July 2008
25 posts
I hated the coat-tie-shorts combination in college and I still do. Let’s all hope this doesn’t catch on: http://xrl.us/omej6
Jul 31st
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Currently reading: Next: The Future Just Happened, by Michael Lewis
Jul 31st
Levy’s THE PERFECT THING: great access to the key figures, but a bit too hyperbolic for my taste.
Jul 29th
hotdogsladies: If you need to appear on an... →
Jul 29th
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Currently reading: The Perfect Thing, by Steven Levy
Jul 29th
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Currently reading: Pretender to the Throne, by Vladimir Voinovich
Jul 25th
Just showered for the first time in 58 hours and 6300 miles. James Brown was getting some stiff competition for the title of “King of Funk”.
Jul 23rd
wilshipley: Stupid true nightmares. The worst... →
Jul 22nd
gruber: Perhaps I made fun of iDemocrat and... →
Jul 22nd
fireland: In my day, we sold tampons that burst... →
Jul 21st
Somewhat miraculously, I’m actually on the plane to Brazil right now. Luggage? Likely still in a holding pattern over ATL.
Jul 11th
strutting: I think tonight I'll grab a kung-fu... →
Jul 9th
al3x: After the fallout clears, the only things... →
Jul 9th
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Collapsing of connected sums and the eigenvalues... →
Junya Takahashi
Jul 8th
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Potential and scattering theory on wildly... →
Jeffrey Rauch, Michael Taylor
Jul 8th
Giant Steps →
Amazing animation of John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” (via Big Contrarian)
Jul 7th
textism: Yo momma so illogical, she’d collect a... →
Jul 6th
Fuck you, Philly weather. It’s not hot enough to leave the AC on, but it’s too muggy to leave it off.
Jul 6th
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Rational Symplectic Field Theory for Legendrian... →
Lenhard Ng
Jul 4th
Stross’ SATURN’S CHILDREN: Asimov’s robot stories meet Heinlein’s FRIDAY, except humanity’s extinct and space travel sucks ass.
Jul 3rd
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cleversimon: What I love about mathematics... →
Jul 3rd
Re: http://xrl.us/jq8qk Okay, nerds, here’s your challenge: find another preimage that makes some fucking sense.
Jul 2nd
You know it’s time to throw some old socks away when you re-wear dirty socks instead of one of the clean-but-decrepit pairs in the drawer.
Jul 2nd
awryone: I had my erection balm blessed at church... →
Jul 1st
marissaneave: Shit, I just laundered money the... →
Jul 1st