Frank B.
Technological dissonance
From a local classified ad posting: i have several multi-set 78 rpm records….ethel merman, frank sinatra, bing crosby etc. they look in good condition, but i don’t know if they play [Italics mine]
Advice to the Lovelorn
Jack has had no luck meeting anyone special at lesbian weddings, on subways, at his neighborhood deli, and especially not through the Salt in Wound community. Might I suggest a 5k race? Actually, a half-marathon would be even better, but first things first. 51% of all race finishers in the US are women, with a […]
Market trends
I used to have this sort of vague idea that I would let my son pick a stock and buy a few shares of it as a way of providing a lesson in economics and finance. I just checked, and in his lifetime the S&P 500 is now up a mere 1.1%. That’s worse than […]
Swallow Me Elmo
My 11 year old son finds this to be the creepiest costume in the catalog.
Estonia recap
So, I ended up finishing about where I expected (in the bottom third), but not for the reason I expected – my teammate ran out of steam long before I did. Also, to my surprise, I think I would like to try this again. Here is how it was reported on Estonian television.
46th Mersenne Prime Discovered
Congrats UCLA! You found a prime number with more than ten million digits and got yourself a cash prize as well. These are the people who found it. Mersenne primes are of the form 2^p -1, where p is also prime.(Simple example: let p=2 then 2 squared =4 -1 =3, which is prime, and so […]
Jack Silbert, curator