Indi in the Wired- Just another dark star in the luminiferous æther
Apparently, My Data Safety Is No Longer In Danger
July 29, 2008 on 3:06 pm | In Computing, Humour | No CommentsI see a lot of funny shit while browsing the Internet, and most is not worth more than a chuckle and a sad shake of the head. But last night, I got me a good old belly laugh out of one particularly lame attempt at “social engineering” to coerce me into… I don’t even know what. I was laughing too hard. If there is an Internet wall of shame for lousy scams, this deserves to be on it. WARNING: Many of the links in this post may point to dangerous websites. Follow them at your own risk.
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Using a Simple Spreadsheet to Invert a Matrix
July 10, 2008 on 11:17 am | In Mathematics, Programming | No CommentsWhile most students (and many professionals) do not have access to powerful mathematical software like Matlab, virtually everyone has some kind of spreadsheet software, such as OpenOffice.org Calc, Gnumeric or Microsoft Excel. Unfortunately, most of them are unaware of how powerful and flexible even simple spreadsheet software can be, if only you take the time to learn it and familiarize yourself with its capabilities. In this entry, I shall demonstrate how a spreadsheet can be used as a basic mathematical application to solve a simple but time-consuming calculation problem.
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What Can You Hope to Find Here? (Programming version)
July 8, 2008 on 10:50 am | In Programming | No CommentsI mention in the blog’s about page that the topics I will cover in this blog are wide and varied. That is true, because my interests are wide and varied, and I always have several projects on the go that I will surely be talking about. But I thought it might help if I shared with you some of the things I might be covering. If nothing else, it will clue you in to whether or not this blog will be worth your time at all.
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