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Frustration with solid mechanics
I'm studying solid mechanics in tensor form in class... The class is very frustrating because it's very algebraic, and at the same time, not at all careful about the mathematics... so I have to both see a lot of tensor algebra that doesn't make much sense, and I'm not really sure what the right concepts are because the definitions and soforth are ( Read more... ) -
Student comments
Today the students in my Engineering Risk Analysis (Probability) class said that they wished that I could teach the whole class, not just the discussion, and that they understand the concepts a lot better after they hear my lectures. I was walking on air for about a half hour. -
New userpic
That's me.... err there. that's better (new version with better color balance). -
Business and Photography
This year I've been pretty successful in my business doing mathematical modeling, data analysis, and soforth. During the first half of the year I continued to work with JKA in walnut creek, analyzing information from some of the projects that they were working on before I left ( Read more... ) -
XKB linux and us international keys
here's how I finally got it so I could spéll oüt internàtional words on my linux laptop ( Read more... ) -
Taking the blinders off about violence
A good talk by Stephen Pinker at the TED conference in 2007 compares the ways of life and specifically the amount of violent conflict over the last several thousand years ( Read more... ) -
Digital Photography
I have been using Francesca's little pocket digital camera (a Fuji A500) since we moved down here. Mostly I've needed photos of houses (while doing our house search) or the occasional shot of a rose, or a praying mantis in the garden, or some snapshot-ey thing like that ( Read more... ) -
Sailing trip to Catalina
This last weekend we sailed to Catalina with Chris and Laura. Stayed on the boat thursday night and left friday morning on a 34 ft Catalina sailboat (appropriate!) the Guacamore ( Read more... ) -
Today's Spam
Subject: Cheney Visits Afghan President - Shoots Him In The Face
Body: Polar Bear Finds Yoga Great For Flexibility, But Murder On The Balls
followed by a link to some spam website... what sort of software is generating these? think of all the effort going into this sort of thing. -
Recent Happenings and Visitors
Francesca and I invited her sister Anna to come visit us. We found a 25k miles frequent flyer ticket and she flew out on the 14th of July and stays until the morning of the 24th. Here are some of the touristy things we've been doing with her over the last few days:- Hiking in Hahamongna watershed park
- Walk past JPL and look at the compound
- A trip to ( Read more... )
- Hiking in Hahamongna watershed park