Harry Schwartz Eats the World » magic number http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world Figuratively. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Cosmos on Hulu! http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/cosmos-on-hulu http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/cosmos-on-hulu#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0000 Harry http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/?p=154 cosmos

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.

]]> http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/cosmos-on-hulu/feed 2 Mathematica 7 http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/mathematica-7 http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/mathematica-7#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:52:00 +0000 Harry http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/?p=99 mathematica geese

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

]]> http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/mathematica-7/feed 1 The Nattering Nabobs Of Negativity http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/the-nattering-nabobs-of-negativity http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/the-nattering-nabobs-of-negativity#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:45:00 +0000 Harry http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/?p=51 Nattering Nabobs

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!

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