Monthly Archives: June 2007

Last night I saw “Live Free or Die Hard” with a few MTG folks. I am a notorious cheapskate, but I definitely felt that I got my $8 worth. Afterward, we grabbed some food and headed to a nearby apartment … Continue reading →

As part of an effort to simplify my life (and fit all my food into one cabinet) I do not buy cookies or other desserts. Instead, I buy chocolate chips, which I typically find to be higher quality than candy-bar … Continue reading →

My bicycle tire is flat, so I’ve been taking the bus. It’s been over 90 degrees today and yesterday. This morning I drank almost a liter of water waiting for the bus. I guess I should buy a bicycle pump, … Continue reading →

Amazon (or more accurately, the retailer selling through Amazon) canceled my order. No monitor. OK, let’s try this again.

My friend and roommate is in the reality show “America’s Got Talent”. She’s likely to be in the episode airing tomorrow night at 8 PM on NBC. (That’s Tuesday, June 26). Just thought you might like to know.

Today I had my first dance rehearsal. It was a lot of fun. The dance numbers are big and complicated, with an long sequence of different geometrical forms one after the other, according to the style of the time. The … Continue reading →

I spent today in the MTG set shop, deconstructing old set pieces to reclaim the wood for future use. Afterwards, we walked to Pour House for incredibly cheap burgers. Fun.

My grandparents convinced me to buy a monitor. The sweet spot in the market now seems to be 19″-20″ LCDs. The going rate for 19″ is about $150, at the cheapest, so I was shocked to find one listed at … Continue reading →

I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot today. It’s mostly a lot of little things, like folding my laundry, but perhaps the standout item is that I’ve just finished my first bilinear Tikhonov regularization. The results are not worth much, … Continue reading →

I normally sleep face down. This is a perfectly fine way to sleep, in my opinion, but it is not an option in coach class on an airplane. In the interest of sleeping better on planes, and in other constrained … Continue reading →