January 2009
24 posts
“It can be deduced that […] may be of high importance […].”
– Some paper I’m reading.
What an empty statement :-/ “May be”? Really?
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Dress uniform tie knots
I just discovered that there is a systematic way to describe tie knots by Fink and Mao, specified in two math papers and a book. Because I wasn’t too happy with my tie knot today, I tried the four standard knots just now with the tie of my army dress uniform to compare them:
The four-in-hand (Li Ro Li Co T according to the Fink/Mao system) is the most simple of the standard knots. I...
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Retail therapy cures everything
I’m ridiculously motivated today. Just because I like the shoes I bought yesterday so much?
How To Criticize Computer Scientists →
R. I. P. university web space
Only 17 months after I finished my master thesis, my university finally decided to take my student website offline. Good thing I saved the blog from my exchange year (to be brought back online by means of tumblr timestamps set to the past).
My university email has been turned off already a few months ago, the VPN access even earlier (sad thing, they have subscribed to almost every important...
Advice Wanted.
mascarah:
Someone I know is in this situation. What would you do? Advice appreciated. I’m at a loss for what to say. The psycho in me is screaming Option A & B, the Sarah in me is saying Fuck it, go with C.
Scenario:
Lets say you went on a blind date with someone and had an amazing time. Because they mention to you something about Facebook and some funny photos from a trip they took, you...
Internet: dispensable
The joystick of my mobile phone hasn’t been working for a few weeks now. Thanks to my intimate knowledge of how to navigate the menus, I’m still able to use the phone for the essentials such as texting and calling people, but browsing the web and checking email via the cool gmail mobile app unfortunately is no more. Also, the 23 times pushing “1” to get “:-)” is...
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Movie addict (facebook app) →
Ever since twofifty.org has closed down (or has it?), I’ve been looking for an alternative way to keep track of my IMDb top 250. Even though it’s not as fancy as twofifty.org was, the facebook app Movie addict does exactly that: show you a list of the IMDb top 250 (updated daily) for you to check and uncheck.
After Sunset Blvd. today, I’m 108 movies down, 142 to go. Up next:...
Attempted robbery
I had a coffee at my favourite coffee place earlier this evening when somebody called the place. The barmaid first mistook the caller for her friend Jeannine, even though it was just a random Jeannine who earlier this day forgot her cap there.
All guests (i.e., me and the other one) starting looking around for the missing object, and while I wasn’t successful, the other guy found something...
