| August, 2008: This summer was full of training for a triathlon in Switzerland, a rerun of an event I participated in 1987. Instead of skating, I biked a lot (about 1000 km per month for three months) often tripling or quadrupling the bike time to work. Also swimming needed a refresh (about 1-2 km per week). I did running as usual (about 10-20 km per weekdays). The summer school course was fun as usual. The summer ended with travels to Switzerland and Israel. Ausserberg, Uhwiesen, and Israel.
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| Dec. 21, 2007: Math21a was fun as always. Students liked Mathematica 6. A talk at Colby on SFM and a talk on perfect numbers were fun. See the handout. On the gadget side, the "Ipod touch" changed my life. The touch is exactly what I needed. As a constant companion, I can read email after the gym or surf the web on the chair of the dentist. I also got OS X Lepard when it arrived and all eligible Macs run it. Ubuntu upgrades to Gutsy. And there were the last days of the year.
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| Mar. 19, 2008: I'm teaching Math21b, linear algebra this semester. The semester with a presentation organized by the organization SCI. 2008 is the year of mathematics. In Germany, the "year of mathematics" produces quite a bit of hype, the German TV for example shows a report. Apropos movies: the "math in movies" page got a bit updated this year. Google also built the science center.
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| Sep. 4, 2007: Here are some links to a Summer 2007 diary I maintained from June 1 to September 3 2007: The Summer school course was great fun to teach. We had a project Mathematica 6. Also the Summer project with Jose in computer vision was a blast. Some 360 panoramas got added to to this page: like the Potter night at Harvard square and the summer trip from the alps in Switzerland to the Mediterranean sea. I also got a new Piano. |
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