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Calculus Fun

Sunday, July 27, 2008

This pretty much sums up my life right now:
\int \dfrac{x^3}{x^3 + 1} = x - \dfrac{1}{3} ln|x+1| + \dfrac{1}{6} ln|x^2 - x + 1| - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \arctan(\dfrac{2x-1}{\sqrt{3}}) + C
On the midterm, we were expected to work this out by hand.

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My Best Red Flag Deal

Thursday, July 17, 2008

For a while now, I’ve been wanting to buy the Orange Box set to play the widely acclaimed Portal.  I kept putting it off until I found a great deal on RedFlagDeals: Future Shop had it for only $29.99.  I picked up the last copy in the store, and now I’ll be happily enjoying Portal!

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Band Names from “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Some bands have no imagination.

Warning: Half of these will start playing music automatically.

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she’s gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies [Album],
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you’re gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle,
The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.

Lyrics from Lyrics Freak.

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Facebook Large Photos

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Time for my second greasemonkey script.

Ever searched for a long-lost friend on Facebook, only to wish you had a magnifying glass for their profile picture?  The ones shown in the search results are so small.  Well, today’s your lucky day, because I have just the solution for you!

  1. Make sure you are using Firefox.
  2. Install Greasemonkey
  3. Install Facebook Large Photos

Before:

After:

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Caps Lock Warning

Monday, March 10, 2008

I just wrote my first Greasemonkey script. It warns you if you are typing a password with caps lock enabled.
The caps lock detection code is complements of Stuart Langridge.
To install:

  1. Make sure you are using Firefox.
  2. Install Greasemonkey
  3. Install Caps Lock Warning

Enjoy!

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