January 2011
14 posts
discrete differential geometry
Julia referred me to a New York Times article on the interaction between physics and animation, which is part of her extraordinary makeup. A quote from the article talking about what the animators do is below:
“What he and others mean when they refer to work as “principled” or “beautiful” is that the images on screen are not the result of a patchwork of technical tricks, but of precise...
December 2010
8 posts
Among the things that are not fun
is spending 5 hours at CarMax. Our Accura has 156000 miles and a balky transmission. Need to either repair or trade it in. Florida is “used car paradise” so I checked it out. First problem is not knowing what you want. Second is what you probably need, you don’t want. Couldn’t pull the trigger.
NFL Personal Conduct Policy
Includes the following broad statement:
“Conduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity and reputation of the NFL, NFL clubs, or NFL players.”
How does the conduct of Antonio Cromartie not violate that policy? Here is an excerpt from his Wikipedia entry:
“ Cromartie has fathered nine children with eight women living in six states, and has been named in at least five...
This is remarkable. →
It's about time they busted this politician. ... →
Cross Country travel is debilitating.
Two possible solutions are first, get a smaller country and second, move the west coast closer to the east coast. These are not necessarily the same solution because with the second option we could shape the country like Chile.