Saw a coyote get chased off (or just spooked) by a deer in front of the engineering building last night.

The coyote was almost as big as the deer.

I may have stolen this from someone on my friends list, but, in case I didn't, this article is awesome:

http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf

The Euclidean algorithm (which comes down to us from Euclid’s Elements) computes the greatest com ( Read more... )

It being spring break, the office is mostly empty ( Read more... )

When buying new strings for an electric guitar, don't get the "super slinky" kind.

Or, ask someone other then me for advice on how not to break half of them within a month of restringing.

Has anyone read anything interesting/insightful about what will happen to software after Moore's law ceases to hold ( Read more... )

Gmail is now advertising robots to me (industrial robots, underwater robots and roombas).

interface IBar ( Read more... )

If you voted for Hillary in the primaries, post here, and announce your gender.

I am curious about this. (I think anonymous comments are allowed)

(For what its worth, all three Hillary supporters I have knowingly met in NorCal are female ( Read more... )

So recently Yishan and Kimberly got me into the game Rock Band, and a friend at skool got me into Karaoke RevolutionIn each of these games, a singer is given a pop-song, with a staff-like graphic of the pitches the user is supposed to sing ( Read more... )

Backyard skunk smell.

skunkity skunk