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Something I’d like to see on sites with random folks writing reviews: cumulative frequency statistics. What I mean by that: a problem I have with amazon, IMDB and the like is that comments and ratings tend toward the extremes (and … Continue reading →

Sitting in my office thinking that I should really get some coffee or lunch or something, which would require a trip to a bank machine. At the very moment I come to that conclusion, a textbook buyer shows up. $50 … Continue reading →

…is my Ontario wine recommendation of the moment: a pleasant red, light but earthy, which is a neat trick. I know there are those who say that one should never drink alone, but if I followed that then I’d almost … Continue reading →

For those playing along at home, I’m back from my sojourn Down South. It was a bit of an odd trip. I left graduate school fairly early — three years between my Bachelor’s and Ph.D, which is really rather short … Continue reading →

This is a weird sort of week for me, since tomorrow I’m flying down South, back to the place where I took my doctorate. This is strange on several levels, not the least of which being that it’s only Tuesday … Continue reading →

A selection of things that are raising my ire at the moment: I’m sick, and have been all weekend. It’s not bad enough that I need to go check in to a hospital or anything — really, it’s just a … Continue reading →

So the sun’s shining today and the skies are clear. If this was back home, I’d be saying that the temperature reached double-digits today; that doesn’t make so much sense where I am, but it’s true nonetheless. I’ve been getting … Continue reading →

Some moron in a minivan managed to reverse into the front of my car today. What happened was they realised that they were in a drive-through lane, or possibly they knew that already and realised that they didn’t want to … Continue reading →

Hey all. Back from Florida; I’d posted an entry from the conference (see below), but due to some quirk of Blogger it hasn’t shown up until now. It was, I think, a good conference. I’ve got three new research projects … Continue reading →

Just a quick update for anyone who’s started depending on regular Tuesday Nutshell fixes and were perturbed by the radio silence yesterday. Currently in Florida at a math conference; I’ll be posting a fuller account of my adventures here a … Continue reading →