Entries from December 2007

December 31, 2007

2007: A Year in Review

I spent some time this morning while in the shower (where much of my deep thinking and incredible singing takes place these days) thinking, as many of you probably have, about the year 2007. This year was both a great and terrible year at the same time. I thought I’d chronicle some of [...]

December 28, 2007

Recursion in the “Real World”

For those of you who haven’t heard the term before, “recursion” is the idea that something is self-defining in mathematics and computer science (put in simple terms).
For example, the following definition is recursive:

The father of a son is that son’s ancestor.
The father of the son’s father is his ancestor.
etc.

On that vein of thinking, check out [...]

December 27, 2007

Top 5 Reasons I’m Going with Veggies

As of January 1, 2008, I am changing my diet rather dramatically to remove all meat content. I’ve actually been considering this move since a 2006 college ethics class where I was exposed to the mistreatment of animals and the negative effect that eating meat takes on our environment and social structure as a [...]