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possible new year’s resolution for 2007

( work and ramblings and numbers )

Never, ever, ever apologize for your price. Gots to remind myself of that one periodically. I think I learned it from TJ or maybe my father first, but oh how it’s easy to forget.
This has been a relatively good year for me as a freelancer… I’ve certainly never lacked for work and I’ve […]

my mathematical namesake

( numbers and thought )

I wish this were actually named after me.
The Berry paradox is the apparent contradiction that arises from expressions such as the following:
The smallest positive integer not definable in under eleven words.

You see, it’s a paradox, cause the statement itself, which defines said integer, is only ten words long! Get it? Hmmm. This […]