I have found that my papers are usually about two and a half times as long as the outline that I used to write them. I finished the Babbage outline this afternoon. It is 15 pages long. I do not know how I will manage to limit the paper itself to 16-20 pages.
While I ponder that, please enjoy this latest list o' links:
- – I was shocked to read last week that Adobe Macromedia, its only real competitor in the web graphics and and content creation realm. This is unquestionably a Very Bad Thing for consumers. I shiver to think what the unholy marriage of PDF and Flash will spawn. (I know I am behind the times posting this now, but I have been busy.)
- – This is perhaps the third most famous equation in mathematics, behind the Pythagorean Theorem and circumference = pi * diameter. It is definitely the most interesting in that it links three of the most important mathematical constants in one simple equation. used to wear a tshirt with the equation printed on the back.
- – It is sad how many of these songs I can link to specific episodes. My favorites are and .
- – My last biology class was during my freshman year of high school. It would have to be a dark day for me to take another life science.
- – Not that I am planning to become an evil overlord...
- – I was in fifth grade when this article about the internet was published. See also: this article I found in a 1998 issue of WIRED.
- – Back before I came to Purdue, I joked about skipping college to become a canoe guide. The guy in the article was not joking about quitting his programming job to become a bicycle courier.