January – 2010 – Konrad Voelkel's Blog – Mathemagically

mathematics and other sciences, useful software and some philosophy

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Month: January, 2010

The really strange "laptop keyboard asdf-jkl not working" bug fixed.

31 January, 2010 in category computers, english, photos by Konrad Voelkel.

The strangest software bug ever. The keys "A S D F" and "J K L" didn't work any longer (on a Thinkpad T60). The solution applies to Windows & Linux and similar laptop models.

Video: Some important themes in geometry

30 January, 2010 in category english, Mathematics for non-mathematicians by Konrad Voelkel.

Mathematics for non-mathematicians: I recommend a talk by Dan Freed, "The Hodge Conjecture". You'll get a glimpse on some central ideas of geometry from this talk, even if you're not interested in the Hodge Conjecture.

French men don't like english

29 January, 2010 in category english, photos, travelling by Konrad Voelkel.

Photos taken from an advertisement found in a metro station.

Math 2.0

28 January, 2010 in category english, LaTeX, mathematics, Mathematics for non-mathematicians, web by Konrad Voelkel.

The term Web 2.0 was coined in 1999. What about Math 2.0? Math 2.0 is not only about mathematical blogs, videos and wikis. Math 2.0 is more than just Web 2.0 plus math.