http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/ en-us 2006-05-29T23:18:29-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000073.html Spoilers below and I give away the ending so don't read this unless you've seen it!!!! I normally stay away from reviewing big mainstream commercial entities. However, the X-Men was at one distant time a staple in my life, keeping... Culture and Vibe Da Mystik Homeboy 2006-05-29T23:18:29-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000072.html HIV has been a disqueting bug in the back of mind for a while. The contrast between the healing abilities of surrendering your self to your sexuality, and the worlds that exists when one is infected is something that I... biology Da Mystik Homeboy 2006-05-17T01:22:26-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000070.html Jeanette M Wing, the head of CMU's CS department, has written a great opinion piece on thinking like a computer scientist, and approaches head on about how myself, and a lot of other CS people think about think world, and... computing Da Mystik Homeboy 2006-03-07T23:39:19-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000069.html Personal Da Mystik Homeboy 2006-02-02T22:38:36-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000066.html Loose accounting is a mortal sin to the responsible adult world. If one really aim to be a serious, having-your-shit-down, reliable type of person, then you must devote part of yourself to being a bureacrat of your own life and... Personal Da Mystik Homeboy 2006-01-28T11:17:11-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000065.html Constructal Theory is nascent but still really interesting way at looking at optimization in systems: "The main principle of the constructal theory is that every system is destined to remain imperfect. According to this, the best that can be done... systems Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-12-30T16:08:26-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000064.html For someone with pagan roots like myself, the New Year typically starts arond the solstice -- so am already starting my year. Thus far it's been actually more productive than I thought. I've taken extended holiday at work (if not... Personal Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-12-27T21:59:09-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000060.html So there are days when you are happy or unproductive or sad, and then there are those erie times when it seems like everyone in your sphere is simeltaeously going through the same bouts of emotional karma (those days when... Culture and Vibe Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-07-16T15:39:39-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000059.html To make it all sweet is successful completion of Golub and Biella's, alongside Mark (who does not have a blog) doctoral defenses. Congratulations!... Personal Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-06-06T22:30:08-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000058.html Right now, and for the entirety of the past 3 days I have been in Chicago, an enormous pollen drop is occuring from the cottonwood trees all throughout the city. Every neighborhood I have been has had so much white... geography Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-06-06T22:27:14-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000057.html Revisiting the Deep Throat/Watergate stuff has brought out some interesting but very relevant lessons for outing a story against a powerful administration. Killing/spinning a story is perfected to the point that only someone that studies mass media can pick out... politics Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-06-04T15:02:22-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000055.html Okay. I'm a gossip slut. I like to hear about your steamy anxieties and torrid affairs and the events that actually shape your world. I think there are many different types of gossips... Many like the journalistic reporting aspect of... social systems Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-04-26T13:21:49-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000054.html Ioerror is one of 2 Americans I personally know that have made the journey as civilians to Iraq (the other, of course, is the slightly infamous cypherpunk Ryan Lackey). Our beloved Error has crossed the border into iraq from turkey... people Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-04-16T11:31:32-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000052.html w00t! I have new muscles! I sat up this evening and felt my quadriceps and much to my surprise there were these new bumps and contours that weren't there before :) :). This is the second set of bulges that... biology Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-04-13T21:59:02-08:00 http://evil-wire.org/~ampere/nootrome/archives/000051.html The Electronic Library of the Mechanical Math Faculty of Moscow State University contains a holy horde of useful online english books in mathematics and physics. Use babelfish to translate or click on Книги on the top nav for a list... Da Mystik Homeboy 2005-04-13T13:25:07-08:00