This is one of those sites that everyone should take a look at. As the title would suggest, it’s got explanations of various sorts. Some math, some computer programming, and a few other things too.
I found it through a link to a computer explanation, but I love the math explanations. They’re the kind of thing that can turn a fence-sitter into a “casual” math geek and I’m finally starting to understand imaginary numbers and logarithms.
Well, my brother showed me a crackpot video about asteroid 2007 TU24 and the refutation and it reminded me of the old classic… Time Cube.
Out of curiosity, I decided to check the Wikipedia article… enjoy the parodies I found. đ
I ran across this hilarious joke article a year or two ago but forgot to blog about it. It’s primarily focused on people who are interested in learning Japanese, but you’ll get a laugh out of it no matter who you are.
I’ve decided to break from the “one review and one non-review per day, alternating” pattern for the forseeable future. It’s making it difficult for me to get my coursework in on time.
As a result, you’ll probably see a lot more non-fanfiction posts and a lot fewer reviews. Sorry, but I’ve had problems with procrastination in the past and fanfiction is the worst catalyst I’ve encountered so far. On the plus side, I’ll post non-fanfic stuff as soon as I feel like it, so there’s no longer a practical limit to the number of posts I might make in a day.
If you’ve read my previous posts on the git revision control system, you know that I like it very much. (It’s almost the best thing since sliced bread đ ) However, there is one add-on for it which I could never quite figure out the utility of… StGIT.
Well, I finally got around to asking the guys in #git @ FreeNode and now I know… it’s main beneficial application is in managing patches against a moving target. Or, as the summary for “quilt” (an older standalone tool with a similar purpose) says, The key philosophical concept is that your primary output is patches. Not “.c” files, not “.h” files. But patches.
I see it as being incredibly useful as an aid to developing against projects for which you only have read-only/public repository access… including the thousands which are managed by Subversion or CVS. Run `git help svn` and `git help cvsimport` for details. As for StGIT itself, there’s a crash course on the git website.
Ranma and The Doctor by Turbanator
Length: 9 Chapters, Ongoing
Sources: Ranma ½, Doctor Who
Rating: 4/5
Today’s special is “Ranma and The Doctor” and if you guessed that the crossover is Ranma ½ – Doctor Who, then you get a cookie. (some restrictions may apply, see store for details)
The basic plot is that the Open Water Kettle got destroyed before Ranma’s curse could be unlocked and then Gosunkugi found something bad enough for The Doctor to have to drop by. A little Nerima chaos later and we find Ranma travelling with The Doctor and, though they don’t know it, Ryoga and Tatewaki Kuno dragged along for the ride.
I haven’t actually watched Doctor Who, but, given what I know about Ranma stories, I think the story feels like a Doctor Who story with Ranma elements injected… mainly because it has no qualms about sacrificing faceless characters to drive home the seriousness of a threat. Obviously, the story has little in the way of humor but it provides a lot of interesting character interaction between Ryoga and Kuno and between Ranma and The Doctor. I haven’t noticed any grammatical or spelling mistakes so far.
Ironically, I find myself enjoying the parts which follow Ryoga and Kuno more than anything else…especially Ryoga. (I usually prefer Ranma-centric stuff) For example, when the TARDIS pulls them to New New York in the far future, Ryoga ends up rich from selling his wallet’s contents to a museum, and then spends 10% of that wealth on a state-of-the-art pocket UPS (Universal Positioning System) with an AI who ends up being more a companion and friend than a tool.
Oh, and if it helps convince you to read this, I found it through a fanfiction.net C2 list focused on good Ranma fiction.
National Geographic – Anglerfish
Like most people, I knew that the anglerfish was a deep sea fish that could probably win the all-time butt-ugly fish contest, but there’s a lot I didn’t know. Given how interesting and concise the page is (about a screenful on a 1280×1024 display), I decided I’d just link to it.
Enjoy.
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