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I’ve been house-sitting for most of the past week; given that there are no pets in said house, it’s pretty light duty all things considered. It took me about a day and a half to get over the I’m in … Continue reading →

…or maybe that’s just a false memory of a Golden Age of Blogging. Probably, come to think of it. I’ve been back in the birth-country for about a week and a half now, and somehow in that time I’ve managed … Continue reading →

Been a busy couple of weeks here in Nutshell Central. Principally there was Workshop Hell, which I’ve come out the other side of pretty much unscathed, and with a better working knowledge of Fourier transforms and weavelets than at any … Continue reading →

I have an occasional weakness: every now and again, when I find myself at a bookstore and am not worried about money, I will buy a computer book. Principally, these books tend to be about programming in Cocoa, the native … Continue reading →

The other week I bought Mike Doughty’s new album; it features a song called “Busting up a Starbux”. This evening I was out doing math with my most recent visitor, and heard the album — including said song — over … Continue reading →

OK, so I’m being bad about updating again. I plead summertime and easy living as my excuse. Things going through my head recently: A long time ago I bought a bunch of “snack bags” (small, sealable plastic bags) on the … Continue reading →

So far my biggest accomplishment this weekend has been to buy a bookshelf. The principal utility of said bookshelf is that it’s just tall enough that I can easily put things on top of it, and it’s right by the … Continue reading →

I’d hoped that I’d be able to take some of my vacation to maybe assemble the syllabus for my summer course, and maybe finished typing up one of the two or three papers that want finishing. My bad planning put … Continue reading →

My office is a place I go to in order not to do work. Seriously. I work in coffeeshops. I work (after a manner of speaking) when I’m driving long distances. Hell, I get more work done waiting for car … Continue reading →

Just a few quick things, since I feel like I haven’t been posting enough. I’ve been reading through an extensive — some might say exhaustive — review of Mac OS 10.4 (AKA Tiger). He goes into a lot of technical … Continue reading →