Archive for October, 2011

Mathematicians’ glasses

Posted by sarcozona on October 26, 2011. 4 comments.

Many of the papers I’m reading leap between equations with phrases like “The equation may readily be solved to give [next equation which looks totally unlike previous equation],” “The reader may easily supply the details [of the derivation I read this paper to learn],” and “[the next step I really need to make my model […]

Tuesday Shoes Day

Posted by sarcozona on October 25, 2011. No comments.

Occupy Wall Street Confessions

Posted by sarcozona on October 24, 2011. One comment.

As much as I support the Occupy Wall Street movement, I find the actual interviews and videos of the protesters really, really irritating.

Tuesday Shoes Day

Posted by sarcozona on October 18, 2011. 2 comments.

Escaping poverty

Posted by sarcozona on October 2, 2011. 2 comments.

I drove through an Indian Reserve on a class trip this weekend. Homes were rundown and ramshackle, with junk piled helter-skelter. I was deeply uncomfortable without knowing exactly why. Then one of my classmates ‘explained’ that the houses looked so bad because the First Nations people of the area owned the houses communally, with no […]