Monthly Archives: June 2006

Summer School

Not much is happening on the planet now. This is most likely because the usual suspects (Mikkel, Rune, Martin, Mirka and I) are attending the BRICS summer school in game theory. So far we have seen some good material and … Continue reading

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Good News Everyone!

While this is not the first time I have reported something like this, I will give it a shot again. It seems that 13 new episodes of Futurama is going to be produced! YAY! This time it is not just … Continue reading

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LaTeX and XFig Troubles

Are any LaTeX experts reading this blog? I want to create a simple figure in xfig and use it in my LaTeX document with proper LaTeX math fonts. I have tried the supposedly standard way of marking text “special” and … Continue reading

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Playing With the Language

I am pretty sure this exchange could easily have taken place between Mikkel and I, no? <Guo_Si> Hey, you know what sucks? <TheXPhial> vaccuums <Guo_Si> Hey, you know what sucks in a metaphorical sense? <TheXPhial> black holes <Guo_Si> Hey, you … Continue reading

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Dramatic Game

Wow, I am watching the Italy-USA game. The first half is just about done and we’ve already had 2 goals by the italians (one was an own goal) and two red cards. What a game, I am really looking forward … Continue reading

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Busy Days

Mikoline arrived on thursday, we met up at the irish pub Tir Na Nog in downtown Århus with some people from the university for the weekly pub quiz. Friday I went to the annual party of the Department of Natural … Continue reading

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Air to Ground Chemical Weapon Practice

Apparently I was the target of a chemical air to ground missile practice test on my bike to the university this morning. The weapon industry is getting quite inventive regarding fighter planes and the plane dropping its load on me … Continue reading

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Volleyball Saturday

So, we are planning on playing some volleyball this saturday. We meet at 13:00 at the mathematics department. Who is coming?

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Ranking Fanboy

Big news, Martin has introduced a ranking system on the planet. We are now all ranked according to how many posts we have made on our blogs. I have no idea on how ties are broken though, perhaps Martin can … Continue reading

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An Interesting Read

Sorry for being all political on such a ordinary tuesday morning, but I just saw an article linked to at jamiemcc. Entitled, The European Counterweight, Part One: A Leaderless Superpower, the article is a lenghty piece about how europe could … Continue reading

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