Set up the upstairs bookshelf with Spring reading; it looks great.
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LinApple Apple 2E Emulator for Linux
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
LinApple is a port of AppleWin for Linux and it works great. It is a lot of fun to play around with that machine again; fond memories.
Some Thoughts on Mathematics
Thursday, November 15, 2012
R. L. E. Schwarzenberger, The Language of Geometry, in A Mathematical Spectrum Miscellany, Applied Probability Trust, 2000, p. 112: My own attitude, which I share with many of my colleagues, is simply that mathematics is a language. Like English, or Latin, or Chinese, there are certain concepts for which mathematics is particularly well suited: it [...]
First Small Engine Rebuild
Monday, November 12, 2012
Last week my partner and I finished the process of disassembling a working 5HP engine, learning how to measure, how to service, and finally reassembling and successfully starting the engine. It was a lot of fun. Those gasoline lawn mower engines are very remarkable machines!
Introduction to Racket
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Here is a nice introduction to the inspiring parts of Racket and it’s culture (of Racketeers).
Generic Types in Racket
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Here is a nice post about generic data types in Racket.
Halloween 2012 Masks Ready
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Won’t call it art; will call it fun: It is probably scarier in the dark.
Understanding the Y-Combinator with Racket
Friday, September 21, 2012
Understanding the Y-Combinator seems to be one of the functional programming right-of-passage things, and for good reason, it is fun. Not all of the articles out there spoke to me, so I took notes while coding it up in a way that I understood it. My notes are attached in the form of a Scribble [...]
How Mathematicians Eat Corn
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Those who favor analysis eat in a spiral. Those who favor algebra eat row-wise. More data is required for the remaining styles. (via bentilly)
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is one of the most ambitious and influential surveys in the history of astronomy. Over eight years of operations (SDSS-I, 2000-2005; SDSS-II, 2005-2008), it obtained deep, multi-color images covering more than a quarter of the sky and created 3-dimensional maps containing more than 930,000 galaxies and more than 120,000 [...]