Sparking power line
2June 7, 2013 by Garrett Mitchener
Today, I went for a walk. This morning, the remnants of tropical storm Andrea came through, but there was only …
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About “Letters to Diego”
0June 6, 2013 by Garrett Mitchener
This spring (2013) I decided to sponsor a child through Compassion International. I’ve been thinking about this for a while …
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Happy Birthday 2013
0June 6, 2013 by Garrett Mitchener
Dear Diego, Happy Birthday! You happen to have the same birthday as my mother, by the way. My father and …
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Yeah, it’s been that kind of project
1May 20, 2013 by Garrett Mitchener
I just got this lovely error message from the Haskell compiler: ./build-dbg Engine [41 of 41] Compiling Engine ( Engine.hs, …
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Category Computer | Tags: funny, Haskell, math
My colloquium lecture from January 18, 2013: An experiment in video, whiteboards, and tablets
2January 23, 2013 by Garrett Mitchener
This is a video recording from when I gave the math department colloquium on January 18, 2013. It’s about the …
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Iterated function system — fractal generator
0November 8, 2012 by Garrett Mitchener
I’m working with a student at a local high school on a senior project that involves fractals. So I wrote …
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Category Computer, Math | Tags: fractal, student project
Blog spam
0August 13, 2012 by Garrett Mitchener
I get a lot of comments on this blog, and all but one or two of them are obviously spam. …
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Category Computer | Tags: computer, funny
History at Raglinus U
0March 3, 2012 by Garrett Mitchener
In our dimension, students in math classes have an odd habit of making run-on sentences, based on the misconception that …
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Category High and Deep | Tags: funny, gripe
Problem with iscsi
2February 6, 2012 by Garrett Mitchener
When I rebooted my fedora 16 linux machine today, it hung at first giving error messages like: systemd[1]: Unit iscsid.service …
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Category Computer | Tags: fixed, linux
Trying out math
0November 7, 2011 by Garrett Mitchener
Brenton LeMesurier let me know that Word Press can render LaTeX markup if you enable the right tools. Here are …
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Category Computer | Tags: how-to