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Cellular Automaton Knitting with Perl
The finest meta-program in the history of anything:
Cellular Automaton Knitting with Perl.
Thank you, wikipedia.
ADDENDUM:
So that I also have something to contribute, here is rule 30 used as a random number generator, written by yours truly. (Though the idea of doing so certainly isn't mine.) Anyone care to suggest an optimization?
( C source code for pseudo random number generation from a elementary cellular automaton. ) -
Butchering rabbit
I'm eating rabbit stew tonight, which is a day I knew would come. In fact, I knew exactly when it would come: We're slaughtering our rabbits as part of our November work party. I still had a month to prepare for it ( Read more... ) -
What should I spend my windfall on?
Nekkid, I just got my *2006* Tax Refund. Apparently, back in 2006 I finished my taxes, put them in an envelope, and left them on my desk. For a year. After filing for 2007, I started getting threatened by the IRS. Dropping the envelope in the mail didn't help, and they kept threatening. The best day was getting two letters from the IRS, one ( Read more... ) -
Our well is on solar power.
The kitchen is a complete mess. I've threatened to just throw away all the dishes and buy new ones.
( Our Solar Powered Well ) -
Old English font not include in TeX?
I'm working on a document where I need to typeset something in Old English. Particularly, I need to type an eth. There are at least two Old English fonts for TeX available, my pick being Computer Modern Old EnglishI'm surprised to find that my TeX distribution doesn't include (that I can find) any Old English fonts. I have to install it by hand ( Read more... ) -
Red River Century 2008
Over a month ago, my brother, Josh (partner in crime), Josh's Dad Bob, and I rode the Red River Century. This is my favorite bike tour in New Mexico, as the Enchanted Circle has everything I like in a long ride--lots of really long hills ( Read more... ) -
Our debt, in dollars, is larger than the number of stars in our galaxy
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
- Richard Feynman ( Read more... ) -
House rejects banking bailout
EDIT: I love this statement, from yarrowkat: In an unprecedented act of democracy, the house jettisoned the bailout.
The house has just rejected the proposed bailout of the banking industry. I am ridiculously excited by this news. From a purely symbolic point of view, the House has just changed the rules of the game. I think there was this general ( Read more... )
