KernelM's Basic Open Set

The Physics Nobel was announced today and it went to the main two guys behind COBE.

Reuters article.

I went the planetarium this weekend and it reminded me of back when I was a wee lad and wanted to be a particle physicist/cosmologist. (Those two disciplines are more intertwined than you might think. :) ) Reading about COBE still sends chills up my spine. Experimental verification of a complex abstract mathematical theory about the friggin' origins of the universe.

An appropriate XKCD for this topic:


I think I'm going to order the shirt they have too.

Finally getting around to this.

Again, not nearly as much as issue #1.

( Only two this time )

Got the comic, yay! But they were missing two of the covers. :( Should be in by tomorrow. In the meantime... I'm giving translations of the Chinese. Feel free to link to it. (This is a public entry.)

( I like Chinese )

Anybody with questions or corrections, feel free to comment.

I've seen the IMDB top 100 movies meme going around, so I thought I'd take a shot at it. Freshly ganked top 100 list, too. Mmm. I've also included some of the U.S. release titles.

( mooooooovies )

One of my first LJ entries was a books meme, I guess now is as good a time as any for another. :)

From kradical:

Books I've read are in bold. Books I've read some of are in italics. Books I haven't read are in Roman. I've starred books which we read/were supposed to read for class.

( A whole lotta books )

Damn. I need to read more.

Ganked from sffan and maystone

You scored as Buddhist. </td> Buddhist 75% Anarchist 70% Cult 70% Jewish 65% Christian 65% Catholic 35% Religion created with QuizFarm.com

Eh, the top choice sort of makes sense, I guess. Anarchist and cult tied for second? Eek. Of course, that list of categories isn't exactly spanning. *g*

You scored as Lando Calrissian. You are Lando Calrissian. You get to fly the Millenium Falcon. So, you know, I guess that makes you cool and stuff... </td> Lando Calrissian 60% Luke Skywalker 55% Han Solo 55% Chewbacca 50% Princess Leia 25% Which Rebel Are You? created with QuizFarm.com

Er, whatever.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20041123/va_mi/u_shuffles__05_release_sked_1

Warning: Variety-speak within. Basically, it seems the date change has more to do with an overall shift in Universal's schedule than anything else. Not sure if it makes me feel better or not.

And hopefully y'all have already seen Adam's post on the OB about this, but if not, it's worth a look. What would you do to be at that screening, eh?

You're Fred!


Which Angel character are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Hee. Not totally surprising, I guess.

And I'm soooooo loving the new U2 CD. Can't wait for my Collectors' Box to get here.

You Are From Neptune

You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability. You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea. Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your heart overflows with compassion. You can be in a room full of friendly people and feel all alone. If you don't get carried away with one idea, your spiritual nature will see you through anything.

Um, sure.

BTW? Raisins rule. So there.

Since my fandom side dominates the content of my journal, I've decided to make my math geeky side reflected in my layout, at least. After messing around with this S2 thing for a while, this is what I've come up with. All I've changed is most of the text labels and the background.

The theme is... er, graph theory, I guess. Or graph algorithms. Except the background image is a knot. Oh well. Consistency, hobgoblin, etc. :)

So, what do y'all think? Yay, nay, what crack am I on and where can you get some?

Dunno why I'm still up though. That nap really cost me.