From 914fa9c06cf296bc293f40d2a001e23c58eb2457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: User Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:55:53 +0000 Subject: movies found with toby --- film/To Watch.page | 8 -------- film/to-watch.page | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 film/To Watch.page create mode 100644 film/to-watch.page diff --git a/film/To Watch.page b/film/To Watch.page deleted file mode 100644 index b61a7c1..0000000 --- a/film/To Watch.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@ -Films To Watch --------------- - - * Children of Paradise - * Brain Candy - * One, Two, Three - * The White Ribbon (by Haneke) - \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/film/to-watch.page b/film/to-watch.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1954f69 --- /dev/null +++ b/film/to-watch.page @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Films To Watch +-------------- + + * Children of Paradise + * Brain Candy + * One, Two, Three + * The White Ribbon (by Haneke) + * Project Grizzly + * Koyaanisqatsi + * Baraka + * Fire on the mountain + * Hell House -- cgit v1.2.3 From 2be1fedb1ece4ef5ebb4427b2b3dcba6eac94277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: User Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:28:27 +0000 Subject: renames --- Ethernet.page | 154 ---------------------------------------------- Git Wiki.page | 68 -------------------- MIT Courses.page | 90 --------------------------- ethernet.page | 154 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ film/French Classics.page | 59 ------------------ film/Good Movies.page | 71 --------------------- film/french-classics.page | 59 ++++++++++++++++++ film/good-movies.page | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++ git-wiki.page | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++ mit-courses.page | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10 files changed, 442 insertions(+), 442 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Ethernet.page delete mode 100644 Git Wiki.page delete mode 100644 MIT Courses.page create mode 100644 ethernet.page delete mode 100644 film/French Classics.page delete mode 100644 film/Good Movies.page create mode 100644 film/french-classics.page create mode 100644 film/good-movies.page create mode 100644 git-wiki.page create mode 100644 mit-courses.page diff --git a/Ethernet.page b/Ethernet.page deleted file mode 100644 index d455f21..0000000 --- a/Ethernet.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,154 +0,0 @@ ---- -format: rst -categories: cs -toc: no -... - -======== -Ethernet -======== -:Author: Bryan Newbold - -.. contents:: - -History -======= -Bob Metcalfe first described the ethernet system in a memo while working at the -Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 ([oreilly]_). It was based on the -earlier *Aloha* system developed by Norman Abramson at the University of -Hawaii. *Aloha* was a radio network for inter-island communications. - -Structure -========= - -Data Frames -~~~~~~~~~~~ -The frame format is the same for ethernet systems of any speed. - -==================== =========== -Section Size (bits) -==================== =========== -Preamble 64 -Destination Address 48 -Source Address 48 -Type Length 16 -Data 46 to 1500 -Checksum 32 -==================== =========== - -.. topic:: Preamble - - The preamble originally served as a "warm up" period for hardware to - stabilize and prepare for the rest of the frame. - - The last 8 bits are the preamble are a particular "start frame delimiter" - pattern to help hardware notice the beginning of signal transmission. - -.. topic:: Source and Destination addresses - - Manufacturers are given a 24 bit id (first half), and are expected to - ensure the uniqueness of the second half of each device's address. - - If the first bit of the destination is high (1), the destination is - multicast; if low (0), then unicast. Under IEEE, if the second bit is high, - global administration rules should be followed, and if low, local - administration rules should be followed. - - The IEEE-SA (Standards Association) delegates addresses. - -.. topic:: Checksum - - The checksum (or Frame Check Sequence) is a Cyclic Redundancy Checksum. - -Inter-Frame Gap -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The Inter-Frame Gap (IFG) is a pause in between signal frames; it is 96 -bit-times long. - -.. _collision: - -Collisions -============= -Collision management is the heart of Ethernet; a collision occurs when two -devices try to transmit at the same time and their signals overlap and the -transmission is unreadable. This problem is made worse the further apart -stations are because it takes longer for signal fronts to propagate, so there -is a longer overlap period when the first device has started transmitting but -the second hasn't noticed and may start transmitting on its own. The network -size (in distance, not nodes) is determined by the maximum collision period -(also called slot time). This period is 512 bit-times, so usually the faster a -network is, the smaller it should be (in distance); at gigabit speeds the -slot is expanded, see Speeds_. - -Under Ethernet, if any device detects a collision, it sends out a 32 bit -"collision enforcement jam signal" to ensure that all devices notice the -collision. Then each device that wishes to transmit waits a random amount of -bit-times r before transmitting again. If there is another collision, a new -r is randomly chosen with a larger maximum; up to 15 retries are allowed before -the devices will give up and drop the frame. The constraints for the random -backoff time r are `$0\leq r \leq 2^k$`:latex:, where r is in bit times and -k is the number of retry attempts up to 10 (for 11th to 15th retries, use -k=10). - -Speeds -========= -At 10mb, bit time is 100ns (nano-seconds); at 100mb, 10ns; at 1gb, 1ns. - -At gigabit speeds, the slot time would limit network size to 20 meters, so -it gets padded with a null "carrier extension" signal to 4096 bits (512 bytes). -On high speed half-duplex gigabit links (which are rare!), frame bursting is -a technique to allow several small data frames to be transmitted at the same -time: one frame is sent regularly to capture the channel, then up to 65536 -bit times of short non-carrier extended (only IFG) frames are sent, then -a single last regular frame is sent. - -Phrases -========= - -Auto-negotiation - Optional protocol for direct links (eg, from switch to switch) to - determine network speed. Can be reinitiated by dropping and restarting - the link. - -802.1 - IEEE working group for higher level networking. - -802.2 - IEEE working group for "logical link control" (LLC), which is related - to the type/length frame field. - -802.3 - For _`CSMA/CD` LANs - -802.5 - For Token Ring LANs - -CSMA/CD Protocol - Stands for Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect. The two main - implementations are DIX (DEC-Intel-Xerox) and IEEE. (Can't remember how - this works...) - -VLAN - Optional 4-byte field in between "source" and "type" fields. The first - two bytes are a valid type field; this increases the max length to - 1522 bits. Only used by switches. - -Channel Capture - This phenomena is a result of _collision management. After a few - sequential collisions, the device that ultimately transmits first gets - its backoff reset to zero, while all other devices retain a high backoff; - this means the first device is much much more likely to retransmit again - faster than any of the others, and if it has a lot of frames to send it - will dominate the carrier until it is done transmitting. - -Jabber - When a broken station/device keeps a carrier open and prevents other - transmissions. - -PAUSE - A PAUSE frame is a MAC control (higher level, type 0x8808) frame which - causes switches to stop for up to 65536 slot times to allow a switch or - station to clear its buffers. - -.. [oreilly] `Ethernet: The Definitive Guide`:title:, by Charles Spurgeon. - O'Reilly, 2000 diff --git a/Git Wiki.page b/Git Wiki.page deleted file mode 100644 index 7538a43..0000000 --- a/Git Wiki.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ ---- -format: rst -categories: projects -toc: no -... - -======== -Git Wiki -======== - -'Git Wiki' is a django__ app which -stores a hierarchy of articles/items in a git__ repository; each item -is formated in reStructured Text, which can be reinterpreted into -XHTML or LateX (and thus a pdf document). - -__ http://djangoproject.com/ -__ http://git.cx - -It's implemenatation is '''incomplete'''. For personal use I ended up -moving to gitit__; see http://know.bnewbold.net for an example. - -Features -~~~~~~~~ -Full File History - Because all files are stored in a repository all changes are tracked - and can be reverted. It could be interesting to watch the evolution - of a larger or controversial item. -PDF Output - Using a combination of `LaTeX`__ and rubber [#]_, portable document - files can be generated on the fly (with figures etc included) -LaTeX Math in (X)HTML - When rendering to (X)HTML LaTeX math sections are rendered to png - and inserted as images - -__ http://know.bnewbold.net/software/latex -.. [#] A python wrapper around LaTeX and pdflatex which does a great job - handling bibliographies, weird image formats, etc. - -Dependencies -~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Pygments_ - A python library for highlighting and/or typesetting source code. Used to - format diffs (aka, history of items) - -rubber_ - Python script to make LaTeX compliation less painful. - -.. _Pygments: http://pygments.org/ -.. _rubber: http://www.sourceforge.net/rubber - -Development -~~~~~~~~~~~ -The source tree can be browsed at `bn-project `__; -you'll have to look for an old branch or tag? - -To Do ------ -* implement per-section commentary -* possibly implement aafigure ascii->svg plugin for docutils -* possibly implement auto linking for CamelCase text (probably not) -* implement grouping many articles into single pdf/book automagicly -* possibly implement web-based editing/item creation - -Similar Projects -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -* http://spu.tnik.org/ -* http://gitit.net/ - diff --git a/MIT Courses.page b/MIT Courses.page deleted file mode 100644 index be5f2a0..0000000 --- a/MIT Courses.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ ---- -format: rst -categories: mit -toc: no -... - -==================== -Courses taken at MIT -==================== - -These are the courses I've taken and plan to take. I should -graduate in the spring of 2009 with a degree in Physics and a -humanities concentration in philosophy. - -* Fall 2004 - + **8.012** - Physics I: Mechanics - + **18.022** - Mulivariable Calc - + **12.000** - Mission 2008: Galapagos - + **3.091** - Intro to Solid State Chem - + **21H.601** - Islam, Middle East, and the West - -* IAP 2005 - + EMT Training - -* Spring 2005 - + **1.016** - Terrascope: Galapagos - + **7.013** - Biology - + **8.022** - Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism - + **24.02** - What is the Best Way to Live? - -* Fall 2005 - + **18.03** - Differential Equations - + **8.03** - Waves and Vibrations - + **8.033** - Relativity - + **17.31** - Science, Technology, and Public Policy - -* IAP 2006 - + **6.186** - Maslab (robotics competition) - -* Spring 2006 - + **8.04** - Quantum Mechanics I (failed) - + **8.044** - Statistical Mechanics (did poorly) - + **4.366** - Advanced Video - + **12.409** - Hands-on Astronomy - -* Fall 2006 - + **8.13** - Experimental Physics I - + **8.04** - Quantum I (failed) - + **8.351** - Computational Mechanics - -* Spring 2008 - + **8.04** - Quantum Mechanics I (last time!) - + **8.14** - Experimental Physics II - + **21F.052** - French Film Classics - + **18.100b** - Analysis I - -* Fall 2008 - + **8.05** - Quantum Mechanics II - + **24.118** - Paradox and Infinity - + **24.209** - Philosophy in Film - + **6.111** - Digital Systems Lab (FPGA Design) - -* Spring 2009 (planned) - + 8.06 - Quantum Mechanics III - + 6.945 - Adventures in Symbolic Programming - + 4.602 - Modern Art and Mass Culture - -Other interesting courses: - + 24.215 - Topics in the Philosophy of Science (fall) - + 21L.011 - The Film Experience (hass-d) - + 24.900 - Introduction to Linguistics (hass-d) - + 6.046J - Design and Analysis of Algorithms (requirements) - + 18.335J - Introduction to Numerical Methods (grad, summer) - + 18.125 - Real and Functional Analysis - + 18.101 - Analysis II - + 18.385j - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos - + 18.404j - Theory of Computation - + 18.565 - Recursion Theory - + 18.703 - Modern Algebra (spring) - + 18.701/702 - Algebra I/II (fall/spring) - + 18.901 - Topology - + 18.950 - Differential Geometry - + 8.261J - Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (fall) - + 8.292J - Fluid Physics (spring) - + 8.371J - Quantum Information Science (grad, spring) - + 8.594J - Introduction to Neural Networks (grad, fall) - + 8.284 - Modern Astrophysics (spring) - + 8.942 - Cosmology (grad, fall) - + 8.962 - General Relativity (grad, spring) - diff --git a/ethernet.page b/ethernet.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d455f21 --- /dev/null +++ b/ethernet.page @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +--- +format: rst +categories: cs +toc: no +... + +======== +Ethernet +======== +:Author: Bryan Newbold + +.. contents:: + +History +======= +Bob Metcalfe first described the ethernet system in a memo while working at the +Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 ([oreilly]_). It was based on the +earlier *Aloha* system developed by Norman Abramson at the University of +Hawaii. *Aloha* was a radio network for inter-island communications. + +Structure +========= + +Data Frames +~~~~~~~~~~~ +The frame format is the same for ethernet systems of any speed. + +==================== =========== +Section Size (bits) +==================== =========== +Preamble 64 +Destination Address 48 +Source Address 48 +Type Length 16 +Data 46 to 1500 +Checksum 32 +==================== =========== + +.. topic:: Preamble + + The preamble originally served as a "warm up" period for hardware to + stabilize and prepare for the rest of the frame. + + The last 8 bits are the preamble are a particular "start frame delimiter" + pattern to help hardware notice the beginning of signal transmission. + +.. topic:: Source and Destination addresses + + Manufacturers are given a 24 bit id (first half), and are expected to + ensure the uniqueness of the second half of each device's address. + + If the first bit of the destination is high (1), the destination is + multicast; if low (0), then unicast. Under IEEE, if the second bit is high, + global administration rules should be followed, and if low, local + administration rules should be followed. + + The IEEE-SA (Standards Association) delegates addresses. + +.. topic:: Checksum + + The checksum (or Frame Check Sequence) is a Cyclic Redundancy Checksum. + +Inter-Frame Gap +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The Inter-Frame Gap (IFG) is a pause in between signal frames; it is 96 +bit-times long. + +.. _collision: + +Collisions +============= +Collision management is the heart of Ethernet; a collision occurs when two +devices try to transmit at the same time and their signals overlap and the +transmission is unreadable. This problem is made worse the further apart +stations are because it takes longer for signal fronts to propagate, so there +is a longer overlap period when the first device has started transmitting but +the second hasn't noticed and may start transmitting on its own. The network +size (in distance, not nodes) is determined by the maximum collision period +(also called slot time). This period is 512 bit-times, so usually the faster a +network is, the smaller it should be (in distance); at gigabit speeds the +slot is expanded, see Speeds_. + +Under Ethernet, if any device detects a collision, it sends out a 32 bit +"collision enforcement jam signal" to ensure that all devices notice the +collision. Then each device that wishes to transmit waits a random amount of +bit-times r before transmitting again. If there is another collision, a new +r is randomly chosen with a larger maximum; up to 15 retries are allowed before +the devices will give up and drop the frame. The constraints for the random +backoff time r are `$0\leq r \leq 2^k$`:latex:, where r is in bit times and +k is the number of retry attempts up to 10 (for 11th to 15th retries, use +k=10). + +Speeds +========= +At 10mb, bit time is 100ns (nano-seconds); at 100mb, 10ns; at 1gb, 1ns. + +At gigabit speeds, the slot time would limit network size to 20 meters, so +it gets padded with a null "carrier extension" signal to 4096 bits (512 bytes). +On high speed half-duplex gigabit links (which are rare!), frame bursting is +a technique to allow several small data frames to be transmitted at the same +time: one frame is sent regularly to capture the channel, then up to 65536 +bit times of short non-carrier extended (only IFG) frames are sent, then +a single last regular frame is sent. + +Phrases +========= + +Auto-negotiation + Optional protocol for direct links (eg, from switch to switch) to + determine network speed. Can be reinitiated by dropping and restarting + the link. + +802.1 + IEEE working group for higher level networking. + +802.2 + IEEE working group for "logical link control" (LLC), which is related + to the type/length frame field. + +802.3 + For _`CSMA/CD` LANs + +802.5 + For Token Ring LANs + +CSMA/CD Protocol + Stands for Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect. The two main + implementations are DIX (DEC-Intel-Xerox) and IEEE. (Can't remember how + this works...) + +VLAN + Optional 4-byte field in between "source" and "type" fields. The first + two bytes are a valid type field; this increases the max length to + 1522 bits. Only used by switches. + +Channel Capture + This phenomena is a result of _collision management. After a few + sequential collisions, the device that ultimately transmits first gets + its backoff reset to zero, while all other devices retain a high backoff; + this means the first device is much much more likely to retransmit again + faster than any of the others, and if it has a lot of frames to send it + will dominate the carrier until it is done transmitting. + +Jabber + When a broken station/device keeps a carrier open and prevents other + transmissions. + +PAUSE + A PAUSE frame is a MAC control (higher level, type 0x8808) frame which + causes switches to stop for up to 65536 slot times to allow a switch or + station to clear its buffers. + +.. [oreilly] `Ethernet: The Definitive Guide`:title:, by Charles Spurgeon. + O'Reilly, 2000 diff --git a/film/French Classics.page b/film/French Classics.page deleted file mode 100644 index a2eecaa..0000000 --- a/film/French Classics.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -====================== -Classic French Films -====================== - -.. note:: started from the course 21f.053 by ed turk taught at MIT spring 2008 - -Pre and Post War ----------------- - -**Boudu sauve des eaux** ("Boudu saved from drowning") - | 1932, directed by Jean Renoir - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022718/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudu_Saved_from_Drowning - -**L'Age d'or** ("The Golden Age") - | 1930, directed by Luis Bunuel - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021577/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'%C3%82ge_d'or - - Apparently you can see it free on youtube: - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcasqBRzeeA - -**Le Jour se leve** ("Daybreak") - | 1939, directed by Marcel Carne - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031514/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Jour_se_l%C3%A8ve - -**Le Corbeau** ("The Raven") - | 1943, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035753/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Jour_se_l%C3%A8ve - -**La Belle et La Bete** ("Beauty and the Beast") - | 1946, directed by Jean Cocteau - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038348/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1946_film) - -The New Wave --------------- - -**Cleo de 5 a 7** ("Cleo from 5 to 7") - | 1961, directed by Agnes Varda - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055852/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9o_from_5_to_7 - -**Hiroshima mon Amour** - | 1959, directed by Alain Resnais - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Mon_Amour - -**Tirez sur le pianiste** ("Shoot the Piano Player") - | 1960, directed by Francois Truffaut - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054389/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_the_Piano_Player - -**Pierrot le fou** - | 1965, directed by Jean-Luc Godard - | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059592/ - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_le_fou diff --git a/film/Good Movies.page b/film/Good Movies.page deleted file mode 100644 index 23cd0bd..0000000 --- a/film/Good Movies.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -Good Movies -=========== - -I love all of these films in their own way: some because they cover such interesting topics, some because they beautifully made, and some because they have such a strong impact. - -Cream of the Crop ------------------ -* Brazil (1985, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/)) -* Requiem for a Dream -* The Five Obstructions -* Rushmore -* Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (see "Vengeance Trilogy") -* Lost in Translation -* The Pianist - -Also Really Good ----------------- -* The Life Aquatic -* The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265666/)) -* Hedwig and the Angry Inch -* Edward Scissorhands (1990) -* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -* Amile -* Cowboy Bebop: The Movie -* Broken Flowers -* Life is Beautiful -* The Princess and the Warrior -* Sleeper -* American Beauty -* Fog of War - -Good and Interesting --------------------- -*Not everybody would love these movies, but if it sounds interesting at all i'd check them out* - -* Pi (1998, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/)) -* Delicatessen (1991, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/)) -* The City of Lost Children -* Kids -* The Conversation -* Akira -* Vengeance Trilogy: - - Oldboy (2003, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/)) - - Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (aka Buksuneun naui geot, 2002, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310775/)) - - Lady Vengeance (aka Chinjeolhan geumjassi, 2005, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451094/)) - -* The Animation Show -* American History X -* City of God -* Full Metal Jacket -* Dr. Death -* Secretary -* Spirited Away -* Waking Life -* Big Fish - -Basics ------- -*These are "classics" or "required viewing" movies (that I'm usually surprised if somebody hasn't seen) which I really like... some movies are just pop culture (Star Wars: not the greatest but you're kind of crazy not to watch them), these are also good on their own.* - -* Clockwork Orange -* Citizen Kane -* Lawrence of Arabia -* The Birds -* Akira -* Fargo -* Dr. Strangelove -* Schindler's List -* Pulp Fiction -* Run Lola Run -* Blade Runner diff --git a/film/french-classics.page b/film/french-classics.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a2eecaa --- /dev/null +++ b/film/french-classics.page @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +====================== +Classic French Films +====================== + +.. note:: started from the course 21f.053 by ed turk taught at MIT spring 2008 + +Pre and Post War +---------------- + +**Boudu sauve des eaux** ("Boudu saved from drowning") + | 1932, directed by Jean Renoir + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022718/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudu_Saved_from_Drowning + +**L'Age d'or** ("The Golden Age") + | 1930, directed by Luis Bunuel + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021577/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'%C3%82ge_d'or + + Apparently you can see it free on youtube: + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcasqBRzeeA + +**Le Jour se leve** ("Daybreak") + | 1939, directed by Marcel Carne + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031514/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Jour_se_l%C3%A8ve + +**Le Corbeau** ("The Raven") + | 1943, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035753/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Jour_se_l%C3%A8ve + +**La Belle et La Bete** ("Beauty and the Beast") + | 1946, directed by Jean Cocteau + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038348/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1946_film) + +The New Wave +-------------- + +**Cleo de 5 a 7** ("Cleo from 5 to 7") + | 1961, directed by Agnes Varda + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055852/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9o_from_5_to_7 + +**Hiroshima mon Amour** + | 1959, directed by Alain Resnais + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Mon_Amour + +**Tirez sur le pianiste** ("Shoot the Piano Player") + | 1960, directed by Francois Truffaut + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054389/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_the_Piano_Player + +**Pierrot le fou** + | 1965, directed by Jean-Luc Godard + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059592/ + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_le_fou diff --git a/film/good-movies.page b/film/good-movies.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23cd0bd --- /dev/null +++ b/film/good-movies.page @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +Good Movies +=========== + +I love all of these films in their own way: some because they cover such interesting topics, some because they beautifully made, and some because they have such a strong impact. + +Cream of the Crop +----------------- +* Brazil (1985, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/)) +* Requiem for a Dream +* The Five Obstructions +* Rushmore +* Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (see "Vengeance Trilogy") +* Lost in Translation +* The Pianist + +Also Really Good +---------------- +* The Life Aquatic +* The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265666/)) +* Hedwig and the Angry Inch +* Edward Scissorhands (1990) +* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind +* Amile +* Cowboy Bebop: The Movie +* Broken Flowers +* Life is Beautiful +* The Princess and the Warrior +* Sleeper +* American Beauty +* Fog of War + +Good and Interesting +-------------------- +*Not everybody would love these movies, but if it sounds interesting at all i'd check them out* + +* Pi (1998, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/)) +* Delicatessen (1991, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/)) +* The City of Lost Children +* Kids +* The Conversation +* Akira +* Vengeance Trilogy: + - Oldboy (2003, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/)) + - Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (aka Buksuneun naui geot, 2002, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310775/)) + - Lady Vengeance (aka Chinjeolhan geumjassi, 2005, [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451094/)) + +* The Animation Show +* American History X +* City of God +* Full Metal Jacket +* Dr. Death +* Secretary +* Spirited Away +* Waking Life +* Big Fish + +Basics +------ +*These are "classics" or "required viewing" movies (that I'm usually surprised if somebody hasn't seen) which I really like... some movies are just pop culture (Star Wars: not the greatest but you're kind of crazy not to watch them), these are also good on their own.* + +* Clockwork Orange +* Citizen Kane +* Lawrence of Arabia +* The Birds +* Akira +* Fargo +* Dr. Strangelove +* Schindler's List +* Pulp Fiction +* Run Lola Run +* Blade Runner diff --git a/git-wiki.page b/git-wiki.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7538a43 --- /dev/null +++ b/git-wiki.page @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +--- +format: rst +categories: projects +toc: no +... + +======== +Git Wiki +======== + +'Git Wiki' is a django__ app which +stores a hierarchy of articles/items in a git__ repository; each item +is formated in reStructured Text, which can be reinterpreted into +XHTML or LateX (and thus a pdf document). + +__ http://djangoproject.com/ +__ http://git.cx + +It's implemenatation is '''incomplete'''. For personal use I ended up +moving to gitit__; see http://know.bnewbold.net for an example. + +Features +~~~~~~~~ +Full File History + Because all files are stored in a repository all changes are tracked + and can be reverted. It could be interesting to watch the evolution + of a larger or controversial item. +PDF Output + Using a combination of `LaTeX`__ and rubber [#]_, portable document + files can be generated on the fly (with figures etc included) +LaTeX Math in (X)HTML + When rendering to (X)HTML LaTeX math sections are rendered to png + and inserted as images + +__ http://know.bnewbold.net/software/latex +.. [#] A python wrapper around LaTeX and pdflatex which does a great job + handling bibliographies, weird image formats, etc. + +Dependencies +~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Pygments_ + A python library for highlighting and/or typesetting source code. Used to + format diffs (aka, history of items) + +rubber_ + Python script to make LaTeX compliation less painful. + +.. _Pygments: http://pygments.org/ +.. _rubber: http://www.sourceforge.net/rubber + +Development +~~~~~~~~~~~ +The source tree can be browsed at `bn-project `__; +you'll have to look for an old branch or tag? + +To Do +----- +* implement per-section commentary +* possibly implement aafigure ascii->svg plugin for docutils +* possibly implement auto linking for CamelCase text (probably not) +* implement grouping many articles into single pdf/book automagicly +* possibly implement web-based editing/item creation + +Similar Projects +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +* http://spu.tnik.org/ +* http://gitit.net/ + diff --git a/mit-courses.page b/mit-courses.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..be5f2a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/mit-courses.page @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +--- +format: rst +categories: mit +toc: no +... + +==================== +Courses taken at MIT +==================== + +These are the courses I've taken and plan to take. I should +graduate in the spring of 2009 with a degree in Physics and a +humanities concentration in philosophy. + +* Fall 2004 + + **8.012** - Physics I: Mechanics + + **18.022** - Mulivariable Calc + + **12.000** - Mission 2008: Galapagos + + **3.091** - Intro to Solid State Chem + + **21H.601** - Islam, Middle East, and the West + +* IAP 2005 + + EMT Training + +* Spring 2005 + + **1.016** - Terrascope: Galapagos + + **7.013** - Biology + + **8.022** - Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism + + **24.02** - What is the Best Way to Live? + +* Fall 2005 + + **18.03** - Differential Equations + + **8.03** - Waves and Vibrations + + **8.033** - Relativity + + **17.31** - Science, Technology, and Public Policy + +* IAP 2006 + + **6.186** - Maslab (robotics competition) + +* Spring 2006 + + **8.04** - Quantum Mechanics I (failed) + + **8.044** - Statistical Mechanics (did poorly) + + **4.366** - Advanced Video + + **12.409** - Hands-on Astronomy + +* Fall 2006 + + **8.13** - Experimental Physics I + + **8.04** - Quantum I (failed) + + **8.351** - Computational Mechanics + +* Spring 2008 + + **8.04** - Quantum Mechanics I (last time!) + + **8.14** - Experimental Physics II + + **21F.052** - French Film Classics + + **18.100b** - Analysis I + +* Fall 2008 + + **8.05** - Quantum Mechanics II + + **24.118** - Paradox and Infinity + + **24.209** - Philosophy in Film + + **6.111** - Digital Systems Lab (FPGA Design) + +* Spring 2009 (planned) + + 8.06 - Quantum Mechanics III + + 6.945 - Adventures in Symbolic Programming + + 4.602 - Modern Art and Mass Culture + +Other interesting courses: + + 24.215 - Topics in the Philosophy of Science (fall) + + 21L.011 - The Film Experience (hass-d) + + 24.900 - Introduction to Linguistics (hass-d) + + 6.046J - Design and Analysis of Algorithms (requirements) + + 18.335J - Introduction to Numerical Methods (grad, summer) + + 18.125 - Real and Functional Analysis + + 18.101 - Analysis II + + 18.385j - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos + + 18.404j - Theory of Computation + + 18.565 - Recursion Theory + + 18.703 - Modern Algebra (spring) + + 18.701/702 - Algebra I/II (fall/spring) + + 18.901 - Topology + + 18.950 - Differential Geometry + + 8.261J - Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (fall) + + 8.292J - Fluid Physics (spring) + + 8.371J - Quantum Information Science (grad, spring) + + 8.594J - Introduction to Neural Networks (grad, fall) + + 8.284 - Modern Astrophysics (spring) + + 8.942 - Cosmology (grad, fall) + + 8.962 - General Relativity (grad, spring) + -- cgit v1.2.3 From 45f6041e4091ecb92a99c49ccb0715e14417ab6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 03:55:01 +0000 Subject: more --- film/to-watch.page | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/film/to-watch.page b/film/to-watch.page index 1954f69..3795169 100644 --- a/film/to-watch.page +++ b/film/to-watch.page @@ -10,3 +10,13 @@ Films To Watch * Baraka * Fire on the mountain * Hell House + * Basic Instinct + * Marie Antoinette + * Thin Red Line + * Thomas Crown Affair (original) + * Black Orpheus + * Infernal Affairs + * All About Lily Chou-Chou + * Gummo + * La Nuit Americaine (Day for Night) + * Last Life in the Universe \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4de3e2498102cd3dffd95f3d31135d4f607c0a5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 05:08:33 +0000 Subject: watched some flicks --- film/to-watch.page | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/film/to-watch.page b/film/to-watch.page index 3795169..1ddc104 100644 --- a/film/to-watch.page +++ b/film/to-watch.page @@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ Films To Watch * Project Grizzly * Koyaanisqatsi * Baraka - * Fire on the mountain * Hell House - * Basic Instinct - * Marie Antoinette * Thin Red Line * Thomas Crown Affair (original) * Black Orpheus -- cgit v1.2.3