I like having a personal wiki. I keep track of my personal projects, various GTD meta-stuff, and even tracking shared expenses with family and roommates. Originally, I used MoinMoin, a very easy-to-edit but powerful wiki clone written in Python. We’ve been using MoinMoin for several years (at least 3, I think) in our lab. [...]

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I miss NOLA already.

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In undergrad we learned about non-Newtonian fluids. Normally fluids that we’re familiar with (like water) have a constant viscosity. However, some fluids change their viscosity depending on strain rate. That is: they get thicker or thinner when you move something through them.
The quintessential example of this, often used in demonstrations, is to mix cornstarch [...]

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difusor

Originally uploaded by orticanoodles

I’m traveling this weekend and things will be less regular than usual. Not like my Hearty Friday posts have been regular or on Friday most of the time.
Also, most of my Hearty Friday posts from Flickr have been artistic hearts (as in, not anatomical). This one is art to be sure, [...]

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I came across this quote in the subversion book:

“It is important not to let the perfect become the enemy of the good, even when you can agree on what perfect is. Doubly so when you can’t. As unpleasant as it is to be trapped by past mistakes, you can’t make any progress by being afraid [...]

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