A recent posting by Bruce Schneier about some beautiful Japanese manhole covers reminded me of something that occurred a few weeks ago. While taking a walk around the Google complex I noticed an unusual manhole cover. As my colleague and I continued walking I realized that this offers an entirely new form [...]
Entries from October 2007
Novel Manhole Covers
October 6th, 2007 ·
Tags: Amusements
Why facebook is crap
October 1st, 2007 ·
Over the years we’ve all seen technological trends come and go (I’m old so I’ve seen more come and go than some others). I regard Facebook as one of these fads that will fade quickly.
As a mathematician I have been interested in the study of random graphs that arise from social phenomena. Examples [...]
Tags: Rants · The internet