Category: Essays and posts
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What a Year
I relish the chance to reflect on an ending year, but the past few months have been insanely busy. So without further ado, while it’s still January, here is my…
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Metamorphoses Play at LHS
Saw a brilliant performance of the play Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman at Littleton High School last night. The performance by the super talented cast was very artful, funny and touching. …
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Education Snapshot … Overheard
My daughter today (high schooler, Colorado): “In Science we’re doing exactly what we did in middle school, but at a more basic level” My niece (middle school, California) is having…
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Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
Well, it doesn’t run in the browser, but it keeps itself to a single directory and runs from the command line, which is the next best thing. The GIMPS project…
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Casual Grid Computing in the Browser?
Let’s say you just got a brand spanking new 8-core computer. Let’s also say you can’t run Mathematica because Wolfram’s registration process sucks so much (seriously, it’s the worst I’ve…
Martin Remy 