Category Archives: me!me!me!

shout-out

I’ve recently been linked by several strangers or new acquaintances: How What Why; Reflections in d minor; The Wood Dragon. Update 2006: Reflections in d minor moved here.

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housekeeping

Since my host upgraded its version of Apache, visitors to my blog archives (most of whom come from searches) have seen raw HTML rather than cooked webpages, because the filenames don’t end in .htm(l). So I’ve republished the archives (now … Continue reading

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a day on the job

Someone came by ‘my’ desk and said, “Oh, you’re listening to music! I mean you’re listening to good music. That’s Cohen, isn’t it?” Pause. “I don’t know of a composer named Cohen.” “Oh. Then it’s . . .” Long pause. “Who is … Continue reading

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extra features

I got a chuckle out of this note from one headhunter to another: . . . [Anton] has temped for us and does a good job. He is the type who comes in and works, not one who socializes. If that fits … Continue reading

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neurochemistry update

Two weeks after dropping my newest drug habit, I’ve had no occasion to regret doing so.

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throw a pebble

I have long taken delight in how the Net lets me rub electrons informally with scholars such as John Conway and Larry Trask. On September 12, I wrote to Eric Weisstein of MathWorld: If the tetrahedral rotation group is isomorphic … Continue reading

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my aging infrastructure

I was not distressed to learn that this Power Mac 4400 (bought in 1997) is too old for MacOS X – until I found that Mozilla is not available for MacOS 8.

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