K-Meleon July 25, 2009

I just downloaded K-meleon, and I have to say I’m very impressed of how fast it is. Unlike in Chrome, Flash works smoothly even in Youtube.
Besides I like the fact that it looks like any Windows program. It lacks the extra layer where a Windows application tries not to look like one.
It’s so cool that [...]

Fear April 7, 2009

Just turning the fear off is
surprisingly easy.
Actually too easy for most of us,
they fear.
 
But useful if you want to
act like a psychopath 
while talking to your boss
or something.

Chadwick Tyler April 3, 2009

Chadwick Tyler’s decadent photographs are worth checking out.

Getting out March 25, 2009

Today at noon I’ll stop using Facebook. 
It messes with my brain, takes my time and spoils my concentration. 
Yet there are some deeper reasons too. It has to do with the concept of friendship. This has very much to do about why I think Facebook isn’t good for my thinking and my quality of life.
Many people seem [...]

Unbalanced trees and the usefulness of trivial March 25, 2009

Late last night I was walking home through the empty city. It was dark and very cold.
I remember I was thinking about the redundancy. Then I thought about teaching binary trees and how to balance then. My imaginary student asked me laughingly if unbalanced trees are of any use.
I answered him – mentally of course [...]

Firefox unsafe? January 7, 2009

I had a virus on my computer a few months ago, and I have a hunch that Firefox is a bit more susceptible to viruses than, say, Safari, Opera or Chrome.
However, I haven’t seen it documented anywhere.

Composers, evolution and entitlement August 8, 2008

Besides being great composers Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven share another interesting feature. None of them have living descendants. Beethoven was childless and Mozart had six children, two of whom survived in the adulthood. Bach had whopping twenty kids, eleven of whom died before adulthood. 
Yet, all their family lines dried up eventually. I came to think [...]

Background noise August 8, 2008

People use to sneer at those who always have a television or radio on at home. A friend of mine has, and he says it is because he thinks silence and wallowing in your thoughts deteriorates your brains. They’re meant to process information, and if they don’t get anything new, they have to do with [...]

Writer’s block August 8, 2008

This summer I’ve written my blog for about once a month. There are several reasons for that:

Lack of routine. I just slipped out of daily writing. When I used to blog regularly, I sometimes had to force myself not to blog. Breaking a routine, be it writing or not writing, is very hard.
Personal interests. I used [...]

Allergic to music August 8, 2008

I haven’t been able to listen to any kind of music for about a week or two. I’ve tried, and every time it feels the same. For the first seconds I listen to it with some concentration, but it leaves me completely cold. After some thirty seconds music starts to annoy me. After that I [...]