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Science Fiction and Fantasy Recommendations, pt. 1: Louis McMaster Bujold

Posted on September 14, 2018 by admin

A friend asked me for my recommendations for the best science fiction and fantasy that I’ve enjoyed over the past decade or so. It’s not an easy question to answer, so I thought it would make a good series of … Continue reading →

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Fun with 3D printer

Posted on January 20, 2017 by admin

Wow, I really don’t update this blog very often. Anyway, for my birthday last year I finally decided to take the plunge and get a 3D printer, something that I had been wanting to do for several years. I did … Continue reading →

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Watching the Star Wars Trilogy With My Daughters

Posted on April 21, 2015 by admin

I have two daughters, aged 8 and 10, and they love Star Wars. They both have Star Wars lightsabers, in the past they’ve had both Star Wars t-shirts and pajamas. They love the new Star Wars: Rebels TV show as … Continue reading →

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Fick’s Law

Posted on August 4, 2014 by admin

Fick’s Law is a principle of physics, and forms the basis and foundation of diffusion and more generally mass transfer. Diffusion is the action where molecules of dye in water spread out out from their source instead of staying concentrated … Continue reading →

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Bubble Collapse: Introduction

Posted on July 29, 2014 by admin

The other day I was playing with some soap bubbles and I started thinking: what makes them pop? And furthermore, sometimes they don’t pop, instead they will shrink down to nothing. So what causes each of these different behaviors? Can … Continue reading →

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Edge of Tomorrow

Posted on July 22, 2014 by admin

I went to see the Tom Cruise movie today, Groundhog’s/Independence Day. I’m not a movie critic so I can’t give a nuanced critique on the movie, but I enjoyed it. Everytime I see a Tom Cruise movie, I want to … Continue reading →

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Highlander: The Series

Posted on July 13, 2014 by admin

Still with much too much free time on my hands, I’ve started re-watching Highlander: The Series, which is conveniently on youtube in its entirety. Some thoughts so far in the first season (which originally showed back in 1992, over 20 … Continue reading →

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Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist

Posted on July 1, 2014 by admin

Now is the time of year when my wife and kids go back to Japan for a major portion of the summer, so I find myself with lots of (i.e. too much) free time. While I always have goals of … Continue reading →

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Rock Paper Scissors Variation

Posted on October 17, 2013 by admin

In my last post, I explained the game theory mathematics of the standard game of Rock Paper Scissors (RPS), and what the Nash equilibrium is and how it works. Now I will show a similar analysis, but based on a … Continue reading →

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: Nash Equilibrium

Posted on October 15, 2013 by admin

Everyone knows the age-old game of rock, paper, and scissors, it’s been around pretty much the whole world for a century or so, and originated in China ~2000 years ago. Generally the game is approached in 1 of 2 ways: … Continue reading →

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