Solar Empire

I really really need to post more consistently. So far I have been about as constant blogging as I have been keeping my journal.

I suppose part of it is trying to have something definite and complete to say/present. I’ve been working on understanding a lot of diverse things recently – field equations, arbitrary differential operators, differential forms, and tensor calculus on arbitrary manifolds. However, I am still working through (and flailing around blindly in some cases) on the beginning stages of understanding the subject. I imagined I would have something to post by now – perhaps I should try posting something even if it is incomplete.

There is a type of learning strategy called the “rubber duck” lecture. Apparently there was a programmer who would debug his programs and understand the code he was trying to produce by lecturing a rubber duck on his desk about the meaning of each particular line. Apparently it was a very successful strategy for him. I’ll have to try it sometime.

Random trivia: Here’s a cute phrase I found somewhere online:

Conserve energy. Commute with the Hamiltonian.

But, I’ll have to do it tomorrow. Tonight, I have a splitting headache. Blech.