Monthly Archives: April 2007
Casualties Graph
Today’s Raleigh News & Observer ran an article about increased casualties within the 82nd Airborne Division, which is based here in North Carolina. There was a graph showing casualties by year, with the 2007 total being incomplete. A reader objected … Continue reading
Unsophisticated Art Review – Helvetica
I saw Helvetica, the documentary film, at the Full Frame Documentary Festival in Durham. The festival, in its tenth year, may have gotten too big for its own good. There were too many films for all of them to be … Continue reading
Chapel Hill Slogan
There’s been more talk lately about a new slogan for Chapel Hill. I don’t have a problem with the old slogan, “the southern part of heaven,” but apparently it doesn’t travel well. I contributed an idea to the N&O’s Orange … Continue reading
Ivy vs. Vinca
Most of our yard is covered in ivy. It makes a nice green ground cover, and we just have to trim it back from trees, beds, and paths a few times a year, which is a lot easier than mowing … Continue reading
Prime Benchmarks Updated
After getting a new MacBook Pro and installing Boot Camp on it so I could boot into Windows or Mac OS X, I’ve rerun some of my prime number mini-benchmarks. I only ran the tests in C++ and latest Java … Continue reading