Quotes from math/physics profs:

http://mathprofessorquotes.tumblr.com/

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sausage_dishes: "This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness."

The position will execute principles and practices to deliver the most worthless movement of merchandise through the supply chain ( Read more... )

My laptop was having increasing problems. I had already used the Windows key to replace the Q (which had fallen off.) Also, the battery life was fairly weak, and the power adapter was only working occasionally -- you sort of had to tweak it. Eventually, it just stopped turning on ( Read more... )

This makes the case for functional programming reasonably well, and more importantly (IMHO) gives good programming advice as well.

I mentioned the idea of a written circuit board some time ago, and forgot to include the link:
Drawdio

I still haven't made a paper-and-pencil squirrel-cage rotor, although I think that would be sort of neat...

Hogmanay was fun, and probably was the best sound job I've done, so far; I am under the weather, though, and staying up late to do sound may have been unhelpful. I did get some R hacking done, though I stayed home.

Spent the previous week at English-Scottish Session. This was somewhat tiring, as it was hot, but fun - for me, the highlight was sitting in with Karen, Doug, and Susie. The music was also awesome, as usual ( Read more... )

Am chugging away at the presentation. Am learning that the Gimp can be useful, but some obvious-seeming things are not at all easy; I don't know if Photoshop would be better. Today, I got a bunch of feedback from my peers, leading to what they call in the open-source software world a "major rewrite." The weekend is looking fairly busy, mostly in a ( Read more... )

Finally got on the elliptical machine. phantomfiddler has advised that this may make it harder to sleep, but I feel that the endorphins have faded, so I should probably just try to rest. I'll see what happens, but I don't think I'm up for programming at the moment.