Sunday, August 17, 2008

adios

arighty, well i'm back in st. louis and the summer is
more or less over... so i guess time to end the old
cooper blog. for anyone who's checked the blog semi-
regularly, thanks -- hope you enjoyed it. umm... at
a loss for words here i'm so used to suppressing any
sentimentality, so i guess this is it. adios!

Friday, August 15, 2008

corvallis (50)



one more day in corvallis...

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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here's to finishing papers

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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well, i suppose i should warn at some point that
after friday, cooper the blog will cease to exist.
at least goal oriented music will march on!

Monday, August 11, 2008

corvallis (47)



if my deskspace looks lame, try working 14
hours straight at it. then you'll know what
lame means.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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12 hour work-day and counting...

Saturday, August 9, 2008

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corvallis farmers market

Friday, August 8, 2008

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today was one of the prettiest i've seen
since i've been here. cookout at solmon's
went well!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Monday, August 4, 2008

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this picture may look unimpressive, but it
is basically 6 weeks worth of work. hah

Sunday, August 3, 2008

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ehhh

crater lake (1) and (2)



we came back a little bit earlier than planned;
it was a great trip.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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many thanks to liz's mom

by the way, i am going with the reu
group to crater lake this weekend
so i will be gone tomorrow, tomorrow
night, saturday, saturday night... so
expect the next post on sunday night.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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this is another one from last night that i liked.

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chilly day

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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lots of people have cat blogs, don't they?

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Friday, July 25, 2008

portland (1)



ideally, this picture would have linked to a photo
album of pictures i took, but the wireless at la
quinta is too slow. greyhound bus smelled like
shit (literally, and somehow even grosser like
smoked salmon), but portland is mostly great.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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today i won a dollar at a math talk.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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'ideas are precious' -d.c.s.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008

Sunday, July 20, 2008

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today i watched a spider make a spiderweb

Saturday, July 19, 2008

corvallis (28)



two sets of pictures: one from a walk and one
from a natural rock-water-slide near triangle
lake; my back is all scratched up; i pet lots
of dogs and someone had a pet raccoon!

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yeah

Thursday, July 17, 2008

corvallis (26)



worked til 7; took a sauna; ate some eggs; walked

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

corvallis (24)



on a bike ride/walk; music is scaling snowdon by daedalus;
let me know if you like it; my nose is peeling; we got the base
points to 3 decimal places.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Sunday, July 13, 2008

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dj pj's 1-minute challenge/working on sunday

Saturday, July 12, 2008

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finally got a dose of human-canine interaction

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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"good thing for the history tab" --vc

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Monday, July 7, 2008

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Saturday, July 5, 2008

corvallis (14)



x-ray data of a rotated ellipse

Friday, July 4, 2008

Thursday, July 3, 2008

corvallis (12)



bathing with a bar of soap!

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

corvallis (11)



convergence of a reconstruction algorithm for convex
bodies using directed x-rays from two sources

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

corvallis (9)



math -- curvature
pizza -- too many breadsticks
sauna -- twice!

Sunday, June 29, 2008

corvallis (8)



good sunday
(that sound is the wind blowing the plastic blinds together)

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Friday, June 27, 2008

corvallis (5) and (6)



it came with a lock, but not a key!





i can open my windows but there are screens

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

corvallis (4)



all of the planes here leave contrails

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

corvallis (3)



this is another picture from yesterday; today
was a good long day of mathematics...

Monday, June 23, 2008

corvallis (2)



today the reu began, i took a walk,
and i ate a huckleberry.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

corvallis (1)



today i arrived in corvallis; i traveled for about
8 hours total: 2 plane trips, a shuttle ride, and
lots of coltrane and uncomfortable napping.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Friday, June 20, 2008

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Monday, June 16, 2008

Sunday, June 15, 2008