Crazy Sushi

I had my first 'dining with a buddy' experience in quite some time yesterday evening. I met Tom at Crazy Sushi in Sherwood. It was fun and I'd do it again, but as usual, my introvert genes kicked in now and then. I hope Tom took that for what it was.

Another thing I discovered: eat spicy pork and tempura for dinner, and you might as well have gone out drinking. Did not sleep well last night!

Fork!

Or prune? I'm not sure. Anyway, this post doesn't appear at the old location, and the last post at the old location does not appear here. Welcome to the new home of Terebi 2. No vanity domain required!

QOTD

From Sunday, when Jean, Renee and I were eating at John Barleycorn's with Jean's sister Ann. There was a somewhat weak quartet playing classical music. Ann thought quietly, then said:

"They're playing Vivaldi ... Vivaldi is winning."

QOTD

“I don’t want them to follow me. I want them to follow themselves, but to be with me.”

- Ornette Coleman

QOTD

"In real life there's probably a common-sense answer to this dilemma, one that involves lawyers and escrow accounts. But this is not a blog about real life, it's a blog about cryptography. And if you've ever read a crypto paper, you'll understand that the right way to solve this problem is to dream up an absolutely crazy technical solution."

Zero Knowledge Proofs: An illustrated primer - Matthew Green

Calculus

Renee is taking MTH 251 (differential calculus) this fall. Herein some notes on resources.

Books

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus - Spivak is a well-known author of a current calculus text. This is his overview of the field, a speedy introduction to the concepts.


• Calculus, 4th Edition - Spivak's latest textbook on the topic.


• Schaum's Outline of Calculus, 6th Edition - an outline of the topic with tons of completely worked example problems.


• Calculus: Early Transcendentals Plus NEW MyMathLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (2nd Edition) - what appears to me to be the textbook at OSU for this fall.

Online Resources

• Paul's Online Math Notes - this set of notes over a course of calculus is recommended on math.stackexchange.com.


• Khan Academy - this is the online material on differential calculus at Khan Academy.


• Calculus: Basic Concepts for High School - a textbook written in Russia, covering the basic concepts of limits and integrals at an accessible level (if a bit quaint).

XKCD Fave

Okay, this is probably my favorite XKCD comic this year. Be sure to read the popup text as well, for the punchline.