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Entries from November 2007

PhD Comics - Master of the Universe

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Ahhh, I know this feeling:

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Tags: Science · Tech

Comment Spam Filter - My Apologies

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

I want to apologize if you’ve left a comment recently that never showed up. For some reason, I am not getting emails when new comments are posted lately. I am going to contact my web host to have this fixed. It has happened before.
I’ve moderated all of the comments that were in the moderation queue. [...]

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Tags: Tech

Mac OS X Professional

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

It has occurred to me over my several days of using Leopard at work that it looks a lot more professional than the older versions of Mac OS X. Everything is cleaner and sharper (with the exception of that ridiculous dock), less cartoony.
Contrast this with Windows, in which the default theme has become more and [...]

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Tags: Mac OS X · Tech

Easily the greatest graffiti in Minneapolis at this moment

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Easily the greatest graffiti in Minneapolis at this moment

Originally uploaded by Ando Pando

More heart graffiti. This one’s from Minneapolis, MN!

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Tags: Other

Third Time’s the Charm? Re-reading GEB (again)

November 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. It has been described as, “The book for which there is no appropriate description.” It incorporates symbolic logic, cognitive science, Zen Buddhism, mathematics, consciousness, art, music, and much more. I first heard of it my freshman year of college while browsing E2, where it was (mostly) discussed [...]

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Tags: Religion · Science