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Hello!

I am Benoit Hamelin. I work with the excellent hackers at Arcadia G.P., where I develop software, solve problems and convert strong tea into ideas --- hopefully good ones. This is my blog about programming languages, development methodologies, elegant hacks and all sorts of software trickery.

Also, I've done a Ph.D. in medical imaging in a previous life, and I'm still curious about scientific advances, ideas and worldviews. Thus I'll also post about some off-hours research work of mine, as well as pretty much anything that lights up my neurons.

Enjoy yourself.

On twitter: @benoithamelin

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Lament of the Delicious Librarian

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Google's new privacy policy and the Spongebob Squarepants parallel

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you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.

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Posts tagged Ergonomics

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December 4, 2011

Ergonomics for programmers: the importance of a good font

Scotch tape fetish

Back when I was working for my Ph.D., there was this post-doc in our lab who had this funny habit. He had this big roll of scotch tape by his computer screen. Every morning, as he sat down for work, he tore off a good length of that tape to bind his left-hand ring and pinky fingers together.