Computer scientists are always talking about the halting problem. Halting problem? What halting problem? When I want to shut down my computer, I go to a prompt and type, "halt", and hit Enter. What's the …
Skimmed Neal Stephenson's The Big U last night. Stephenson didn't rerelease it for a long time, arguing that he didn't want people to read his inferior early work instead of reading worthwhile fiction by other …
As I woke up, nearsighted, and looked from my bed to my wall-hooks, I saw this funny plain black dress on top of the whole pile. Oh, yeah, the graduation gown Shweta lent me. According …
Got two graduation gifts today, which were, as all of them will be, unexpected. I can't believe I'm graduating, and therefore can't quite believe that I should get gifts for anything. Jeana gave me Two …
Regarding this entry: And Sliders! Before that show got into weird story arcs about war with aliens, it was a great show.
Inside joke to people who know the Mahabharata: After last night's West Wing, during which President Bartlet assassinated the terrorism-sponsoring defense minister from Kumar, the President's chariot will no longer float an inch above the …
I sent off not one, but two job applications today! Yee-ha.
Yes, I'm out of my Linguistics final. Yes, it was scheduled for 5-8pm. Yes, it's quarter to six. Curse you, John McWhorter, for acting like a hip, concepts-oriented teacher and all the while devising a …
My sister always suspects Anne Applebaum (Foreigners correspondent at Slate) of trying to put one over on the reader with oversimplified reasoning. In Deanna Troi's words, "She's hiding something!". Today: Subject: anne applebaum so did …
I'm upgrading my weblog software, so as to make the experience more pleasant for you, my fifteen readers. The asterisk to the left of each entry is a permanent link for that entry only. Fooling …
