Category Archives: ideas

Reading papers

I’m working on the literature review chapter of the dissertation and it’s gotten me thinking. It’s a real pain to put together a good survey. It’s hard to know what papers are out there, what they say, and what’s notable … Continue reading

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Thinking about ideas

Marios pointed me to this article from the New Yorker, again by Malcolm Gladwell. I’ve been thinking about many of these ideas lately, and Gladwell seems to have come up with them at the same time… The article is both … Continue reading

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What is this I’m listening to?

I’ve been listening to last.fm a lot recently, especially while I’m working. My goal has been mostly to listen to music, but also to be exposed to new music. The problem is that if I hear something new that I … Continue reading

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Bike trainer transcription

My parents got me a bike trainer for Hanukkah this year and I’ve been riding inside while the weather is crappy. On Graham‘s recommendation, I got the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine. It’s a fluid trainer, so the resistance comes from … Continue reading

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Firefox memory monitor

I’d like to have a firefox memory monitor, like the unix program top. It would show a list of all of the web pages currently open in different tabs and windows and how much of my system resources they’re each … Continue reading

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