Come by the hills to the land where life is a song,
And sing while the birds fill the air with their joy all day long;
Where the trees sway in time, and even the wind sings in tune,
And the cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done.
Archive for February, 2009
come by the hills
Posted in music, poetry on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
eponymous
Posted in hahas on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heard this on “Hardcore History” this morning:
“Karl Marx, the famous… uh… Marxist…”
funny
v-day
Posted in hahas, poetry, science on February 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
darwin & facebook
Posted in hahas, science on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From bioephemera:
[W]ith Facebook-like fanaticism, [Darwin] maintained a correspondence with some 2,000 friends, including 200 clergymen.
week 1
Posted in 1 on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, my first week at Fusionopolis is over. It’s been a rather short week! Enjoying every bit of it, and can’t wait to go back!
A few highlights:
1) The people there are very friendly, esp the 1st-yr attachment gang and the young PhDs. (Haven’t actually seen any old PhDs, so can’t comment on them…). Really enjoyed [...]
proof on the screen
Posted in fiction, mathematics on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had no idea that David Auburn’s play, “Proof”, which I wrote about a while back, was made into a movie in 2005.
The movie script apparently follows the play quite closely. Which is good, because this means some of the best lines in the play are available on IMDB.
Gotta find out where I [...]
to do
Posted in Logos, books, computering, education, life, mathematics on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The bird has taken to the air!!!
So many things I wanna do! Better list them out (O.O Did i just say “list them out”?? Ah! I mean, “list them down”… better start revising my phrasal verbs):
Learn
C++
LaTex
Cryptography
Number Theory
Economics
Mathematics of Finance
Tai Chi
Program
Cryptogram solver
Sudoku solver, implementing my method
Sudoku solver, implementing Knuth’s Algorithm X
Generalised sudoku solver (any M x [...]
with what?
Posted in computering, life, mathematics on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The lesson here is that it is insufficient to protect ourselves with law; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics.
-Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography
:D:D:D:D
this is work?
Posted in computering, life, mathematics on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!
I’m at “work” now!
At my PRIVATE DESK in my PRIVATE CUBICLE, I have an open book on Cryptography from the library downstairs.
My cubicle happens to be just next to the PANTRY WITH FREE HOT DRINKS, the printer/ photocopier room and the toilet!
Oh, and I’ve got INTERNET RADIO, FACEBOOK, MSN MESSENGER and THIS BLOG [...]
guitar first steps
Posted in education, music on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click here for the slides. (~7mb. Lots of pics. Sources fully cited in slide notes)
and here for the notes.
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