30.6.05
library books
- "jihad!"
- "introducing plato"
- "teach yourself networks in 24 hours"
26.6.05
found poetry
Philip Pastoral
lost in Newark, New
thriving urban subject of decline.
historical Hackney
the richest place
the home of conformist thinkers.
country William from there.
Yet
accelerated by urban renewal schemes, is
hardly there,
touching London, a monument to immigration,
small and failed
But prosperous
Sutton Bryk
Ralph Sadler of Thomas More
Surprising Nation
open after one
in London,
the Parlour elegant for some
wonder rooms and kitchens.
In the midst it is strangely National
soaps, biscuits, cheer and
other joy
look at clothes.
No
venture over the Nation instead,
there are old and lost men
lost in Newark, New
thriving urban subject of decline.
historical Hackney
the richest place
the home of conformist thinkers.
country William from there.
Yet
accelerated by urban renewal schemes, is
hardly there,
touching London, a monument to immigration,
small and failed
But prosperous
Sutton Bryk
Ralph Sadler of Thomas More
Surprising Nation
open after one
in London,
the Parlour elegant for some
wonder rooms and kitchens.
In the midst it is strangely National
soaps, biscuits, cheer and
other joy
look at clothes.
No
venture over the Nation instead,
there are old and lost men
25.6.05
3 reasons to respect evil Swiss genius Leonhard Euler
- inventing graph theory (for the undeserving idiot townspeople of Königsberg who spent all their free time trying to walk round the town crossing each bridge over the river once and once only, and never figured out it was impossible
- eiπ+1=0 (euler's equation, even though there are about 300 equations called euler's equation)
- the sum from 1 to ∞ of 1/ns is equal to the product from 1 to ∞ of 1/1-pn-s, where pn is the nth prime (possibly also called euler's equation. it and various generalisations are useful for doing things with various zeta functions and using them to prove things about primes)
I still don't like him though. some people are too smart for their own good. go Gauss!
23.6.05
synergies
i have a temp job and am spending my afternoons filing letters for money, and my evenings studying sorting and searching algorithms for fun. this is good.
it means i can stick to the principle of not trying to implement algorithms on a machine without trying them by hand on at least a small amount of data.
it also means that i am getting very good at filing, if i wasn't before.
especially important is the fact of working in a small office w/ 8-10 other people, and having to work w/o a desk/in a corridor much of the time. since the thing about sorting is that it's pretty easy if you have a large amount of space to place things. it's only when you don't that it gets clever.
it also makes life easier not having to engage in idle mathematical speculation about more than one thing a day.
it means i can stick to the principle of not trying to implement algorithms on a machine without trying them by hand on at least a small amount of data.
it also means that i am getting very good at filing, if i wasn't before.
especially important is the fact of working in a small office w/ 8-10 other people, and having to work w/o a desk/in a corridor much of the time. since the thing about sorting is that it's pretty easy if you have a large amount of space to place things. it's only when you don't that it gets clever.
it also makes life easier not having to engage in idle mathematical speculation about more than one thing a day.
14.6.05
6885 characters/hour
..my data entry speed with errors deducted.
(not bad apparently)
I love job agencies
(not bad apparently)
I love job agencies
12.6.05
all ways of colouring a 3x3 square with two colours, excluding rotations and reflections
7.6.05
found haiku
experiences.
because i'll be dead one day.
thinking about this
because i'll be dead one day.
thinking about this
6.6.05
worthy of hatred
gwen stefani and whoever 'writes' her 'lyrics' for her.
'this sh*t' is SH*T and YOU are fucking bananas, woman.
'this sh*t' is SH*T and YOU are fucking bananas, woman.