Two weeks ago, I picked up my copy of Programming in Scala, which had been languishing on my shelf for months. I pre-purchased it since I went to high school with one of the authors (Lex Spoon). His mother, incidentally, was also my favorite math teacher. When I started my new job back in September [...]
Posts Tagged ‘friends’
Learning Scala
Posted: 11 July 2009 in UncategorizedTags: books, friends, programming languages, ruby, scala, twitter
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Oak Island
Posted: 29 May 2008 in UncategorizedTags: beach, crabs, family, friends, north carolina, oak island, piers, sharks, vacations, weddings
This past weekend at Oak Island, NC was extremely fun. My sister got married, I got to catch up with family and friends, and I got to bask in the beauty of the ocean and great weather. It was very depressing to leave. The beach house we stayed in was surprisingly nice. The game room [...]
Support farmers in developing nations
Posted: 17 March 2008 in UncategorizedTags: contests, developing nations, farmers, friends, funding, non-profit
My friend Israel has a passion for helping people. He’s currently working on a grant proposal for a project to bring text alerts to farmers in so-called developing nations. Currently, middle men come to farmers and buy their goods at prices that aren’t always the going market rate. Farmers are often isolated and so getting [...]
Meh Tuesday
Posted: 5 February 2008 in UncategorizedTags: corporate media, friends, politics, presidential election, super tuesday
My longtime friend over at the Wrathful Dove has an excellent post today on the lack of superness in this so-called Super Tuesday, and I wanted to give it a plug. Here is a brief excerpt that I thought sheds light on the charade that we call “elections” in America: I was reading the “issues” [...]
Where do I belong?
Posted: 30 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: cities, friends, london, places, polls, tastes
You Belong in London A little old fashioned, and a little modern.A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock. A unique soul like you needs a city that offers everything. No wonder you and London will get along so well. What City Do You Belong In? This, via my friend Israel. I guess we [...]
Wedding toast
Posted: 11 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: cmu, friends, humor, marriage, wedding toasts, weddings
I just attended a wedding yesterday and have been without Internet for way too long. Interestingly, my last post became wildly popular on both digg and stumbleupon. That post has more than doubled the total traffic of all time to my blog, bringing it to over 10k hits. As of the writing of this post, [...]
Laptops for Tanzania part 2
Posted: 23 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: charity, facebook, friends, laptops, razoo, tanzania
My friend Israel is trying to raise money for laptops for school kids in Tanzania. If you’re on Facebook and have about 30 seconds, why not vote for him? Razoo is a speed granting organization that gives money to small charitable projects. You can view his oh-so-pitiful video below. I’ve suggested he update it by [...]
Google me
Posted: 12 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: blagoblag, friends, google, googlewhacks, math competitions, search
There are a disturbing number of Jason Michael Adamses in the world. Two years ago, I tried googling myself and gave up after 20 pages. Using searches that included schools I went to yielded two math competitions from high school in 1992 and 1994 where I ranked in one and my team ranked in the [...]
Christian nation
Posted: 8 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: bumper stickers, cars, christian nation, friends, homeless, transformers
While driving home today from a dog event (which I may post pictures from in a bit), I saw this great bumper sticker: “America is a Christian nation, which is why we don’t have any homeless people.” Well put. And if you squint really hard, you’ll see that bumper sticker in the upper left corner [...]
