izzy's pragmatic ramblings

wizzy: @benkepes oh :) happy birthday !

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:14:13 +1300

wizzy: @benkepes oh :) happy birthday !:

wizzy: @benkepes oh :) happy birthday !

Some engineer out there has solved P=NP and it’s locked up...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:00 +1300

Some engineer out there has solved P=NP and it’s locked up in an electric eggbeater calibration routine. For every 0x5f375a86 we learn about, there are thousands we never see.

(xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe)

wizzy: @hermione1 that sounds good! i'll get intouch to talk more in ST :)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:55 +1300

wizzy: @hermione1 that sounds good! i'll get intouch to talk more in ST :):

wizzy: @hermione1 that sounds good! i’ll get intouch to talk more in ST :)

wizzy: @hermione1 heard your session in the nz office was brilliant ! ... are you going to be in the nz longer?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:55 +1300

wizzy: @hermione1 heard your session in the nz office was brilliant ! ... are you going to be in the nz longer?:

wizzy: @hermione1 heard your session in the nz office was brilliant ! … are you going to be in the nz longer?

On the Origin of Species, Revisited - New Scientist

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:44:48 +1300

On the Origin of Species, Revisited - New Scientist

wizzy: @wattenberg its a download however, not webbased

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:21:43 +1300

wizzy: @wattenberg its a download however, not webbased:

wizzy: @wattenberg its a download however, not webbased

wizzy: @wattenberg re math eqn grapher give octave a try http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/index.html ive used it back at uni n its pretty&easy

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:21:43 +1300

wizzy: @wattenberg re math eqn grapher give octave a try http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/index.html ive used it back at uni n its pretty&easy:

wizzy: @wattenberg re math eqn grapher give octave a try http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/index.html ive used it back at uni n its pretty&easy

wizzy: @karenlilla cheers on that link ref which let me discover @wattenberg of manyeyes! i referenced his arc-diag paper a few yrs back on a paper

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:21:43 +1300

wizzy: @karenlilla cheers on that link ref which let me discover @wattenberg of manyeyes! i referenced his arc-diag paper a few yrs back on a paper:

wizzy: @karenlilla cheers on that link ref which let me discover @wattenberg of manyeyes! i referenced his arc-diag paper a few yrs back on a paper

wizzy: @karenlilla under 100, yikes hope im quirky enuf to make the cut!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:07:31 +1300

wizzy: @karenlilla under 100, yikes hope im quirky enuf to make the cut!:

wizzy: @karenlilla under 100, yikes hope im quirky enuf to make the cut!

wizzy: @karenlilla reading every tweet is a noble thing!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:16:16 +1300

wizzy: @karenlilla reading every tweet is a noble thing!:

wizzy: @karenlilla reading every tweet is a noble thing!

At its atomic level, a CYOA book is a collection of numbered...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:13:08 +1300

At its atomic level, a CYOA book is a collection of numbered pages of a few different types. Most pages tell a portion of the story, then finish by telling you to jump to another page. A smaller number of pages tell a conclusion to the story and represent an endpoint with no further jumps. We can subdivide these ‘narrative’ and ‘endings’ groups further based on the number of choices offered or the goodness of the ending. To visualize this, imagine color-coding every page in the book and then laying the pages out next to each other

"Nullius in verba"

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:20:29 +1300

“Nullius in verba”

- Motto of the Royal Society (founded 1660)

“Take no one’s word for it”

extended version of the drink vs. dive challenge video. (via...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:27:55 +1300

extended version of the drink vs. dive challenge video. (via bacardiltdchampions)

wizzy: @benkepes congrats on the run placement!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:57:11 +1300

wizzy: @benkepes congrats on the run placement!:

wizzy: @benkepes congrats on the run placement!

wizzy: @eric_andersen yay thanks for the add :) yup will send u a couple more nz ibmers when im at a proper keyboard

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:06:51 +1300

wizzy: @eric_andersen yay thanks for the add :) yup will send u a couple more nz ibmers when im at a proper keyboard:

wizzy: @eric_andersen yay thanks for the add :) yup will send u a couple more nz ibmers when im at a proper keyboard

wizzy: @eric_andersen uve hit the limit! hehe alright if this gets uplifted, keep me in mind :)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:46:13 +1300

wizzy: @eric_andersen uve hit the limit! hehe alright if this gets uplifted, keep me in mind :):

wizzy: @eric_andersen uve hit the limit! hehe alright if this gets uplifted, keep me in mind :)

wizzy: @arfnz have a good flight dont forget to take advantage of great NZ duty free alcohol on the way back :) theres whiskey u cannot get locally

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:56 +1300

wizzy: @arfnz have a good flight dont forget to take advantage of great NZ duty free alcohol on the way back :) theres whiskey u cannot get locally:

wizzy: @arfnz have a good flight dont forget to take advantage of great NZ duty free alcohol on the way back :) theres whiskey u cannot get locally

wizzy: @eric_andersen is that list only for ibmers in your geo?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:55 +1300

wizzy: @eric_andersen is that list only for ibmers in your geo?:

wizzy: @eric_andersen is that list only for ibmers in your geo?

Fortune named Apple CEO Steve Jobs “CEO of the...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:28:00 +1300

Fortune named Apple CEO Steve Jobs “CEO of the Decade” for his phenomenal leadership at Apple and how he has remade four industries (music, movies, mobile telephones, and computing) in the past ten years. Part of the Fortune article was a collection of rarely seen photos. The photos chronicle the life of the iconic CEO. A particularly good read is the article by Harvard Professor Nancy Koehn.

The photo above is of a barefoot Steve Jobs with Bill Gates.

Nataly Dawn & Jack Conte perform a VideoSong cover of...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:38:00 +1300

Nataly Dawn & Jack Conte perform a VideoSong cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ (via PomplamooseMusic)