http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?blogId=1 Michael Welsh, the runner of Michael's Blog. Michael Welsh is also known as yomcat, and has a beautiful wifey called Melissa. Michael Welsh will talk about random stuff in Michael's blog. Stuff like advanced mathematics and pretty beads. If it doesn't offend people, it's not worth saying. yomcat 2010-09-06T21:30:13Z http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1320&blogId=1 I wants this shirt. The screen shot isn't very good because it's from a protected video (DRM is annoying).<br/><img src="/photos/shirt.png" /> Stuff 2010-07-01T02:09:04Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1299&blogId=1 <img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/photos/D43FED74-5E59-9EE1-A0BF-EF2F83FCA410.jpg" /><br/> Stuff 2010-03-10T18:19:20Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1293&blogId=1 I play with my laser. It's awesome. Video:<br/><video src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/movies/laser_dark.mov" controls="true"></video> <video src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/movies/laser_light.mov" controls="true"></video> Stuff 2010-01-27T17:09:28Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1291&blogId=1 In case you haven't noticed, I haven't blogged for a little while. Zero, because I got sick of Josh going one about Jumping the Shark (in other words, I ran out of ideas for lists a few lists ago). One (I'm counting like this because it's how I number my matrices because it's how range(n) works), blogging takes too long. Two, micro-blogging (<a href="http://twitter.com/yomcat">Twitter</a>) is easier.<br/>I do have a few ideas for blog posts. I need funding for next year (anyone keen to fund a Masters student in Secret Sharing Matroids?). I could attempt to blog about what I'm doing (anyone actually interested in that?). I could write a book review, but with a twist (in fact, I probably will do that, one day when I'm more bored than I am now). I could bitch about some stuff (though there's no church at the moment). I could go on and on about how the Phoenix are awesome (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7rQNYj1sZU">Dadi</a> for example).<br /> What am I getting at here? I have no idea. It's a bit like that at the moment. I like to listen to Skillet and Disciple. And then Bublé. Crazy yomcat. I spend all day staring at the same page, and understand less at the end of it than I did at the beginning. I forget my hat and get some pink spray paint.<br /> Uhm yeah. /me is in a weird head space... Stuff 2010-01-18T15:11:23Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1290&blogId=1 Oh yes.<br/><table align="center"> <tr><td><img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/mullet/Thumbnails/1.jpg" /></td><td><img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/mullet/Thumbnails/2.jpg" /></td></tr> <tr><td><img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/mullet/Thumbnails/3.jpg" /></td><td><img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/mullet/Thumbnails/4.jpg" /></td></tr></table> Stuff 2009-12-30T08:21:06Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1285&blogId=1 Am I a computer scientist or not? Discuss.<br/> Stuff 2009-12-09T08:09:45Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1274&blogId=1 You're at home, and some kids come knocking on the door asking for candy...<br/><ul> <li>Ask them if they want to come into your car as well.</li> <li>Open the door with a big knife, a bloody shirt thing, and a gleam in your eye. Then say to someone in the house, "Look, more kids for the barbie".</li> <li>Turn the hose on them.</li> <li>Snatch their candy bags, slam the door in their faces.</li> <li>Answer the door naked, and say "Not quite what I had ordered, but you'll do".</li> <li>Preach.</li> <li>Make a deal: If they answer a certain question (eg, Rota's Conjecture), you'll give them something.</li> <li>Play a porn soundtrack. Very, very loudly.</li> <li>Continually open and shut the door.</li> <li>Throw bricks.</li> <li>STABBITY!</li> <li>Give them the candy you've been saving since the epoch.</li> </ul> Stuff 2009-10-31T16:07:25Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1273&blogId=1 From the mundane, to the not mundane.<br/><ul> <li>Carved into clay tablets.</li> <li>Carrier Pigeon.</li> <li>Assorted darts in a lecture.</li> <li>Laser etched into a minion's back.</li> <li>Using the entire CBD to send out morse code</li> <li>On a floppy disc</li> <li>.docx</li> <li>Encrypted PDF</li> <li>Convert it to binary, send along a laser beam</li> <li>Don't bother, and say it got lost in the mail</li> </ul> Stuff 2009-10-29T19:05:36Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1272&blogId=1 These are as a lecturer. And only really work in Maths.<br/><ul> <li>Use both v and nu as variables.</li> <li>Use the uncommon variations on as many greek letters as you can.</li> <li>Mutter about higher level concepts unceasingly.</li> <li>Write every theorem in as low a level language as possible.</li> <li>Eat copious amounts of chocolate.</li> <li>Use circular theorem proving.</li> <li>Every time you make a mistake, claim "it's not my field".</li> <li>Only give trivial examples.</li> <li>Use the most hideous notation you can find.</li> <li>Write everything in your personal LaTeX commands.</li> </ul> Stuff 2009-10-28T09:36:43Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1270&blogId=1 Some of these are even media driven.<br/><ul> <li>Holocaust</li> <li>Muslims</li> <li>Suicide</li> <li>Babies falling into drains</li> <li>Employees</li> <li>Cancer</li> <li>Weddings</li> <li>PMS</li> </ul> Stuff 2009-10-23T10:56:48Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1269&blogId=1 I think I'll just make lots of unjustified, stupid lists. It's not like I've got any Set Theory to do or anything like that.<br/><ul> <li>Christians</li> <li>Holocaust Believers</li> <li>Arsenal Fans</li> <li>Applied Mathematicians</li> <li>Vegetarians</li> <li>Chuggers</li> <li>Door Knockers</li> <li>BA Students</li> <li>Anyone on Facebook</li> <li>Animal Lovers</li> </ul> Stuff 2009-10-20T21:07:53Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1268&blogId=1 You can think of this as a continuation of the "things that suck" series, but in a different way. And stupid means something different every time. Kinda. Let alone the definition of "places"...<br/><ul> <li>Facebook</li> <li>Yellow Fever</li> <li>Church</li> <li>Shop</li> <li>Marking</li> <li>Wikipedia</li> <li>Maple</li> <li>Wolfram|Alpha</li> <li>Snow Leopard</li> <li>Kile</li> <li>Webmail</li> </ul> Stuff 2009-10-19T08:36:58Z yomcat