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Episode 1 - Clippy is Gone Now, Clippy Was Not a Help We discuss paper writing, figure making, debate the merits of our favorite software, and discuss a possible explanation of last week’s mysterious booms in Oklahoma. Shannon also discovers that John does strange things with his spare time and a police radar gun. We discuss the demise of clippy, the MS Word virtual assistant. Global Warming Trend Graphic John’s blog post on using a police radar gun for raindrop speed Paper and Report Writing John uses LaTeX, specifically MacTeX Shannon uses MS Word mostly There is value in features like track changes, scripting, distraction free environments, formatting, figure numbering, etc. John uses markdown initially to have a distraction free writing environment (in the atom editor) LaTeX help is easy to find! Poster and Figure Making Many options, but some are better than others Powerpoint (please don’t use this for posters or figures) Adobe Illustrator (expensive, steep learning curve, but good) Inkscape (free c