstation 9

Killing two birds with stone...or ditch the birds, I'm gonna die anyway.

Here's whats happened. I used to do all my macro modeling programs in this convenient software called Dynare.

But stubborn Mr D is only meant for people who live infinitely.

My current model assumes that people do die. So Mr D is confused and will not run my program.

Hence, I have shifted to the all knowing MAtlab. But I have never done large scale level programming there. Problem 1.

Then I get it touch with the nice lady who has worked in the area I'm working in and ask her to send me her programs.

She does, but its in bloody painful Fortran.

My supervisor(who has not been told, that I am familiar with C++ programming) says Fortran takes months to learn and yours truly needs to get her fat ass off this place in two months. Fortran is out. Matlab is in.

Hence I am currently converting a n*1000 line code from Fortran to Matlab. In the process,*swearing*l, I have both Fortran help and Matlab help open. Now that I am learning both these languages..I just HAVE to get a PhD. I can't imagine putting these skills to waste...

I have 48 hours to finish the first set of conversion. In between a 2 hour ballet class and lunch with my aunt..

Time to play, I will survive by CAKE.

That song does wonders for my mood!! I love CAKE:)

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