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Asides
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2nd May 2012My Writing PlaceAll warm, in bed:
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18th October 2011I Am a NerdThe popular understanding of what is it to be a ‘nerd’ is not right. I’m not saying that people are using the word differently than defined: I’m saying that I don’t think the current definition is quite what it should be. Google calls a nerd: “an intelligent, single-minded expert in a particular technical discipline or profession”. Wikipedia says: “Nerd is a term that refers to an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit”. My definition of nerdiness (which I believe I came to through Marco) is along the same lines. But it’s a bit simpler. As far ...
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17th June 2011SnowFeels like it's still winter here at times.
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9th May 2011Revised ScheduleNobody could have predicted... I don't have enough time to post my travel log in 'real time' any more. By that, I mean posting each entry exactly 1 year ((= 365 days.)) after I first wrote it. I thought I was going to be able to handle it but I was wrong. And for that, I am sorry. Digitising the one or two thousand words which I wrote every day during my trip ((The days so far have been sporadic, but that's because it took a while to get up to speed with the writing when I was away. Things became more ...
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7th February 2011RAF LeucharsI hope it stays. More on this later. UPDATE: I wrote about this issue at length.
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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.
