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Monthly Archive for February, 2008

Cool ideas from TED

I like listening to the stuff coming out of TED. There’s a lot of cool ideas like this. Someone is researching crows and their ability to be trained. He’s trained them to pick up coins and deposit them in a machine that gives out peanuts. Further applications could be pieces of trash, or who knows […]

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SparkNotes Returns!

Well, I don’t believe they actually ever went away, but I did “outgrow” their notes some time ago, after I finished Calculus. Then while searching today for hash tables, I found their notes on the subject. So, if you need some free “Cliff Notes” to get you through, SparkNotes is a great resource.

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I [heart] history

Dontcha love it when someone sends you an email about POWs tunneling out of German prison camps…and I get to reading about it on Wikipedia…that leads to the July 20 plot to kill Hitler…which was Operation Walküre….that makes me think of a new movie coming out… And of course I spent another 2 hours reading […]

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On Being Random

I read this article a while ago but just found it again when discussion a brain teaser with Jon. One of my favorite parts: Our brains are so hardwired to see patterns, it’s devilishly hard for most of us to generate random behavior. Indeed, take a minute and try to write down a random sequence […]

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Ahh…the Science Fair

41 Hilarious Science Experiments. These are fantastic. “Crystal Meth–Friend or Foe?”

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Perfect Moment

Sometimes you read something that makes you realize how short life is and how important it is to be chasing the good things. I enjoy From Where I Sit, a blog by the CEO of Nelson Publishing, Michael Hyatt. I enjoy it because it offers a very real, Christian perspective on the world. Today, Michael […]

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Man, I wish I had enough time for this: the MCM/ICM Modeling Contest. You have 96 hours to come up with a model solving your choice of one of two modeling questions. One of last year’s questions:  Airlines are free to seat passengers waiting to board an aircraft in any order whatsoever. It has become […]

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Spellcheck, anyone?

I found this interesting…the most horrible English words. My favorite: Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosy – lglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminy – lleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycyla – lanylphenylalanylvalylprolyphenylalanYlvalythre – onylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylg – lutamylglutaminylsErylleucyllysylisoleucy – laspartylthreonylleucylIsoleucylglutamy – lalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylg – lutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylse – Rylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylp – RolylthreOnylisoleucylglutaminylasPfraginylal – anylthreonylleucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalany – lalanylglycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminy – lcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucy – lalanylleuOylisoleucylarginylglutaminy – llysyhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylproly – lisoleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalany – lasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginy – llysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany – lthrosylalanylglutaminylcsteinylglutamyllysylva – lylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalny – laspartylvalylprolylvalylglUtaminylglutamylsery – lalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalany […]

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I found this free graphing software which rocks, in my opinion. It is Ivan Johansen’s Graph. A very useful tool, in my opinion. I used it just last week to save me in one of my programs by interpolating a function I needed for a series of data.

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Obama and Hillary on Healthcare

Interesting discussion on Ask Metafilter on where Obama and Hillary really stand on healthcare. My favorite quote: Everyone has been largely correct so far. The reason why I like Obama’s plan is because I can envision it getting passed. Clinton’s plan has mandates. I grew up in Indiana. I know how that word translates to […]

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