Archive for the ‘magic number’ Category
Cosmos on Hulu!
April 7th, 2009
It seems that the entire series of the 1980 Carl Sagan-narrated Cosmos is now free on hulu! Hearing Sagan say “billions and billions” more than makes up for hulu’s crippling streaming problems.
I’m also pretty sure that this is my 150th post! Woo.
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Mathematica 7
December 3rd, 2008
The new version of Mathematica apparently does some really nifty image and video processing. I’m looking forward to scripting image manipulations in a real programming language (I’m looking at you, Photoshop). It even does edge detection! Wolfram posted a brief tutorial on their blog which shows off some awesomeness.
Tomorrow morning Harry Schwartz is heading right down to the IT desk to pick up his university-purchased copy (Harry Schwartz sees no reason to ever leave academia).
Additionally! If my blog isn’t lying to me, this is the 100th post! I didn’t really intend for this mystical number to be used up on an unpaid shill for Wolfram, but that’s just how it goes. Maybe I’ll save #200 for Noam Chomsky.*
*Who Julia has still not invited to come speak at Ursinus! I called Hofstadter! We had a deal! =P
The Nattering Nabobs Of Negativity
December 10th, 2007
Agnew was known for his tough criticisms of political opponents, especially journalists and anti-Vietnam War activists. He was known for attacking his opponents with unusual, often alliterative epithets, some of which were coined by White House speech-writers William Safire and Pat , including “nattering nabobs of negativism” (written by Safire), “pusillanimous pussyfooters”, and “hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history”. He once characterized a group of opponents as “an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.”
- Wikipedia
So thanks, Spiro Agnew! Or William Safire, I suppose.
P.S. Harry Schwartz has now eaten 50 things! Only ∞ more to go!