May 2008
74 posts
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Finitude homotopique et isotopique des structures... →
Vincent Colin, Emmanuel Giroux, Ko Honda
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Stokes Theorem for Lipschitz forms on a smooth... →
Stanislav Dubrovskiy
nostrich: I don't know why I'd want to hear anyone... →
Apparently the bottom of the pool is harder than my head. My parents will definitely be surprised.
Every election year I re-read Hunter S. Thompson’s FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ‘72. Still relevant, especially to Obama v. HRC.
The entirety of my communication with the outside world yesterday: 2 emails, a Facebook message and a re-tweet. I may need to get a life.
acedtect: Dear Mr. Spielberg, can you remake... →
Lies We Tell Kids →
“One of the most remarkable things about the way we lie to kids is how broad the conspiracy is. All adults know what their culture lies to kids about: they’re the questions you answer ‘Ask your parents.’”
Applicable once again: http://twitter.com/shonk/statuses/227360382
hotdogsladies: If God exists, I hope He's either... →
gruber: Somone I won't name said things about me I... →
Re: http://tinyurl.com/5anc6x Apparent answer: floppers and douchebag fans, even though that would probably be the worst Finals matchup.
stml: wondering if there's a word for being... →
Re: Twitter downtime and scalability issues: It might be my faulty memory, but wasn’t Google pretty flaky the first couple years?
Some of my facial hairs are black, some are brown and some are reddish-blonde. I may be a honkey, but my beard is multiethnic.
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“Is the net length of DNA produced by one male in one second greater than, or...”
– John Sidles
As a (quasi-)Nuggets fan, it’s a bit jarring to see so many un-tattooed Americans on the court at one time in the Eastern Conference finals.
AinsleyofAttack: Cotton jersey dresses. 'Cause you... →
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower →
“America, ever-idealistic, seems wary of the vocational-education track. We are not comfortable limiting anyone’s options. Telling someone that college is not for him seems harsh and classist and British, as though we were sentencing him to a life in the coal mines. I sympathize with this stance; I subscribe to the American ideal. Unfortunately, it is with me and my red pen that that ideal...
Ugh…the conference finals: Do I root for the arrogant pricks, the spoiled bitches, the floppers, or the team with the douchebag fans?
gruber: You know what feature I want to see in the... →
nevenmrgan: First time flying 1st class. Nervous -... →
scottsimpson: "I'm gonna ate all the ice cream."... →
For some reason, I’m a complete sucker for Soviet satires. If you’re likewise afflicted and haven’t already, check out Voinovich.
zeldman: When you're the leading bank, or the... →
Like a kitten fascinated by something shiny and/or dangly, some people turn into babbling fools as soon as the word “science” is invoked.
Despite the fact that I minored in Spanish literature, lived in Spain for a summer and did an entire independent study on the Quijote, it was only today that I realized “Of course manchego cheese comes from La Mancha; that’s what ‘manchego’ means, you idiot.”
Agenbites →
Nice column about words that “resound with their own verbal truthfulness”. Another great example: cherubic.
hotdogsladies: God, I wish I could pull off... →
Moltz: You knew Obama's middle name is "Hussein",... →
Would someone please tell Rondo to pull his damn shorts up?
Current mid-range beer obsession: Sam Adams Black Lager.
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Structure of the Homotopy Groups of Mapping Spaces →
Sze-tsen Hu
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Note on the Homotopy Properties of the Components... →
S. S. Koh
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On the Space of Maps of a Closed Surface into the... →
Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen
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On Spherical Mappings in a Metric Space →
Sze-Tsen Hu
Why your internet experience is slow →
“If content is king, why is there so little of it on the web? And why are content providers like Salon always whining about their huge bandwidth costs, given that 99% of what they ship — and that is an exact measurement, not hyperbole — is spam?”
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Configuration spaces and the topology of curves in... →
Sadok Kallel
Six word review of Asimov’s FORWARD THE FOUNDATION: obviously written by an old man.
If nothing else, his horror at Kleiner Perkins paying $25M for 1/3 of Google makes Michael Lewis’ THE NEW NEW THING (©2000) worth it.
Ugh…I managed to undercook both the potatoes and the pork chops.
They’re shooting fireworks off at the art museum. What’s that about?
WatchMusic video for NASA crash test produced for the Coudal contest (via Monoscope).
If you’re ever tempted to get Philadelphia Brewing Company’s Walt Wit…don’t.
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“Manu Ginobili was just voted the most popular person in Argentina; more popular...”
– Mark Jones on ESPN’s NBA halftime show. His tone would probably have been less incredulous if he were reporting that a U.S. athlete was more popular than our president.
The All-NBA teams are bunk. Three guys on 2nd team play the same position, as do three on 3rd. Plus, two PGs on 2nd team, none on 3rd.
gruber: I like when TV talking heads use the term... →
books to make my flist's heads explode: John Ringo →
Hilarious and awesome review of what sounds like a truly terrible series of books.
The Notes of Japanese soldier in USSR →
Amazing site devoted to the stories and drawings of a Japanese POW.
Where Are They? →
“But I hope that our Mars probes discover nothing. It would be good news if we find Mars to be sterile. Dead rocks and lifeless sands would lift my spirit.”