Monthly Archives: February 2004

fun with numbers ’n stuff

MathWorld has had a facelift.

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silver lining

I sneezed and something in my back ribs went pop. What a way to start the day. Medicating myself for the pain put me in just the right mood for 14 episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

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more Buffy notes

The episode “The Zeppo” can be seen as a lesson in the principle of comparative advantage. Or as a good laugh. When was Angel invited into Rupert’s apartment (before “Passion”)? When was he invited into Faith’s motel room (before “Consequences”)? … Continue reading

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a Russian is a Russian

“I enjoyed hearing you whistle Mussorgsky just now.” “Thanks! but it was meant to be Prokofiev.”

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customs of the Eldar

What Tolkien Officially Said About Elf Sex

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latest bulletin from the voices

Little MIS Manager sat on a tanager

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partial success

I thought I had succeeded in setting up a dual-boot machine, but — Booting ‘Windows XP’ rootnoverify(hd0,4) chainloader +1 and it stops there. Hanh? Oh well, better that than the other way around (Windows but no Linux). Much later: Lei … Continue reading

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