Category Archives: me!me!me!

distinguishing traits

Watching Jericho, I wondered why Skeet Ulrich looks vaguely familiar; nothing in his previous credits rings a bell. Eventually I decided that his mouth sometimes looks like Johnny Depp‘s. That’s what I notice most about faces; how about you?

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C(52,5)

Played poker last night – for the second time in my life, if I haven’t miscounted – with some Stanfordites; I think I was the only one there over thirty. Won $2.50.

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i’ve had worse days

I had an unusually acute attack of despair this morning, likely aggravated by sleeping poorly. It was a bit of a struggle to drag myself out the door. Another disadvantage of driving to work is that it offers too little … Continue reading

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still dangerous

I took Dad to the target range today. I hadn’t shot in three years, nor he in seven. He, using my .22, was pleased enough with his shooting to take his target home. With my .40, I did better than … Continue reading

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a pretty thing

I eventually got around to ordering my poster from Zazzle. I feared that the colors might be dull, or that JPEG compression would spoil the detail, but it’s even more crisp and gorgeous than I imagined.

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Finagle’s Law

I hoped to have some new math pictures for you (or at least for me) today, but my attempts to install a code library that I need have come to nothing. The makefile invokes gcc with options that version 3.3 … Continue reading

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recycling

Having made the plunge and ordered Knuth’s third edition, what should I do with the volumes I bought twenty-odd years ago?

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