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Unless you’re one of those people who doesn’t really pay attention to technology, and if you are, you probably aren’t going to be reading this, you’re aware that Amazon has an electronic book reading device called the Kindle. If you happen to be living [...]
“Fermat’s Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem” (Amir D. Azcel, Amir D. Aczel)
I read this on the flight into San Francisco yesterday. It’s been awhile since I’ve read a math story (I last read, “The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity” (Amir D. Aczel)). Amir [...]
So, it’s almost 2008! I’m still stranded out east waiting for a brief gap in the constant snowfall so I can drive home. Patience is strained, but holding. It’s been made more bearable by good reading and fine scotch.
Over the holidays, I read Charles Stross‘ Glasshouse and thoroughly enjoyed it. It continues to amaze me [...]
“Accelerando” (Charles Stross)
This week I’ve been frittering through Accelerando by Charles Stross. It’s a great book, and I’m genuinely bummed that I’m going to be finished it soon. Like, tomorrow sometime in the midafternoon probably somewhere over Nebraska. Stross has vaulted himself into my shortlist of science fiction writers with the likes of Vernor Vinge [...]
I haven’t been typing much into this thing lately. Firstly, a quote:
14:52 < phik> now that I eat two meals a day, I’m a lot more regular
14:52 < phik> I just thought you should know that
thanks, phik!
I finished a good book a little while ago: Greg Bear’s Eon. It’s an older book – by science [...]
I’m at work, in my cube and I can’t connect to the ‘net through my laptop. Oh, sure, I can use this simulacrum of connectivity, but it feels weird, heightens my paranoia and limits my enjoyment. The reason for this lack of connectivity is that I made some modifications to my Airport last night and forgot to re-enable the dialup options. In other words, I n3wbed myself…
This book is a collection of probes into the moment-by-moment works of the brain. It’s not a textbook—more of a buffet, really. Each hack is one probe into the operation of the brain, one small demonstration. By seeing how the brain responds, we pick up traces of the structures present and the design decision made, [...]
I found this gem on Blogdex today: The Best Webcomics of 2004 on the Examiner. They’ve got some links to what look like excellent online comics. Sadly, the majority of them are subscription only. I guess you can’t fault someone for trying to make a buck, but that’s gotta be a tough slog.
Here are some [...]
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