Saturday, July 30, 2016

Religion and Backwards Compatibility

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Yup, backwards compatibility is definitely an issue. (Make sure to read the scroll-over text as well.)
Monday, July 25, 2016

Alas, Poor 'E.G.'! I Knew it, 'I.E.'

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In the interest of accessibility, UK government websites are now going to remove Latin abbreviations such as 'e.g.', 'i.e.',...

Politics: Sesame Street Monster Edition

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Yup, this is pretty much how it works. (Though, to be fair, this picture suggests a higher intellectual level than in the real thing.) (T...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

Minimizing Windows to See a Desktop.

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A sign that I am very tired: I didn't remember if my hotel room has a phone on the desk with my computer and I wanted to check if I can ...

Britain's First Fast-Walking Lane Opens in Liverpool

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Great Britain's first fast-walking lane has opened in Liverpool . I approve! (And I would totally take advantage of this.) (Tip of the...

Long Live the Matlab Billiard Simulator!

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A couple of undergrads, Caitlin Keady and Sam King (who were in an REU and worked with my fellow former Georgia Tech postdoc Mark Demers fo...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

The Art of Music

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I'm talking about Chladni patterns , of course.
Friday, July 22, 2016

A New Hypothesis About the Physics of Knuckleballs

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A new paper in New Journal of Physics proposes a new hypothesis about the physics of knuckleballs . (Tip of the cap to Science News .)

"The Long Memory of Order Flow in the Foreign Exchange Spot Market"

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One of my papers just came out in final form. Here are the details. Title: The Long Memory of Order Flow in the Foreign Exchange Spot Ma...

Subtitles: When You Run Out of Ideas

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As you can see from the picture (of one of the books in Somerville College's Senior Common Room), some people have clearly run out of id...

Summary of the Last Nine Years

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Here is an executive summary of the last (almost) nine years: "American mathematician goes to Oxford. Hilarity ensues." I moved ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

What Happens in Westwood Stays in Westwood

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I am off to visit LA for a few days to help set things up a bit at UCLA and to hunt for apartments (as opposed to Pokémon) in Westwood.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Mario Kart Go

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I am looking forward to Mario Kart Go . Come get some!
Sunday, July 17, 2016

Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Postdoctoral Fellowship

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This publication looks potentially useful for many people. (Tip of the cap to Jacob Scott.)
Friday, July 15, 2016

Beijing Restaurant Displays Prices in the Form of Mathematical Expressions

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A Beijing restaurant displays their prices in the form of mathematical expressions . (Tip of the cap to Carlos Castillo Chavez.)
Thursday, July 14, 2016

PhD Comics: An Honest Journal Rejection Letter

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Yup, this is how it really works.
Sunday, July 10, 2016

What Happens in The Other Place Stays in The Other Place (Again)

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I am once again taking a trip to The Other Place, this time for a networks workshop at the Isaac Newton Institute.
Saturday, July 09, 2016

Spectacular and Prescient Cartoon from 1906

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The cartoon in this article is both spectacular and prescient. (Tip of the cap to University of Oxford.)
Friday, July 08, 2016

A Very Long Mathematics Proof

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The printout of a new mathematics proof has so many symbols that it would take a very long time --- 10 billion years is the estimate given ...

Somerville Mathematics Undergraduate Brigitte Stenhouse Wins Dissertation Prize!

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Somerville mathematics undergraduate student Brigitte Stenhouse (who just graduated this year) won a Gibbs dissertation prize for her thesis...