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oh damn.

so after many months of planning to do it i finally went on etsy to check it out.

current finds, in order from really most wanted to really wanted:
Set of 4 Napkins in Tuquoise Linen with Brown Branches Print

Set of Four Turquoise Cereal Bowls

too lazy to save/upload for these. they are cute necklaces.
silver hedgehog necklace
tiny charm (necklace)
wish bone (necklace)

damn. etsy is neat. (it takes a lot of time to find what you want though; there is almost too much variety).

this is so freaking genius. although during his voice over he does seem to be rubbing his geniousness in. “i shot this from the same perspective as the fans that surrounded me” (okay, not verbatim quote, but approximately what he said).

still, very, very smart.

google maps has extreme close ups in africa. the way that you can zoom in this far is through changing the z variable in the URL to some value (usually at most 23 from what I read).
in the links in that above page that say “images at this zoom aren’t shown”, click on “link to this page” to get the url, and then change the Z variable to 22 (or 21) there. zooming out will work too - but to zoom back in for others, you’ll have to do the “link to this page” and change z to 23 anyway.

if all this is too complex just look at the pretty pictures. crazy…

one of the most interesting things that i learned in the last 4 years of university is the notion of flow. no, scratch that. it is THE most interesting thing that i have learned in the past 4 years. the reason i bring it up in this post, is that flow is a state in which you are:

• highly internally motivated
• are keenly interested
• faced with a challenge just at the border of your abilities

among other things. this really deserves another entry on its own, BUT, today i realized WHY it is that the task must be challenging.

philosophy of logic, a class i am taken, is taught based on a book written by ian hacking, a u of t professor (honorary at this point, i believe). the book is incredibly well written, is highly interesting, and incredibly easy. it is easy not because material is easy - it isn’t really THAT easy - but because i have already met all the material presented with in. frequency probability (studied in stats of psych), belief probability (studied in stats of CS - highly relevant to AI!), philosophy of logic (despite that this is the name of this class, i have ran into the arguments presented with in in my other philosophy classes). i’ve touched on all of the math in it.

therefore, i have a terribly hard time making myself sit down and get into the details of the “basics”. i am capable of it, and i did a lot (finished reading the entire book, for example - i am doing all the exercize sets tonight). its just difficult to not get distracted.

therefore, out of a bracelet maha gifted me with years ago, i have made that necklace. it is SO FREAKING COOL. and thanks to my abnormally thin wrist, i am still able to wear the bracelet comfortably. YAY for saving $30.

you can read more about flow there.