I Hate Skittles http://blog.ihateskittles.com Screw the stupid rainbow. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:21:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection GRE Badness http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IHateSkittles/~3/rYx-yudgDvA/ http://blog.ihateskittles.com/my-life/gre-badness/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:18:31 +0000 Trevor http://blog.ihateskittles.com/?p=204 Taking the Physics GRE this Saturday and the general on Sunday.  This week sucks as I am doing nothing but studying.  I’ve got to go take another three-hour practice test now.

]]> http://blog.ihateskittles.com/my-life/gre-badness/feed/ 0 http://blog.ihateskittles.com/my-life/gre-badness/ Karmic Koala Is Here! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IHateSkittles/~3/Jft4SRu1kj8/ http://blog.ihateskittles.com/linux/karmic-koala-is-here/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:04:56 +0000 Trevor http://blog.ihateskittles.com/?p=144 Ubuntu 9.10 released earlier this week so of course being a long time Ubuntu fan, I had to boot it up1 and see what was new.  While most of the improvements were subtle and under the hood, I feel like this release still takes solid step in the right direction.

The first difference I noticed was a friendly slide show added to the installation.  The presentation included a small blurb about many of Ubuntu’s default programs like Firefox, Photo Manager, Evolution, OpenOffice as well as nifty tips like how to install new software and where to find more help.  While those of us who are not exactly new to Linux or Ubuntu might glaze over this, for someone fresh from the windows, this will dramatically help the transition tone down the switch scariness.  More than anything else, the new installation presentation echos Ubuntu’s philosophy of Linux for human beings.

Stepping down from my soap box, the install took roughly half an hour on my old machine.  The installer took half of that time to seemingly update the repositories, something I don’t remember Jaunty doing.  Running the startup side by side with 9.04, it was a bit faster and much slicker looking.

With Karmic up and running, the differences are subtle, most notably the new icon set.  A few of the default programs have changed including a switch from Pidgin to Empathy as well as changing the default package manger to “Ubuntu Software Center”.  Over all, this latest release has a much-needed refined feeling.  Try out Ubuntu 9.10 for yourself and tell me what you think!

  1. as well as decorate a pumpkin in its honor
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I don’t remember this unit.  Must be the protoss.

]]> http://blog.ihateskittles.com/my-life/real-life-starcraft/feed/ 0 http://blog.ihateskittles.com/my-life/real-life-starcraft/ Magnetic Monopoles… Holy *&%$!!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IHateSkittles/~3/_BayjQFjzDY/ http://blog.ihateskittles.com/physics/magnetic-monopoles-holy/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:20:47 +0000 Trevor http://blog.ihateskittles.com/?p=108 It’s something most of us1 have been taught from the very beginning and take for granite from day to day…  no magnetic monopoles!  Gauss’s law for magnetism \nabla \cdot \mathbf{B} = 0 seems iconic and elegant, like one who would hold out, even until the very end in denying to give us a monopole while  \nabla \cdot \mathbf{B} \propto \rho_B seems suspicious and awkward.  In reality though I find this all thoroughly exciting2 and am contemplating throwing a party in honor of the discovery.  I must say that this is a testament to science’s pursuit to ever expand and correct itself through the scientific method.  Take a look at the nature news article for more information and links to the papers.

  1. or maybe just physicists
  2. even surprisingly exciting
]]> http://blog.ihateskittles.com/physics/magnetic-monopoles-holy/feed/ 0 http://blog.ihateskittles.com/physics/magnetic-monopoles-holy/ Can you find the Apollo 12 LM? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IHateSkittles/~3/YFggWg4e14Y/ http://blog.ihateskittles.com/astronomy/moon/can-you-find-the-apollo-12-lm/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:13:06 +0000 Trevor http://blog.ihateskittles.com/?p=91 I was sent this by a member of the LROC team.  See if you have the skills to find the LM Intrepid from Apollo 12 as this video scans across the Moon’s surface.  The video is quite beautiful and I would recommend watching in HD!

Click here to view the embedded video.

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry

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“our institution’s main goal is to generate as many possibilities for experimentation as possible.”

So maybe what might start out as a really bad idea could turn into a good one or even an awesome one!  This seedling site already has some very intriguing posts and the faculty is growing every day.  I for one am extremely confident that this may be one of the really baddest ideas we’ve ever had.

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Secondly, I’ve finally got ‘Love Sick‘ up as requested by a friend of mine.  This was actually not for a class of mine but for a Justice class of the same friend.  Some of the acting is not exactly award winning but this movie does have what I belive is the best of all my opeing sequences.  That’s all for now foks.  Enjoy!

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In other news…  This last semester I’ve picked up Geocaching!  Very fun and I hope to start posting on those exploits soon.

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The Dark Knight itself was remarkable. Everything was done exactly right. It’s not very often a movie portrays pure evil in such an forceful and thought provoking way. Heath Ledger’s performance was truly startling and his embodiment of the Joker rooted the movie. The ending was left a little less open then Batman Begins, so it will be interesting to see if and where this team of filmmakers takes the series.

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