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Some of the stuff I saw this weekend.
Some street performers (some breakdancers and Thoth) in the Bethesda Terrace Arcaded while we waited for the rain to die down:
Vampire Weekend and Andrew W. K. covering Tom Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More".
May post two videos from Rockwood Music Hall once the artists have a chance to look at them and okay them. -
Because how can I resist a combinatorics problem?
So. I tried to go to bed early, because I'm sick. But I was having trouble sleeping, so I decided to mess around on the net for a bit. rbandrews posted a fun problem from an AP CS exam.
( problem solution. contains me doing something stupid. ) -
Solicitation for book recommendations
So. I've got a day in January on which I get 10% off everything at Border's, plus a gift card, and some random other stuff, which basically means that some night prior to Thursday, I'm probably stopping by Borders and buying some books. While there are a few things I'm leaning towards probably purchasing, I would appreciate some recommendations as ( Read more... ) -
Shakespearean procrastination
The title seems particularly apropos since the paper is about stuff related to The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkRandom things I've been wondering while I've been working on / procrastinating about my Shakespeare paper: in a bibliography, if one is citing someone from a culture where surnames come first (eg, Hungarian, Chinese, etc), does one ( Read more... ) -
Plea for help from those who know Norse / Linguistics
There's some terms I need to discuss and papers I need to cite for my mythology paper which include a character that looks kind of like an "o" with a little curve with a sharp bend, down and then to the right. It looks sort of like a weird "q" (particularly when it's capitalized). It's in the right way to spell what we refer to as Mjolnir/Miollnir/ ( Read more... ) -
Ninjas > Pirates
I'll probably do the entry I was going to do later, about ideas for works to include in the various topics I'm thinking of for my honors Shakespeare I project.
But here instead is a link to my favorite "issue" of Doctor McNinja, where (in my opinion) the superiority of ninjas over pirates is clearly established and shown. Also, the source of the ( Read more... ) -
My new game for Fortune cookies
I was having lunch with baranoouji at Joe's Noodle House after a geology lecture at UMD - College Park. I had mentioned that I had gotten about 9 "You would make a good lawyer" fortunes. So I opened my fortune, and read aloud, "You will have a long and wealthy life." To which baranoouji responded, "... as a lawyer." I will now add this after all fortune cookie ( Read more... ) -
Linux Distributions
So. I haven't installed Linux (or BSD, for that matter) on a machine in quite a while. I've got a machine I'm thinking of putting it on (though if it turns out OpenBSD can make effective use of the video and sound cards, I may just put that on, since I less than three OpenBSD). The last distribution I used for any significant length of time was ( Read more... ) -
Procrastinating
Based on the post uilos made recently, and a comment in a recent post by nixve, I have decided to start a meme.
Pick someone on LJ. Name 4 books (including comics, etc), series or authors that he or she is directly responsible (lent, gave recommendation that led to purchase, etc) for you reading. Then do all that memey stuff.
jazzfish:- The Fifth Head of Cerberus by ( Read more... )
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