“…when the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.” -Ed LorenzTumblr (3.0; @k0stheree)http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/Fractal Dimension of Zipcodes: The insanity of non-integer dimensions. Box-counting method. Chaos.http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/45955006819http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/45955006819Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:58:30 -0400chaosapplied mathgraduate school13 New Solutions to 3-body problem: Until recently there were only 3 classes of solutions to the...http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/44936785931http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/44936785931Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:50:38 -0500chaosmathematical physicsthreebodyproblemnewideasawesomeTweets, Happiness, General Complexity : from the Computational Story Lab at UVM: Check out the team...http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/43560266869http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/43560266869Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:47:12 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8ececdd881ab604463dbb430ef5d15c4/tumblr_mhxeg0OWN31rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Night on the town with awesomest roomie.</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/42618873077http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/42618873077Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:53:58 -0500partyweekendsgrad schoolbtvchurch streetRavens beat out the infamous and favored Patriots. I called it&#8212; only a little bit of bragging...http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/41097364976http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/41097364976Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:59:33 -0500NFLSuperbowlRavenspredictabilitymath and sports<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LogisticCobwebChaos.gif">It's just a quadratic?</a>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40779970792http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40779970792Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:06:20 -0500chaosgrad schoolresearchstart with the fundamentals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/41a3a5877486b7b4aee31b2fbb12c0ab/tumblr_mfwk22giB41qewacoo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://un.tumblr.com/post/40622389193/einsteinstheoryofthemorning">un</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.tastefullyoffensive.com/post/39309526156/einsteinstheoryofthemorning">tastefullyoffensive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>[<a href="http://www.tmcm.com/tmcm/einsteins-theory-of-the-morning/">tmcm</a>]</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes. Yes it does.</p> </blockquote> <p>Finally, I understand this equation!</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40740038645http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40740038645Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:17:52 -0500coffeechocolatesurvivalnew semestergrad schoolFuck you, Green Bay defense. You had all season to get your shit together. You knew San Fran would...http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40397995032http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40397995032Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:17:34 -0500pissedGB vs 49ersplayoffsfootball<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/446a4420c1661cb4f26915eda0f81cbc/tumblr_mgfdss2Oph1rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Omfg Canada!!!!</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40191039856http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40191039856Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:49:38 -0500canadatim hortonspit stopeasily amused<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fdaa1a6f9806267d890a635e79bb2aab/tumblr_mge58c9UcZ1rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Packing up! Can’t wait to spend time with an old friend & see a new city.</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40154110895http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40154110895Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:50:53 -0500TorontoCanadatraveladventures<object width="400" height="269"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="https://www.facebook.com/v/392030837558294" /><embed src="https://www.facebook.com/v/392030837558294" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="269"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://climateadaptation.tumblr.com/post/40116709125/deke-arndt-of-noaa-discusses-extreme-events-of">climateadaptation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Deke Arndt of NOAA discusses extreme events of 2012. Including</strong>:</p> <ul><li>Thousands of high and low temperature records shattered (<em>thousands!</em>)</li> <li>10 million(!) acres of land burned by wildfires</li> <li>Dried up Mississippi. Some shipping stopped because river is too shallow</li> <li>Record cold in Alaska. Anchorage had <em>11 feet</em> of snow in winter ‘12.</li> <li>Record and huge Derecho (wind/rain storm) swept across the upper states</li> <li>Super-storm Hurricane Sandy</li> <li>Record extreme drought (still in effect) in nearly all states, killing crops</li> </ul><p>These are the highlights. Deke concludes the video thus, “These massive events came from local ingredients mixed into and with the larger climate system. For example, the heat and drought were related to persistent high-pressure systems, while Sandy was born in a very warm and <em>warming</em> tropical Atlantic. The climate system is evolving and bringing these ingredients together in changing ways. These complex systems help climatologists to examine trends from our data records as well as explore the behavior of the Earth system changing in real-time. A better understanding of the relationship between climate and extreme weather is challenging, but it’s important, and it will help our nation become even more “climate smart.””</p> <p><a href="http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/video/2013/extreme-events-of-2012" target="_self">More at Climate Watch/NOAA</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Very interesting. Some motivation for future research… </p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40148207918http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/40148207918Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:36:57 -0500climate changenoaacomplex systemsFrom our party last Friday night, almost everyone in attendance got a severe cold. Brit and I went...http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/39725049656http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/39725049656Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:06:36 -0500blame Canadabronchitisfuck this shithappy holidays<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/871f8c1f8eec7c7382a6a05ff858f4c9/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/401b5d251f828edea42c4ed2e6365922/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1bea9602f6ee073fdee696a4fb686e42/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a3c4207eda970246357afcf0c338e50b/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5088a20874515756f8fc5456eb4a0fe/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7c638d0b8b8e1e8e7a69bf6881050a7d/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f5d033e2e4de7537d608ab8a5b88c533/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af61f16903f0512c0b14c2d0bae6ddc8/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o11_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/084c8727402846b01c4c4b4add57788c/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o12_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/45af8e2e193a9c4e7b9f1130d708b1d5/tumblr_mg0qzllPi91rzx008o13_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A few pictures of our fabulous (read: insane!) impromptu trip to Montreal for New Year’s this year!</p> <p>So much happened in those four short days. I’ll try to include the highlights:</p> <ul><li>I stupidly assured Brit (any myself) that Sunday was a good day to drive from Virginia to Vermont and Jersey to Vermont, respectively. Except, oh wait, over a foot of snow on impassable roads all over the Northeast. Add an extra 5, stress-filled hours of driving through the snow all over the mountains of Vermont. Never been so happy to be out of a moving vehicle… ever!</li> <li>Came home to my roommates’ 21st birthday bash. Tons of people. Even more alchohol. Some good life decisions and some poor ones were made. All in all, I’m calling this night a success!</li> <li>Woke up Monday morning to more snow and the prospect of not going to Montreal. Neither of us wanted to drive again after the day before. Luckily, roads cleared up and we were off by 3pm!</li> <li>Go to Montreal but GPS didn’t work with the French street names or area code so we had to guess-n-check our way to the hotel (a hotel which turned out to be a dump, in a hilarious way of course!)</li> <li>Spent the next day visiting Vieux Port and other parts of downtown Montreal</li> <li>Chinatown, mmmm</li> <li>Notre Dame de Montreal… a-fucking-mazing. Go, just go!</li> <li>Horse ‘n buggy ride! Totally cute and fun</li> <li>New Year’s Eve @ <a href="http://www.restaurantconfusion.com/" title="Confusion Bar" target="_blank">Confusion Tapas Bar</a> I could only guess it’d be good & in fact it was <strong>excellent! Go there, too.</strong></li> <li>Dancing at random bars on St. Laurent Street. Don’t judge me for not remembering which ones.</li> <li>Met lots of crazy guys. Talk about a Canadian meat market.</li> <li>Spent the next day recovering. Had grandiose plans of hiking to top of Mont Royal and checking out some museums but we didn’t get up until 2pm.</li> <li>Oh and… Canada actually observes New Year’s Day as a holiday so <strong>everything  </strong>was closed. Oh and… it was -2 degrees F so neither Bean nor myself could take much walking around.</li> <li>So cold out we lost feeling in hands and toes within minutes. Best conversation of the entire trip: “It’s so cold out that I have snot all over my face, hair, and even my scarf. I can’t keep up; I don’t even care at this point” ~Bean. “You’ve never been more attractive to me than this moment right now” ~Lulu (me).</li> <li>Verdict: Canada is fucking cold as shit. And we’ll never live there for that reason alone.</li> <li>Ended up ordering Thai food and watching trashy TV that night. Montreal has quite an elaborate delivery/take-out system (<a href="http://nouslivrons.ca/" title="Delivery" target="_blank">check it out!</a> Every city needs one.)</li> <li>Bean got very sick so I bundled up to go to the only place open (random gas station) and grab some kind of druggage.</li> <li>Headed back this morning bright and early since Bean had to be on the road all the way to Virginia. Not without getting lost by the port… GPS only tried to send me into the water a few times. nbd.</li> </ul><p>Overall, a very successful, random, & last-minute reunion with a friend whom I had missed dearly. I hope you all have someone you can travel with like this, make mistakes with, and laugh about it all in the end!</p> <p>Goodnight.</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/39505326178http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/39505326178Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:11:26 -0500montrealnew years evereunionbest friendstravelchaos<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b714c1f0a62a4dae879b0e1d6ec54945/tumblr_mflw7woJEf1rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Merry Christmas everyone!</p> <p>(Cheers to my new Lenovo i7 laptop with 1TB hardware storage and my Green Bay beer koozie!)</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38814770591http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38814770591Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:40:44 -0500green bay packerschristmasnew gadgetsstay classy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9afdd06135a99b36f8c86842c6206b00/tumblr_mfkayuoUS81rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Une tarte au poire (traditionelle francais) pour le Noel, faite a la main par moi-meme et mon frere Alex! #xmas #gourmandise #pie</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38756684747http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38756684747Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:04:05 -0500gourmandisexmaspie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/437763be4c3e6384401a3af5455049b5/tumblr_mfjna1Nmsl1rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Me: I’m having some egg nog.and cookies!<br/> Mom: Here, use the festive plate!<br/> Me: I have a plate right h—<br/> Mom: Use the festive plate, I don’t buy this Christmas shit for nothing!!<br/> #holidayswiththeVanLeirs #getfestiveandshit</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38721120827http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38721120827Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:32:25 -0500getfestiveandshitholidayswiththevanleirs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1cb385795433dc66ae88013e4326115e/tumblr_mfgb6ldH5S1rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Omfg xmas with Brynnie Brynn #happyholidays #bestfriends</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38570131357http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38570131357Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:18:21 -0500bestfriendshappyholidaysNew obsession.: My brother collects a lot of prints and he showed me one of her’s that is a...http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38468582778http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38468582778Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:58:43 -0500artwatercolorart junkielora zombie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0c4562857601213cf8c1bc29d786db8e/tumblr_mfcg8bpV5L1rzx008o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dessert pan = nap spot. Our first “If it fits, it sits” moment! #happyholidays #catladymoment</p>http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38398650235http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38398650235Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:16:58 -0500happyholidayscatladymomentChaos & the 3-body problem, & A "maybe" stable solar system!: From the article, The Pulling Power of...http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38165801318http://k0stheree.tumblr.com/post/38165801318Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:24:00 -0500chaossolar systemapplied mathorbital stabilityarticle share