analysis

it's weird being a math major (ok, used to be, and hopefully soon to be again) and not knowing any analysis. so here's some good notes: analysis webnotes

dog+cat=tree?

yes, it is. dog + cat = dag = directed acyclic graph = tree. THE most fundamental data structure :)

something green

It's too late for this year, but next year, I want to sign up for this:
counting trees in NYC. There are several reasons: 1. I want to spend some time not thinking about school/job 2. I want to be among nature 3. want to give back to the community (dubious as it sound), but I don't want to work with human beings, they are too noisy. Just need to remember to do it, and hopefully get someone to do it with me.

UNREAL stuff

ultra important for the job!

• Spawning Your Own Bot
• ScriptedSequence

fish=ghoti?

definitely. here's why
but to make life easier, here's the
International Phonetic Alphabet with English sounds. for typing on computer: the ASCII Phonetic Alphabet

time to build a bookcase!

i already have 2 bookcases (which don't fit in my room and thus i put outside, which doesn't exactly pleased my grandma), but there's never enough of them. however, buying them is too expensive, so it's time to build (or try to) a bookcase

• simple bookcase with nice tips for beginner
• more involved one with lots of details
• fancy bookcase by a pro

international calls

i did some research for calling to/from vn. of course people on /. have already asked this question. but here's what i found after skimming through the comments:

• onesuite for calling from us to vn, phonecard
• pingo from us to vn, phonecard
• sipphone pc2phone
• iconnecthere pc2phone
• skype pc2phone or pc2pc
• vonage phone2phone, or pc2phone with softphone

games to (re)play

to play/check out:

• Morrowind
• Evil Genius
• Fable
• Icewind Dale
• Deus Ex
• X-Com
• General: Zero Hour

to replay:

• Fallout 1&2
• Planescape: Torment

and most importantly: FAQS

non-fiction must read books

Godel, Escher, Bach: The Golden Braid
Prime Obsession
The Tao of Physics
Math for the Million

Magic: The Gathering

i finally got 624 magic cards from ebay :) so i'm digging up all the rules and definitions.

• all the rules i'll ever need
• an faq