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wyldeling was last seen 1 day ago on 11 May 2008 and has a NerdRank of 6. wyldeling joined as the 141st OmniNerd, since 28 August 2005

1 Article [search by this author]
Most Recent

  1. Using C++ Streams to Load Fixed Width Fields written about 1 year ago, 7 comments

29 Current Events [search by this author]
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  1. Judge Voids Conviction of Teacher in Porn Pop-Up Case written 11 months ago, 1 comment
  2. Using Relativity to Reduce Computational Complexity written about 1 year ago, 4 comments
  3. Improving Solar Energy Conversion written about 1 year ago, 0 comments
  4. Circumcision Plays a Key Role in Preventing AIDS written about 1 year ago, 1 comment
  5. Dark Energy Not Detected at Small Length Scales written about 1 year ago, 2 comments

2 Blogs [search by this author]
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  1. Abuses of Impersonal Scientific Writing written 7 months ago, 10 comments
  2. Humorous Technical Jargon written about 1 year ago, 16 comments

6 Polls [search by this author]
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  1. Most Incomprehensible Math Taken? written 4 months ago, 5 comments
  2. Does objective truth exist? written 10 months ago, 32 comments
  3. Favorite RPG system? written about 1 year ago, 13 comments
  4. Average number of pages (or equivalent) read each week? written about 1 year ago, 13 comments
  5. Fuel cost as a percentage of your electric and gas bills? written about 1 year ago, 12 comments

5 Links
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  1. On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets written 2 months ago, 1 comment
  2. World's Darkest Material Created Using Nanotubes written 3 months ago, 0 comments
  3. Geek The Vote - 2008 written 4 months ago, 0 comments
  4. Zombie Cockroach written 5 months ago, 1 comment
  5. Oil From Wood written 6 months ago, 0 comments

  CommentsNerd-ItsViews
type sumavg sumavg sumavg
articles 7 7 3 3 3,812 3,812
current events 116 4 4 0 107,633 3,711
blogs 26 13 6 3 6,461 3,230
polls 78 13 9 1 2,157 359
links 2 0 10 2 786 157

My Awards & Accolades

  1. Recipient of Makes Me Feel I Know Nothing of Physics Award in The Philosophy of Time Travel, and maybe for other things.
  2. Recipient of Worst. Pun. Ever. Award in Mainstreaming 9/11 Conspiracy Theories for a really baaad pun. (Takes a bow.)

Current State of Nerdiness

Keeping somewhat low profile due to school obligations.

Other Favorite Websites

In no particular order:

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Worse Than Failure (previously known as The Daily WTF)

The BOFH (Bastard Operator From Hell)

The BOFH, early stories

Sluggy Freelance

Embedded Systems Programming

O'Reilly Network

Joel on Software

A List Apart, the art of website design

Deviant Art, a site for artists, by artists.

Darwin Awards, honoring those who improve the gene pool by removing themselves from it

Rayn, a very interesting series of short stories

Nerd Projects

Armchair Cruisers

Tesla Coil Fun

Robotic Beer Can Launcher

Jet Powered Beer Cooler

Rotary Cell Phone

more to come ...

Little Snippets of Advice

How to get a Ph.D.

Effective Methods for Bathing a Cat

Big Brother is Watching

Experimental verification that Jello cannot be nailed to a wall.