Category Archives: me!me!me!

small irregular fullerenes

Shapeways has thirteen models of (the most symmetrical and famous form of) C60, but none of the thousands of smaller fullerenes. So I designed models of the 35 smallest, i.e. up to C36; this includes the smallest with no symmetries, … Continue reading

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off by one

A look at 404s in my HTTP log revealed a bug in my math pix page, which in two places chooses randomly from families of images. I didn’t know that the PHP function rand(nmin,nmax) is inclusive at both ends.

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a trinket becomes a toy

A new father asked: Are you charmed or annoyed to learn that your 3d geometric object is making a great toy for [baby, 8 mo.]? I replied: I have cats, so I’m not a bit surprised! On a related note, … Continue reading

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down with “capitalism”

I posted this, which is mostly a condensation and paraphrase of part of Roderick Long’s zaxlebax speech. Except for the chicken part.

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unexpected solutions to unknown problems

I woke up (within a dream), looked out my window and saw that my new upstairs neighbor (there is no upstairs unit here) stored his cello by hanging it from a kite. I went up to the roof and found … Continue reading

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back

I return to Cascadia after a 39-day visit with Dad in the high desert. He forgives me for not fully sharing his admiration for dry scenery. We watched a slew of movies together: Wreck-It Ralph; Midnight in Paris; Dr Horrible’s … Continue reading

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Divinearmor

A new participant on Wikipedia, with an axe to grind, wrote to me: I’ve seen your articles. Devout liberal garbage that even your own administrators bash you for writing. Less than a week later, that editor has been banned for … Continue reading

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