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Sat 16 Feb 2019 09:37:47 AM EST
Slept from twelve-thirty to eight-thirty without waking.
High of twenty-eight and mostly sunny today.
Goals:
- Clean apartment a little
Done.
- Watch more Umbrella Academy
- Read more of the Iliad
Done.
Vacuumed, watered plants, wiped down bathroom counter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/tom-clavin-wild-bill-biography-james-butler-hickok.html
> …Hickok tries his hand at show business, first by cofounding and codirecting a touring production called “The Daring Buffalo Chase of the Plains” (which goes wrong when the bison panic and stampede)…
https://medium.com/however-mathematics/13-classic-mathematics-books-for-lifelong-learners-7ec2759142da
- Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, Charles Seife … could make almost anyone love math … had me laughing out loud more than a few times … about Archimedes, Laplace, Newton, Euler, their contributions to math and their lives.
- Measurement, Paul Lockhart … about how mathematics should be taught … a powerful criticism on the prevalent curriculum of Mathematics in elementary, middle and high schools.
- Prelude to Mathematics, W.W. Sawyer … a classic … very enjoyable … about how a mathematician thinks and how to grow a mathematician … very meaningful for a reader who was not already familiar with such topics.
- The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz … this book introduces us to the wonders of mathematics very simply … Each chapter is very short and about a particular feature of mathematics.
Twenty-minute walk in the afternoon.
No wind, so it felt warmer than the last couple days.
Completely cloudy all day, though; not sure where NOAA got "mostly sunny".
Washed a load of laundry.
Picked up a few groceries.
Watched another episode of Kingdom on Netlfix.
Excellent Korean historical zombie drama.
Continually surprised by it's deft use of dramatic irony and low-key humor.
It's so well-execute, I'm surprised I haven't heard any buzz about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q3uNcJh4pc
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18211112/meteorites-space-dust-micrometeorites-metal-rock-tiny-how-to-find
> Jon Larsen, a jazz musician-turned-amateur scientist, started searching for micrometeorites in some of the dustiest corners of the Earth.
> “Everybody agreed upon that it was completely impossible to find the micrometeorites in populated areas of the world. And at the same time, everybody agreed that the daily influx from space is nearly 100 metric tons of cosmic dust. So I was like, ‘100 metric tons, and it’s impossible to find it? Something doesn’t add up.’”
> Larsen went to deserts, roofs, glaciers — essentially anywhere with minimal foot-traffic — armed with a powerful neodymium magnet and some plastic bags and collected piles of magnetic dust from all around the world. After cleaning and sorting the samples to rid them of non-metallic grime and separate out candidates that were too small or too large, Larsen delicately cataloged and photographed all of his finds. He has found over 1,300 micrometeorites since the conception of his project, even going so far as to use a scanning electron microscope to verify their extraterrestrial origin.
Oh, shit, Evlyn's on the MBC Discord!
Excellent.
Servings: grains 2/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 3/4, dairy 0/2, meat 0/3, nuts 1/0.5
Breakfast: banana, carrots, coffee
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, celery, orange
Afternoon snack: beer
Dinner: Thai
132/80
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