18 Apr 2002, 10:56 a.m.

From Crystal and Paulina: "Shopping is tough. Let's do…

From Crystal and Paulina: "Shopping is tough. Let's do some math." Yesterday I saw part of Margaret Cho's I'm The One That I Want and found it disappointing. Maybe the second half is better. Then …

Read More
17 Apr 2002, 15:28 p.m.

I scored at the Friends of the Public Library book…

I scored at the Friends of the Public Library book sale today. I got a free Stanislaw Lem anthology and I bought Ray Lynch's Deep Breakfast and They Might Be Giants's Miscellaneous T on audiocassette …

Read More
17 Apr 2002, 15:26 p.m.

Until yesterday, I had never before seen a transparency whose…

Until yesterday, I had never before seen a transparency whose title read, "Just When You Thought It Was Safe: MORE Intertwined Languages."

Read More
17 Apr 2002, 15:24 p.m.

As Leonard noted, last night I went to the Pinker…

As Leonard noted, last night I went to the Pinker lecture. Steven Pinker said, to paraphrase, "here's my hypothesis of how our memory of words and our computation using rules gets us to speak the …

Read More
16 Apr 2002, 16:36 p.m.

More Khayyam madness: Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain…

More Khayyam madness: Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of This and That endeavour and dispute; Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit. You know, …

Read More
16 Apr 2002, 16:25 p.m.

I am one of those people who have let Omar…

I am one of those people who have let Omar Khayyam's poetic works overshadow his amazing work as a mathematician. First Lewis Carroll, now Omar Khayyam. What next? A thousand years ago, Andrew Wiles will …

Read More
16 Apr 2002, 16:18 p.m.

Shweta Narayan and I had lunch together. Thank goodness…

Shweta Narayan and I had lunch together. Thank goodness that she Has Been There with regards to having Indian parents. My parents and even my sister make me want to make some major life decision, …

Read More
15 Apr 2002, 22:48 p.m.

A short synopsis of my attempts to stay awake during…

A short synopsis of my attempts to stay awake during Logic lectures. I've written letters to friends and family. This works. I've done homework for other classes, most notably Music. This works. I've tried to …

Read More
15 Apr 2002, 7:55 a.m.

Stephen Pinker, author of The Language Instinct, will be giving…

Stephen Pinker, author of The Language Instinct, will be giving a linguistics talk for the UC Berkeley cognitive science students' association at 105 North Gate at 6pm on Tuesday, April 16. That's tomorrow.

Read More
14 Apr 2002, 20:40 p.m.

I took several nice walks over the past three days.…

I took several nice walks over the past three days. I recommend all of them. On Friday afternoon, on a whim, I walked from campus to Woolsey and Shattuck. I walked south from Bancroft and …

Read More