Part two of my current unemployment reading list is… Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker. I first came across Mr Matt Parker via his numerous youtube videos. They are in the ‘funny math with often a bit of ridiculousness’ category. Through his videos, I eventually made my way to his first book …
Having a Covid music playlist section shows that I like to (slowly) make lists/groupings of various items. I am hoping that this new list won’t be too long since its length is inversely proportional to my employment success. I do like to read, however sometimes I fall behind with my reading list. Also, I will …
Recently I was able to complete a project related to the Lorenz system of equations (or the Lorenz attractor). It wasn’t too heavy of a project, but I still didn’t want to be that distracted while making it. Hence, I wanted to have some instrumental music in the background since I get easily distracted with …
Recently I completed two different sets of Lagrangian based simulations ([1] and [2]). I believe that Lagrangian based problems are cool and solving them is fun. Anyways, I believe that the song ‘Magnesium Flares’ off the album As Is by We might be a suitable soundtrack to the motion of double and triple pendulums. I …
Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works 85-92, R&S Records… To celebrate a big slew of marking once (I believe I completed a few weeks worth in a few days), I treated myself and bought a few records. Among the purchases was this one which I already had a copy on CD. I have to say that …
Autechre, Gescom, Keynell, Warp Records 1996. Since I bought the first Gescom – Keynell release, the kind folks at the record store thought that I would be more than interested in this one. So they ordered it in and put it on hold thinking that I would for sure buy it. I eventually did, but …
Encounters with Chaos by Denny Gulick… Years and years ago this was a textbook for a course that I took. I have to admit that I did not have the necessary math background to understand everything. With covid I felt it was perhaps a good time to reread it. Apparently, there is a new edition …
The Stone Roses, Made of Stone, SilverTone… I have to thank my friend Bill to get me into this band. It’s always a fun time to listen to them and look at Ian Brown’s haircuts. I found this record in a great record store in Detroit. It was one of my favourite stores ever since …
Roy Ayers, Everybody Loves the Sunshine… I like going to certain record stores that get confused with knowing how to properly price various records that are outside of the domain of what they specialize in. I was lucky with this one and got it for $3. This album has some classic tracks, but the title …
Lady Saw, Best of Lady Saw… I really like classic 70s and 80s reggae. Every so often I like some dancehall is also a good time. So I woke up today with this one Lady Saw song in my head. I don’t know how this sometimes happens. It’s the not the worst problem to have, …