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Interesting new homotopy blog: Chromotopy

16 June, 2010 in category english, mathematics, web by Konrad.

I just found, purely by luck, a recent blog about chromatic homotopy theory and various other mathematical topics. It’s a group blog called Chromotopy, written by Brendan Pawlowski, Eric Peterson, Erik Davis and Stephen Checkoway. They started February 2010.
The first posts (from Feb 2010 to June 2010):

Grand opening
Schreier theory
Jordan type of a modular representation
Bundles for [...]

A survey of GNU/Linux shortcomings

14 February, 2010 in category android OS, computers, english, web by Konrad.

Sadly, Ubuntu is not perfect. A wish-list of future Ubuntu features/applications. Some are available on Windows or Mac OS X, most aren’t.

Math 2.0

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

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.

Managing news

27 January, 2010 in category android OS, english, web by Konrad.

It is vital to get at least some news. You need to stay informed. How to cope with this information overload? Software can be used to control the news flood. Feeds offer interesting ways to organise various kinds of information.