Posts from:
November 2009
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27th November 2009Koch Snowflake (Horizon – How Long is a Piece of String?)NB: If you're just interested in the maths, click here. My most loyal reader and commenter, Sir Terry Kumblemann requested: "Posts about maths (seriously). To be more specific, sequences like the Fibonacci sequence and similar (or completely crazy sequences)." Now, I'm into maths, particularly all things patterny and numbery, but is my knowledge suitable for blog posts? I know that there are many crazy sequences - I could reel off the first 20 numbers of a sequence ((The Fibonacci sequence is particularly interesting, popping up all over nature as if by magic. But I wouldn't give it justice if I wrote about it ...
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26th November 2009Disappointing HorizonsThis post is provided as an appendix to the proceeding post, which will discuss fractals - a topic mentioned in last week's Horizon. I introduce this list by saying: sadly, I can't say that the rest of the current series of Horizon has been as good as "The Secret You" ((Which itself isn't the highest bar to pass.)). "Why Do We Talk?" spends an hour pointing out: "Hey, you know that language thing, it's so weeeeird. Innit?". When the programme concludes I was left with the feeling that my time would have been better spent on reading a book or meeting a ...
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23rd November 2009ScalziI'm beginning to dislike John Scalzi. He's quite a good writer ((Though I'm less impressed by his novels after reading The Forever War.)) but he emboldens the first phrase of every post on his blog. I don't know why, but I don't like it. So there.
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22nd November 2009Sunday, SundayAfter writing the post "Remembrance" ((Let's blog about blogging! Yay!)), and conversing with Mr. Kimble-Wimble in the comments section, I realised that it was bullshit. I started off writing with only a vague feeling - that Remembrance Day is a bit silly - and my lack of structured thinking resulted in a mess of a post with no clear point. I'll be a bit more disciplined with myself. I've been reading a lot lately, mostly blogs through my RSS reader ((NetNewsWire for iPhone, which links up with Google Reader)), as well as a couple of books. In the near 2-months that ...
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20th November 2009
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About Wilf's Blog
I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
