Sunday, May 29, 2011

Complexity

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As I wrote in the first demotivational poster that I constructed, you're doing it wrong . I amuse myself sometimes. :)
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Quote of the Day

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"The lecture, to me, was like finally catching the name of someone who I felt attraction at the first sight but never had chance to tal...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

I Could Be Happy. I Could Be Happy.

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Apparently, some experts think that happiness should be classified as a medical disorder . I can't say I blame them. Here is the abst...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A, E, I, O, U (and sometimes Y?)

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Eunoia by Christian Bök is a five-chapter book in which each chapter purposely uses exactly one vowel. A cool thing is to compare the resu...

Quote of the Day: Snowbird Edition

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About half an hour ago, at the spur of the moment, I came up with the following gem: If it has a name, there's probably a theorem about ...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)

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After finding out that I am a mathematician, the customs officer at O'Hare airport asked me "Is today the end of the world?" ...
Friday, May 20, 2011

What Happens in Snowbird Stays in Snowbird (2011 edition)

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I am awake at this obscene hour of the morning because I am going to the 2011 version of the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Sy...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Dodger Fans and Facebook Friendships

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Facebook Data Team wrote an interesting post about some statistics of Facebook users who are fans of certain baseball teams. (It appears t...

Quote of the Day: Bitter Baseball Veteran Edition

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I love the quote "Hell hath no fury like a Bash Brother scorned." , which Jerry Crasnick used to describe José Canseco and his te...
Monday, May 16, 2011

A Chaste Mathematics Event

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Apparently, the Mathematical Institute is going to have a CHASTE event . No, really. The acronym form the event is CHASTE. I thought that...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

Fatescape

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I just joined a Planescape campaign. Well, it uses the Planescape world, but it uses the Fate system and 'fudge' dice. I am happy ...
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Yup, That's Pretty Accurate

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This particular issue of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal sure hits the nail on the head. Not that I would ever artificially force my bo...
Friday, May 13, 2011

Translating Between British English and Other Forms of English

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Here is a nice translator between British English and other forms of English . This hits the nail right on the head. What amazes me most i...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Slides from my Public Lecture on Networks

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Here are the slides from the public lecture I gave on Monday about "The Physics of Social Networks". Obviously, it's not th...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Goodhart's Law

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My new favorite law is Goodhart's Law : "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." Although I just r...

Was the Trapezoid Rule Invented in 1994?

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Well, no. But this 1994 paper claims to have invented this method, and it has 143 citations according to google scholar. I tried quickl...
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Sunday, May 08, 2011

Homemade Dice

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Today I got an e-mail about a blog where the blogger discusses his homemade dice . Sweet! The blog also includes a link to the guy's ...

Tarzan Boy

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Until just now, I had never actually seen the music video for Tarzan Boy . The only word that I can use to describe the video is "awe...
Thursday, May 05, 2011

War-Room Raid Photograph

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The situation room photograph from the raid of Bin Laden paints a rather fascinating picture. For example, look at how intense Obama looks...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011

TWSS (That's what she said.)

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Now there is a computer algorithm whose purpose is to analyze algorithmically whether '(That's what she said.)' (TWSS) would be ...