Puzzle Quest recently joined the elite ranks of “games that I have played to completion more than once.” Months ago, I had played and finished the Nintendo DS version of the game — I enjoyed it so much that when the Xbox Live Arcade version was released in October, I bought it again and replayed …
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Poincaré’s Prize
I recently finished reading the book Poincare’s Prize, by George Szpiro. The book covers the history of topology and of Henri Poincaré, the attempts to prove his famous conjecture, and the techniques that were developed along the way. Proving the conjecture was one of the seven Millennium Prize problems that were published by the Clay …
In Pursuit of Perfection
A few weeks ago, me and Sandy went to see The King of Kong, which I can wholeheartedly recommend to just about anyone. As reviews have noted, it’s really more a movie about the people involved rather than the focus of their competition. In the movie, there is a segment that is an interview with …
29
It’s my 29th birthday today. A quick Google reveals that not only do I share a birthday with Chris Difford of Squeeze (one of my favorite bands), but also Laura Bush. Hmm. Laura Bush is also an alumnus of SMU. Frightening coincidences!
Your Arsenal
For my birthday (tomorrow), Sandy got us a pair of season tickets for the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBDL (at a very reasonable price, I might add). I’m pretty excited about this, as I’ve never been a season ticket holder for any sport. Ticket prices for the Clippers and the hated Lakers are quite high …
Windows Live Writer
I’ve been trying out Windows Live Writer for a little bit here, because I’ve heard that it’s quite good. While I think the WordPress interface is just fine for writing and editing posts, it is kind of nice to have a better client user interface when composing posts. So far my experience has been pretty …