December 2003 – An Ergodic Walk

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long day’s journey into…

December 9, 2003, 10:45 pm

Auditioned for marat/sade, will find out about casting soon. It all reminds me of how long it’s been since I’ve done a production, and gets me thinking about whether I’ll ever do “real” acting again. I...

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the web : misleading you 24/7

December 12, 2003, 3:09 pm

It was pointed out to me by the illustrious Rikin Vasani that google now ranks this site as the #1 hit for “ergodicity.” This alone should speak volumes about the efficiency of google as a research...

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citrus maxima

December 12, 2003, 10:48 pm

I had a Pummelo today, and it was pretty tasty. Sweeter than a grapefruit, but with those huge cells of pulp that grapefruit has. It occurs to me that I don’t know what the cells in citrus fruits are...

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questioning the rules

December 12, 2003, 11:54 pm

Suppose one finishes a first stab at some MATLAB code around 1 AM and decides to celebrate by having some sake and reading a little. One might then read a very anti-labor short story by Heinlein (“The...

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sun, sea, but no air

December 28, 2003, 5:13 am

Yes, I have arrived in Rio! When I return, there will be pictures. I have even tanned a bit. Actually, people here assume I speak Portuguese, and I have managed to gain a rudimentary grasp of 3-4...

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spam/hippies/lenini/racism

December 29, 2003, 3:16 am

I looked through the comments on this excuse for a blog, and noticed that spammers have taken to auto-spamming blog entries. For the example on mine, see the entry I want to axé you a question. I guess...

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jesus christ! a garden!

December 30, 2003, 9:43 am

I did some more sightseeing in Rio — went and saw the big statue of Jesus Christ in at the Corcovado, which overlooks the city. He was big, and art déco. Enough said. I also went to the botanical...

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