December 2008
3 posts
Lockhart's Lament (warning: PDF) →
Excellent description of what goes wrong in the teaching of mathematics in modern schools.
Announcing Catalog!
Last Saturday night, I was talking to Mike, a (pgh) friend of mine, and he mentioned the arduous process he goes through in order to catalog his DVDs and keep track of who he’s lent them to.
Announcing Catalog!, a Google AppEngine based product that expedites this process. Right now, you can add DVDs by UPC lookup (thanks to Amazon.com), and lend and return DVDs by UPC.
Setting up an...
“Death is a Dialogue between
The Spirit and the Dust.
“Dissolve”...”
– Emily Dickinson