Monthly Archives: May 2007

Cousin Kenny

I was going to write about the Memorial Day picnic, but really there’s not much to say. It was fun. On Saturday my mother’s cousin Kenny died from a protracted illness. Today was the memorial service, essentially a funeral. It … Continue reading

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Giovi’s

I got a visit on Saturday from a very attractive couple, both about my age. They rang our front doorbell. It was boiling hot out, and I was damp with sweat. The man was wearing a long-sleeve gray shirt and … Continue reading

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Memorial Day Weekend

It’s time for our annual barbeque, so I came home. Today we went sailing (I wore a hat and sunblock). Due to a long chain of events that started with my mom trading her Insignia NS-DV4G audio player (which doesn’t … Continue reading

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Enjoy

Without any classes, I’m a little bit hazy as to what my obligations are, so I decided to just enjoy today and not worry about it. In the morning I went in search of the Harvard gym, which I’ve had … Continue reading

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Over!

I’ve spent the last five days working nonstop on my class project for my PDEs class. Literally, from 4:30 PM on Friday until 11 AM today, I did not leave my house except to buy food or use Harvard’s computer … Continue reading

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Tikhonov Regularization

I have successfully implemented the Tikhonov Regularization. It’s a system for improving the error-resilience of sensitive ill-posed problems. Bottom line: it might just be the most advanced mathematical technique I’ve ever employed, and it’s working beautifully.

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Gig

The Chorallaries got hired to perform at the Chemistry department’s annual dinner thing at the MIT Museum, which was today. Thanks to my sunburn, I showed up looking like I was disfigured by some kind of deadly contagious flesh-eating disease. … Continue reading

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Hmph

My face is kind of flaking off. Stupid sunburn. It’s not very pretty. Also my code has an infinite loop, and I don’t know where it is. My project report is due Friday. But in a week, the whole semester … Continue reading

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Boat

We went sailing today, and by we, I mean I, my parents, and our four Chinese friends. It was a beautiful, clear, crisp day, with an incredible amount of wind. It would’ve been a great day for a race. It … Continue reading

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Movie

This morning was my second-cousin Gabriel’s Bar Mitzvah, which was very nice, and very classy, but also quite standard; there’s kind of nothing to describe. This evening we had our Chinese friends over again; we watched “The Wedding Banquet”, which … Continue reading

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