Damn. I was reaching for my Polo (’the mint with a…’) just now, and my copy of Numerical Computations slipped off the desk and crashed to the floor. And that got me thinking… The program I’m doing right now at LSE, the MSc in Applicable Mathematics, is pretty good. There’s clearly lots of optimisation theory and [...]
Archive for January, 2007
NA pointed me to Ayaz Amir’s latest column today. It’s not too long, and worth a read. Mr. Amir asks what the purpose of founding Islamabad was, and points out how shoddily the city is being run as it continues to explode beyond the capacity it was designed for. The themes are familiar: the traffic [...]
Scrubs ‘My Musical’ now online!
22Jan07Yay, the latest episode of Scrubs, the much-awaited ‘My Musical’ featuring such sure-fire hits as ‘Everything Comes Down to Poo’ and ‘Guy Love’, is up. Rejoice!
Grr…ClickTale
22Jan07Argh, I’m getting sick of this. I came across ClickTale today, an Israeli startup that provides really detailed web analytics for websites. They offer webmasters the opportunity to track every click and keystroke a user makes on a webpage, and they even compile those sessions into videos that you can watch to see how the [...]
Internet Hilarity
20Jan07Insomnia sucks, but here’s the good that’s come of it: This The OC spoof goes beyond genius…it’s mind-blowing, plain and simple: The ‘Bu. (Ooh, and Elliott from Scrubs is in it!) This Beastie Boys/Dre-and-Snoop rap spoof is also high-high-quality: The Chronic(what?)les of Narnia. This is genius, but you’re going to have to know all about MJ’s career to [...]
Love, Grace, Islam
18Jan07I just got back from the LSE ISOC’s Eid Dinner 2007. The event was on a boat, which was pretty cool, but other than the first half of the trip, we spent most of the night indoors since a) it was freezing and b) we had a guest speaker, Ms. Sarah Joseph. I normally hate speeches [...]
Religion and Science
12Jan07Has anyone else noticed that atheists have suddenly become a lot more vocal than ever before? It’s quite a departure from the quiet indifference that characterised them in the past — indeed, this new breed of atheists displays a decidedly religious zeal in their anti-theism. The questions they raise are interesting to me in questioning [...]
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