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stoutfellowI'm still awaiting the restoration of my Mathematica files and my distant-login capabilities. My copy of Geometer's Sketchpad is also missing.
Despite the lack of my Mathematica files, I've managed to gain some ground on the polygons front; I've discovered a new class of hexagons, and proved a rather unexpected theorem about them. I really should start writing this stuff up.
I'm just about done with my current game of Skyrim. The character has completed all of the questlines I wanted him to pursue - the main quest, the civil war (Imperial), the Companions and Thieves' Guild questlines, and Dawnguard (as a Dawnguard). There remain seven books that he hasn't been able to acquire (and may not be able to), and the task of reading the books he has acquired. This guy was primarily a warrior, with some thieving skills and next to no magic. I'm dithering over the next game: shall I go with a High Elf mage, or an Argonian thief-assassin? (The latter character, when I activate him, is going to be a real bastard....) I have to make some tweaks to the database before I begin the next game, mostly to deal with the problem of (re)gaining the thaneship in a hold after it changes hands in the civil war.
One of the e-books I've been reading recently was an interesting collection of Navajo legends, assembled by Washington Matthews in the late 19th century. I got it from Internet Archive, and I have to say I'm disappointed with the e-version. Matthews transcribed Navajo personal and place names using a number of symbols not in the Latin alphabet, and the OCR that the Archive used - I assume it's OCR - didn't handle it very well. The same name might appear several times on the same page, written differently each time. Usually, it's easy to recognize that the same name is intended - the variations are more-or-less predictable - but it's still annoying.
We've definitely moved into fall. I actually began growing my winter beard at the tail end of September; we had a rather abrupt cold snap then, and though the weather has bounced back up to late-summer temperatures a couple of times since, the warm spells have been brief and temporary. I usually don't start the beard until mid- or late October, but it looks like it might be a rough winter.
The Padres once again put together a fairly strong second half, but once again fell short of the playoffs. I'm kind of rooting for an all-Missouri World Series. The Chargers are off to a strong start; let's see how long they can maintain it....
Despite the lack of my Mathematica files, I've managed to gain some ground on the polygons front; I've discovered a new class of hexagons, and proved a rather unexpected theorem about them. I really should start writing this stuff up.
I'm just about done with my current game of Skyrim. The character has completed all of the questlines I wanted him to pursue - the main quest, the civil war (Imperial), the Companions and Thieves' Guild questlines, and Dawnguard (as a Dawnguard). There remain seven books that he hasn't been able to acquire (and may not be able to), and the task of reading the books he has acquired. This guy was primarily a warrior, with some thieving skills and next to no magic. I'm dithering over the next game: shall I go with a High Elf mage, or an Argonian thief-assassin? (The latter character, when I activate him, is going to be a real bastard....) I have to make some tweaks to the database before I begin the next game, mostly to deal with the problem of (re)gaining the thaneship in a hold after it changes hands in the civil war.
One of the e-books I've been reading recently was an interesting collection of Navajo legends, assembled by Washington Matthews in the late 19th century. I got it from Internet Archive, and I have to say I'm disappointed with the e-version. Matthews transcribed Navajo personal and place names using a number of symbols not in the Latin alphabet, and the OCR that the Archive used - I assume it's OCR - didn't handle it very well. The same name might appear several times on the same page, written differently each time. Usually, it's easy to recognize that the same name is intended - the variations are more-or-less predictable - but it's still annoying.
We've definitely moved into fall. I actually began growing my winter beard at the tail end of September; we had a rather abrupt cold snap then, and though the weather has bounced back up to late-summer temperatures a couple of times since, the warm spells have been brief and temporary. I usually don't start the beard until mid- or late October, but it looks like it might be a rough winter.
The Padres once again put together a fairly strong second half, but once again fell short of the playoffs. I'm kind of rooting for an all-Missouri World Series. The Chargers are off to a strong start; let's see how long they can maintain it....
