Crazy Link Of The Day: Fibonacci Edition

Let F(n) be the nth Fibonacci number - that is, F(1) = 1, F(2) = 1, F(3) = 2, F(4) = 3, etc.

Then (in pseudo-latex notation) 

sum_n F(n) / 10^{n+1} = 
0.01 + 
0.001 + 
0.0002 + 
0.00003 + 
0.000005 + 
0.0000008 + 
0.00000013 + 
...
is equal to 1/89.

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Jun 12 2009

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The shortest path between two points is apparently a mess. To be fair, Google Maps doesn’t know about the monorail, and this image with the map overlay loaded and zoomed in looks a lot better.

The shortest path between two points is apparently a mess.

To be fair, Google Maps doesn’t know about the monorail, and this image with the map overlay loaded and zoomed in looks a lot better.

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Jun 8 2009

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T-Shirt Idea

The Picture: A single slice of bread
The Caption: PSEUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH
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Jun 7 2009

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Previous Post

I apologize for making that last post a chat instead of just plain text, but I had already explained it to a few people and didn’t feel like retyping it all. And all of that actually happened, I promise.

Oh, also check out my new blog, Google Food. It’s my attempt to document every lunch and dinner that I eat at Google. Hopefully I’ll remember to take pictures in the future.

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Jun 2 2009

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My Morning

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01:04

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Evil companies

Boingo used to be the evilest company I could think of, but that was before I recently tried to buy tickets to a Wilco concert on Ticketmaster. Not only do they charge exorbitant “handling” fees (such bogus - since when does emailing a ticket cost more than sending it through the mail?) but they also TIME you while you’re making your purchase.


You first find the event that you’re looking for (which isn’t as easy as it could be, but that’s the least of my complaints). Then you click this ridiculous “finding tickets” button and enter a captcha. You can’t even see if they’re sold out yet without this extra step.


They claim that they block the tickets for you, and that you have a (very) limited window in which to buy them. And they actually time you on each page. Filling out forms. 90 seconds per page, and there’s this huge obnoxious timer in the bottom-right corner of the page, ticking down the seconds.


Really awful. And the handling fees are crazy expensive. It’s a terrible experience but they’ve got a monopoly for most events somehow.

Also, it’s kind of hard to read long posts like this with all the text centered. Annoying at least.

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01:00

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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] Played 4 times. If the plural is wrong ("1 times"), I don't want to hear about it.

Rachael Yamagata - Brown Eyes

May 31 2009

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Ubuntu FTW

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00:29

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A Fun Game To Play With Google Images

  1. Think of a name (first name only).
  2. Think of famous people with that first name.
  3. Guess which person has the first result in a Google Image search for that name.
  4. Perform said Google Image search and compare results.
  5. My results appear below.
That was fun guys. I batted 0.125! (unfortunately that exclamation point is there solely for emphasis, and does not mean “0.125 factorial”, which would have been a much better 0.942)
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May 28 2009

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I made it on the Google Docs blog! wooooooooo It is a pretty nifty gadget, if I may say so myself.

I made it on the Google Docs blog! wooooooooo

It is a pretty nifty gadget, if I may say so myself.

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May 26 2009

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