What a wanderer could wonder about...

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter what I want
It doesn't matter what I need
It doesn't matter if I cry
It doesn't matter if I bleed
You've been on a road
Don't know where it goes or where it leads

It doesn't matter what I want
It doesn't matter what I need
If you've made up your mind to go
I won't beg you to stay
You've been in a cage
Throw you to the wind you fly away

It doesn't matter what I want
It doesn't matter what I need
It doesn't matter if I cry
Doesn't matter if I bleed
Feel the sting of tears
Falling on this face you've loved for years

-- It doesn't matter by Alison Krauss

Monday, May 28, 2007

It sometimes hurts, being a girl...

Monday, May 21, 2007

The thought there in I cannot confront

Whatever enters my mind cannot be tossed aside.
But the thought there in I cannot confront.
What shall I do when I am unable to scream for you?
Separation, Separation, Free me from this Separation.
Whatever language is spoken, Separation always exists.
Vicious, Relentless Separation ...

-- Part of a beautiful song by the NoorSaaz group.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Cute!

Baby Bunny
Baby Bunny Grooming!

I always loved to have a pet, but when your father is a parasitologist, the most you can have at home is a fish tank! I want a bunny too...

Blogging with LaTeX

A cool tool for using the power of while blogging. It works like a charm, you just need to install the Greasemonkey's add-on for firefox and then install the LaTeX for Blogger script. (For more details, check the instructions provided by the author of the script).

Then you can simply write
$$e = \lim_{n\to\infty}\left(1 + \frac{1}{n}\right)^n$$
or
$$e = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{1}{n\fact} = \frac{1}{0\fact} + \frac{1}{1\fact} + \frac{1}{2\fact} + \ldots$$

and get

or


Published on your blog :D
(As ashamed as I am, I'm illiterate in , so I might have written the formula not the best way possible, I just put it here as a proof of concept.)
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By the way, recently I'm just fascinated by the constant e. It keeps popping up in the proofs for correctness and convergence of randomized gossip algorithms we study these days. I really regret why I didn't pay enough attention in the math classes, I wished I could free up some time and go back and study some real analysis and some linear algebra. Also some more graph theory... if I could I might have considered changing my field and go study math....

Another by the way! I'm buried (as usual) with my course work and my move to Switzerland (effective from September 2007) has added more complications to the situation, so you shouldn't expect this blog to be updated regularly for some time. Thanks for your understanding! :D