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Archive for May 16th, 2003

Piece of pi

Posted by Jordan on May 16th, 2003

I’m sure this story was heavily slashdotted at some point, and I just missed it, but I’m suprised none of my friends pointed it out to me. I am, after all, the freak who memorized a couple of hundred digits of pi in 3rd grade because I thought it might be fun.
If you [...]

Summer goals

Posted by Jordan on May 16th, 2003

Even though I haven’t actually been a student for a while now, the summer still offers the same sort of feeling. The entire campus is quiet, so the work environment is more relaxing, Jaime’s less stressed since she has no school, and it’s a good time to work on things that have slipped by [...]

Chinese state names

Posted by John on May 16th, 2003

I still correspond with a few people that I met in Changchun and Baishan, and to be fair to them I’ve started writing (as much as I can) in Chinese. They’re writing in English to accommodate me, so I thought it would be nice to return the favor.
Needless to say this has helped my [...]

Why wouldnt you just give it to me

Posted by Jordan on May 16th, 2003

Of late, I’ve been receiving a large volume of spam with the exact same content. I get the spam on my home account, I get it on my numerous work mailing-lists and accounts, and I get complaints about it in my role as one of the official complain-about-spam-people for UF.
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 [...]