Links
I've
noticed that many people have a link to google
on their home pages. Do they seriously think anyone got to their page
without knowing about google?
(Note that I just included two links to it, too). Anyway, I am
citing below some links to pages which I find interesting, along
with short descriptions. These are divided into two categories,
with self-explanatory titles.
Links::general
The Endeavour: The blog of John D. Cook
John
Cook describes what he does as "very applied math, using math to solve
real-world problems, often in combination with computing, consulting,
managing, marketing, etc." That more or less sums it up.
The New York Review of Books
Quality
writing by such greats as the late Norman Mailer, the
late Clifford Geertz, the late Tony Judt, J. M. Coetzee, the late John
Updike, Steven
Weinberg, Richard Lewontin and many, many others. (It's
sad to see how many times I've had to prepend the words "the late" to names on
this list.) They now also have a blog. My short exchange with Freeman
Dyson can be found here.
Online Etymology Dictionary
Whether or not you feel that "etymology is destiny", I think you will find that there is much to be learned here. Two randomly selected examples: blame comes from blaspheme, while glamour from grammar. This will appeal especially to those whose avocations are similar to mine.
Links::self-referential
My linkedin profile
I haven't spent much time on my linkedin profile. Linkedin seems to be really popular with the
business crowd. At first sight it looks like nothing more than yet another copy of
one's resume, but of course all such websites are to be judged by whether they've managed to attract a
critical mass of knowledgeable people.
My stackoverflow profile
I spent quite a bit of time on stackoverflow in early 2010. This is a free computer programming Q & A site, created in 2008 by Jeff
Atwood and Joel Spolsky. The
majority of my contributions
related to C++ and Python since those were the tags I followed most
often. I still use it occasionally but I no longer monitor it.
My amazon.com reviews
There's nothing really special about these. I just jotted them down after reading the
books in question. Why I chose these books and not countless others
is left as an exercise for the reader (Hint: for no good reason). The most
recent reviews focus on technical subjects, mainly on scientific programming and such.
My facebook profile
I don't use facebook very much, but being on it seems to be more or
less mandatory these days. Truth be told, though, it has helped me reconnect with a few old
friends.
My blog
I said that I don't use facebook very much. Well, my use of blogger puts
that to shame: my blog is essentially a placeholder. I keep thinking I should start blogging (and then I don't).
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