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Descartes is sitting in a bar, having a drink. The bartender asks him if he would like another. "I think not," he says and vanishes in a puff of logic.
Probabilistic statistics sacrifice perfection at the microscale for optimization at the macroscale.
Got that? Me neither—intuitively. This article helped.
At last, a big block snowblower.
With a 454 cubic inch 412 HP V8, 42" two-stage auger, 10 bolt truck differential with spool, and a centrifugal auger clutch with shear pin protection . . . You don't know what I got!
Madison Avenue without all of its buses isn't really Madison Avenue. I stand in the quiet middle of it all, untouched, and smile a strange smile.
These streets remind me of other bad and unusual times. All the people, with the crazed looks in their eyes, rushing to get somewhere else. At least we are not covered in gray dust. At least it's not approaching 100 degrees. Instead, it is freezing. We're covered in cold and covered in frustration.
Because PATH trains to and from New Jersey are still running, my commute was only moderately influenced. At Grove Street, where I…
I don't know nothing about nothing — I don't even own an iPod — but when I opened the attachment and scanned the press release, I was absolutely and immediately impressed.
This might be the thing that lots of people have been waiting for. Very cool.
At last year's Home Entertainment Show, I went back to the Naim room over and over again. Just for fun. Their room was simple and modest, and all about the music. Every time I arrived, I was greeted only by a smile and a nod and a seat. I sat there and listened to entire albums. Their small n-SERIES setup produced lovely…
Dear readers,
I've already totally blogged myself out today, but here's this poem that I just found, and fell in love with.
Is it okay to fall in love with a poem that you've only just met?
Yes, I think it's okay.
The poem is by David Berman of the Silver Jews. I found it while looking for an answer to Jim Tavegia's question, "Just exactly how challenged are we when we name music groups Silver Jews?"
"Silver Jews" never struck me as a particularly strange, or uninspired, band name — and I think Jim was only half-serious — but I figured I'd try to…