I was meandering to Union Square south from the Taiwanese festival when I heard him. “… And the root of every human being is evil, bad, and sinful! Only through the grace of our lord Jesus Christ may we be saved!” I usually walk past these open space preachers with a wry smile on my [...]
Two characters specifically asked that I not forget them, so I will memorialize them here. In the small plaza at the center of Vilcabamba, a group of young twenty-something men sit in benches and squat on the cement. There’s nothing much to do on a Tuesday afternoon. One waves me over intently. “Jackie Chan? Do [...]
Reading about great men leaves me in despair. They despaired over finding people who could understand them; I despair over not being among them. Reading the ideas, my eyes splash along, I don’t understand them, I can’t even come close. The anode-beginning, or force-plus, or masculine element, was always the intention from which meaning derives. [...]
He does not use email, saying that he used it from about 1975 until January 1, 1990, and that was enough for one lifetime. He finds it more efficient to respond to correspondence in “batch mode”, such as one day every three months, to be sent by postal mail. Wikipedia entry for “Donald Knuth”, 2006-02-01
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