If anyone out there can explain how to perform partial fraction expansion of a couple polynomials, please call me! I’ve got a problem that’s giving me fits!
Archive for September, 2006
Partial Fraction Expansion
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006AOL
Monday, September 4th, 2006Question of the Day: If AOL service is basically free now, why do they keep requiring me to give them my credit card information in order to sign on?
Crime and Punishment
Monday, September 4th, 2006I finished reading Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The villain went to jail, did his time, and married the woman who waited for him.
Did Raskolnikov think he had a Napoleon complex?
Next up: Real Estate Investing for Dummies.
On deck: Don Quixote
Fiber-Optic Internet
Monday, September 4th, 2006I keep mentioning ‘firsts,’ since this is my first time living in Japan, it just seems to be the thing to do. That, and being in my mid-30s doesn’t leave a whole lot of new experiences, so perhaps I cherish them a bit more than normal. Today my wife and I got an Internet connection. It’s a fiber-optic line (hence the title). I’ve never had fiber-optic anything before.
I can’t tell whether FO is a whole lot faster than normal DSL, but then, the real test will occur when I try to download lectures from school!
For right now, I’m just happy to be connected to the rest of the world. My next feat of skill and daring will be to figure out how to re-install my LinkSys wireless router without the installation CD-ROM. My guess is that the CD is in a storage facility on the East Coast, and I won’t see it for another three years.