by Jim Stitzel | Feb 1, 2008 | General
I’m kind of annoyed by all the so-called intelligence tests that keep popping up on Facebook. Most of these tests cover topics like celebrities, TV shows and movies, music, etc. – essentially topics involving entertainment and popular media in US culture....
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 31, 2008 | General
Ok, so in my Real Analysis class, we’re finally getting down into the nitty-gritty of discussing mathematical grammar for proofs. We’ve been discussing statements and their negations, converses, and contrapositives. We began with two statements: P: I eat...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 31, 2008 | General
Sometimes I wish that everything was commentable – blog-style. Let’s start with the Internet. Let’s make every web page be built in such a way that you can click on any spot on the screen and write a comment. It would probably cause most web pages to...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 26, 2008 | General
I’m really, really enjoying my Real Analysis class. My inner math geek has been riding on a cloud of euphoria for the last three weeks, and I finally have a good excuse to play with and learn LaTeX , something I’ve wanted to do since I was first introduced...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 25, 2008 | General
I love today’s Non-Sequitur: ((Though I have to admit that most days I do find the comic just plain strident.)) It _does_ seem like we elect government officials based on emotions and popularity and how pretty we think they are, rather than electing them based...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 24, 2008 | General
Hey, check it out! I was finally able to convince the fine folks at Bluehost to install LaTeX on my server. So, now I get to play around with all kinds of math-y goodness. See? R_{munu}-frac{1}{2}Rg_{munu}=8pi G T_{munu} sqrt{6} -0.2overline{370} Pretty frickin’...
