2006.08.27 16:49:55 EDT Pictures of pig/frog Pigs pigs galore. My pig shelf at home is almost full. Funny frog picture. This is what happens when I tried to take a picture of a frog hanging on a screen door. I probably had the camera too close
2006.08.27 03:37:49 EDT Fvwm config upgrades Have been playing around a bit more with my Fvwm configs. Updated files and screenshots here. Some of the things that I changed: The default font is now no longer the silly default fixed-width sans s
2006.08.24 17:12:18 EDT Pluto demoted; press baffled Turns out we needn't worry about the use of the word "pluton" afterall. The IAU general assembly passed the following resolution: RESOLUTIONS Resolution 5A is the principal definition for the IAU usa
2006.08.22 01:20:53 EDT Maybe they should call them "plutoids" "This would be like if botanists had found something between trees and bushes and invented the word 'animal' to describe it." is what Allen Glazner, a geologist at UNC Chapel Hill, has to say about th
2006.08.21 14:36:39 EDT Buddy's Blues Buddy Rich, one of the best drummers ever, and also one of the world's biggest pricks. He was well known for being verbally abusive to his band members. Now someone took the time and transcribed his r
2006.08.20 20:15:39 EDT Shoe saga After a rather intense game, I was sitting on the sidelines watching my friend Rohit play: he hit a spectacular drop shot that brought a smile to my face. As I looked down (hand reaching up to sort my
2006.08.19 14:13:45 EDT Prisoners and permutations A neat little puzzle (and its solution) at ScienceNewsOnline. The scenario is this: The names of 100 prisoners are placed in 100 wooden boxes, one name per box (assume the are all named differently).
2006.08.16 15:09:26 EDT Office Assignment Office Assignments are out. I will be in 408 Fine next year. The office phone number would be x4219. I'd be sharing it with Kevin, Aaron, Phillip, Zhong Tao, and Pin (with the exception of Zhong Tao,
2006.08.10 21:56:24 EDT It's made out of Cholesterol, Squalene, and Lanosterol This almost makes me regret not being a lab scientist.
2006.08.10 17:32:27 EDT The Squeeze Drove my sister up to Cornell the other day. After laboring hours helping her unpack (by jove their dorm rooms are small... but modern. And clean), mom and I yielded to her insistance on trying some s
2006.08.02 23:08:24 EDT Curious inventions The AMOEBA (Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin) is a water tank. Invented by Mitsui Engineering, the device features oscillators at around the circumference of the circular tank, whose syn