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Okay, enough about me.
Apparently Forbes is about to publish a list of the Ten Richest Men in Armenia. The Armenian blogosphere (oh yes, there is one) has already picked up on this, so I'm coming a couple of days late.
But anyhow, you don't have to know a thing about Armenia to find this list interesting. Check it out:
Another day by myself.
Cold, foggy, a bit of snow. And I saw the damndest thing this morning. Every twig and branch was frosted... not frozen, as in an ice storm, but covered with hundreds of tiny spikes of snow. I'd never seen that before.
The woodpecker turned up again. I spent a couple of hours reading and drinking tea. Did a load of laundry.
It's just so quiet.
Okay, enough about me.
Apparently Forbes is about to publish a list of the Ten Richest Men in Armenia. The Armenian blogosphere (oh yes, there is one) has already picked up on this, so I'm coming a couple of days late.
But anyhow, you don't have to know a thing about Armenia to find this list interesting. Check it out:
Another day by myself.
Cold, foggy, a bit of snow. And I saw the damndest thing this morning. Every twig and branch was frosted... not frozen, as in an ice storm, but covered with hundreds of tiny spikes of snow. I'd never seen that before.
The woodpecker turned up again. I spent a couple of hours reading and drinking tea. Did a load of laundry.
It's just so quiet.
Claudia and the boys left for Germany this morning.
A peculiarity of life in Armenia: almost all the flights from Europe arrive between 2 and 5 in the morning, and leave between 3 and 6. So, if you're flying here from Munich, you arrive at 3:30. Flying out to Prague, leave at 5:10.
This is a bigger deal than it seems, because if you're going anywhere in Europe or the US, you change planes in Prague, Munich, or Vienna. So you'd better get used to Zvartnots Airport in the wee, wee hours of the morning.
Claudia and the boys left for Germany this morning.
A peculiarity of life in Armenia: almost all the flights from Europe arrive between 2 and 5 in the morning, and leave between 3 and 6. So, if you're flying here from Munich, you arrive at 3:30. Flying out to Prague, leave at 5:10.
This is a bigger deal than it seems, because if you're going anywhere in Europe or the US, you change planes in Prague, Munich, or Vienna. So you'd better get used to Zvartnots Airport in the wee, wee hours of the morning.
First snow today.
Real snow, no light dusting here. Maybe 5 cm (two inches). It must have started falling after midnight, so we were surprised in the morning.
The city seems to be handling it okay. I haven't seen a snowplow yet, but someone is throwing sand on the major streets, and everyone came into work okay.
Alan loved it. Absolutely loved it. He frisked around, kicked it, picked it up and ate it. We threw snowballs at each other. Snow was still falling when we walked to the bus, and we soon had snow in our hair and down our collars.
When you're not-quite-five years old, I guess the first snowfall is like a revelation. Alan hasn't seen snow since last March: nine months ago, a fifth of his life. Now it's back and he is so happy.
So what's winter like in Armenia? I guess we're going to find out.
First snow today.
Real snow, no light dusting here. Maybe 5 cm (two inches). It must have started falling after midnight, so we were surprised in the morning.
The city seems to be handling it okay. I haven't seen a snowplow yet, but someone is throwing sand on the major streets, and everyone came into work okay.
Alan loved it. Absolutely loved it. He frisked around, kicked it, picked it up and ate it. We threw snowballs at each other. Snow was still falling when we walked to the bus, and we soon had snow in our hair and down our collars.
When you're not-quite-five years old, I guess the first snowfall is like a revelation. Alan hasn't seen snow since last March: nine months ago, a fifth of his life. Now it's back and he is so happy.
So what's winter like in Armenia? I guess we're going to find out.
When Doug wrote me, saying, "post something obscure", I am not sure if he really meant this obscure. Be that as it may.
Because I'm sure all of you can't get enough of ancient Greek advanced mathematics, let me point out this recent article in the journal Nature about the Antikythera Mechanism, a 2100-year-old geared calculator found in a Roman shipwreck in 1901. And yes, Hipparchus seems to have been involved with that one too.
To my non-stalker critics, you all should be glad I haven't posted about Neolithic dragon dice yet. (Yes, a millennium before Plato discussed the five regular solids, the inhabitants of Aberdeenshire were messing with d4, d6, d8, d12 and d20. To the world's relief, no Ogham Monster Manual survives.)
When Doug wrote me, saying, "post something obscure", I am not sure if he really meant this obscure. Be that as it may.
Because I'm sure all of you can't get enough of ancient Greek advanced mathematics, let me point out this recent article in the journal Nature about the Antikythera Mechanism, a 2100-year-old geared calculator found in a Roman shipwreck in 1901. And yes, Hipparchus seems to have been involved with that one too.
To my non-stalker critics, you all should be glad I haven't posted about Neolithic dragon dice yet. (Yes, a millennium before Plato discussed the five regular solids, the inhabitants of Aberdeenshire were messing with d4, d6, d8, d12 and d20. To the world's relief, no Ogham Monster Manual survives.)
Unusual and beautiful solutions to the Three-Body Problem.
He has seven pages with multiple examples on each page. Take a few minutes -- they just get wilder as you go.
(Three planets chasing each other around a figure-eight orbit can be stable. Who knew?)
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