Saturday, July 31, 2010

Dodgers trade for Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot

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The Dodgers have acquired Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot via trade from the Cubs. Yeah, we have a another solid starting pitcher. Of course, ...

Rokugan!

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I just ordered the brand new 4th edition of Legend of the Five Rings RPG. (Second edition was d20, and I pondered but never bought the 3rd...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Website Legacy

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Many years ago, when I was a postdoc in Georgia Tech's math department, I kept track of the talks in the seminar series that I was organ...

Dodgers Trade for Scott Podsednik

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The Dodgers have made a trade with the Kansas City Royals for Scott Podsednik . Maybe Podsednik can be the new Juan Pierre? In any event, ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Pictures from China

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Here are some pictures from my recent trip to Shanghai.
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Ersatz Word Origin of the Day

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This origin of the word "testify" might not be true , but if I am called to testify in court, can I still do it this way instead o...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

We're all unique.

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Can we please use the word "unique" correctly from now on? As a case in point, consider the sentence "He holds a unique pla...
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Medical Condition of the Day

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Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Rays is missing today's game with a "testicular concussion". Ouch! I had never actually hear...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

That's All, Folks!

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My photoblog project is now done, so now my pictures will be part of regular photography and photo albums for the forseeable future. The th...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

RIP David Blackwell (1919-2010)

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Mathematics has lost a pioneer . Here is David Blackwell's wikipedia page .
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Tales from the ArXiv: Anonymous Diffusion

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I love the title of this paper , which was just posted on the arXiv. It is: Fractional Lie Group Method for Anonymous Diffusion Equations ....
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

"Caltech Undergrad"

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Zifnab sent me a link to a recording of the song "Caltech Undergrad" on YouTube. Caltech people: This song is pretty funny, tho...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

National League Wins First All-Star Game Since 1996

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The title of this blog entry says it all: The National League won baseball's All-Star Game for the first time since 1996. About bloody...

RIP George Steinbrenner (1930-2010)

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New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (aka, "The Boss") has died . King George was certainly a visible baseball owner and--...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Regularity

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The people who work at the coffee place (near the SJTU campus) where I've been going know me now. They know what I usually order and th...
Friday, July 09, 2010

Update on Paul the Octopus

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Paul the Octopus (yes, he has a wikipedia entry, and a rather thorough one at that) continues to do well, having correctly predicted the ou...
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Blue Eyes

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Blue eyes and an American accent will apparently get one pretty far in some parts of town.
Thursday, July 08, 2010

Old Friends, Old Town, Somerville Student, and Dumplings

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I went to one of Shanghai's 'old town' areas tonight. Here is a really sweet picture of it . I went with Joy Zhang, who is one...
Sunday, July 04, 2010

XKCD and Lower Crotch

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The new xkcd strip reminds me of Lower Crotch conversations (and also Upper Crotch Conversations, for that matter). In fact, I'm sure ...
Saturday, July 03, 2010

What's in a Name?

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Here is an interesting article on cnn.com about baby naming rules in different countries.