Rob St. Amant
- Birthday
- December 31
- Bio
- My roots are in San Francisco and later Baltimore, where I went to high school and college. I stayed on the move, living for a while in Texas, several years in a small town in Germany, and then several more in Massachusetts, working on a Ph.D. in computer science. I'm now a professor at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh.
My book, Computing for Ordinary Mortals, will appear this fall. www.amazon.com/author/robertstamant
MY RECENT POSTS
- Why vote?
May 29, 2012 05:38PM - The magic of writing
May 28, 2012 07:58AM - Boring stories of... (OS)
May 27, 2012 09:20AM - An ongoing revolution... in
computing education
May 25, 2012 06:38PM - I'll bet you like ice cream.
May 23, 2012 08:35AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Spumey, protest votes
are a tradition in many
countries,
especially if
voting is…”
11:30AM - “(And I hope you've
listened to a lot of good
Beatles tunes
over the
years.)”
7:56AM - “Congratulations to you
and Mrs. Stim!”
7:55AM - “Hi, skypixie! I don't
really have a good answer to
the
argument that the entire
s…”
7:43AM - “I guess I'm more of an
optimist than
you,
AndNowForSomethingComplet
elyDifferent.…”
May 30, 2012 06:38PM
Rob St. Amant's Links
- Posts on various topics
- On writing a book
- On animal intelligence
- On the supernatural
- On computer jargon
- On plagiarism
- On alternative medicine
- On children's books
- On streets
- On sidewalks
- On fashion
- On mobility
- On dry stone walls
- On travel in the UK
- On torture
- On science and medicine
- On income equality
- Others' posts I really like
- odette on mean girls
- Verbal's childhood memories
- Lainey on The Secret
- Greg on his life
- Barry on beauty
- Rick on dignity
- Cherie on China
- Gary on toys
- Lisa on socialism
Is it worthwhile to vote in the Presidential election this coming November? I think so. Every four years, usually in the fall, you can read economic and decision theoretic arguments about whether voting is a rational act.1 Those arguments are fine for the mathematically inclined, b/… Read full post »
Do you like ice
cream? I'll predict that if you care enough to
mention ice
cream via Twitter,
you're probably in favor of it, even moderately
enthusiastic.
Am I just
guessing? Not entirely. I used a visualization
system developed by my
colleague Chris Healey to produce th… Read full post »
I confess--I have no children, and yet I read children's books. Sometimes I simply don't have the mental energy to crack open a serious adult book (think The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami, or Truth, by Simon Blackburn) or even a piece of light fiction (think Carl Hiaasen or/… Read full post »
Day 0
Her husband is undergoing radiation
treatment, "but not chemo." "Oh, that's good," I say. "It's not,"
says the woman in a matter-of-fact way. "It was first in his neck."
She gestures. "Now it's in his hip, but it's spread all over." She
gestures
… Read full post »Rob St. Amant's Favorites
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just phyllis for nowUpdates
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Hot Damn, I Think I'm on the Ballot!
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
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Deep Space Telescope Reveals Stanley Cup Finals Underway
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We Knew A Thing Or Two In them Days!
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Sacrifice – Chapter 51 (Tribulation time)
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Snake handling Pentecost bitten and killed? Holy shit!!!
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"I SUCK AT GIRLS" - Oh, not me...Virgin JUSTIN HALPERN!
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Should women breastfeed in military uniform?
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