best thing ever:


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Something that's been bouncing around in my head for days. I've now dramatically improved Banana Math. The old problem was that the functions were in terms of the artificially imposed x-y-z coordinate system. The thought, which I only just now connected to BM, was that coordinate systems need not be cartesian; axes need not be straight. Obvious, ( Read more... )

So Dan Shaw called me at 3am and I walked and met him and we walked through the valley talking about life. On the way walking to his house on Franklin, we passed a house. And a cat darted from the porch. Small, orange. The most adorable, cutest, absolute embodiment of perfection I have ever witnessed. It loved life so much. Happiest cat ever. You ( Read more... )

http://www.last.fm/user/Dujek_Onearm/

I love you, Chavez

I don't want to have ambition. That's what this whole past year has been about. No preparation for running. Choosing grades that would make me inelligble for awards. Applying for no scholarships whatsoever. It's probably why all of the attention for National Merit Finalism has felt so incredibly ackward.

It didn't used to be that way. In ( Read more... )

Wow. Every once in a while, I'm reminded why I keep bothering to read the often biased and hyped Yahoo news.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060422/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_drug_drain

Your favorite Mechanical Universe superstar David L. Goodstein exists in the real world too!!!

http://www.livescience.com/environment/end_oil_041214.html

Check out the third paragraph under the heading Alternatives.

"THURSDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Many previous studies suggesting that moderate drinking helps prevent heart disease may be flawed, says a report by a group of researchers from Australia, Canada and the United States ( Read more... )

"You see her as who you think she ought to be." - Dan
"The alternative is to see nothing." - Sam