http://boyle.black-holes.org/ 2008-09-04T01:39:22+01:00 http://boyle.black-holes.org/ http://boyle.black-holes.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-09-03T10:13:04+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/recipes/list?do=diff1220461984 Mom's Soda Bread—The one and only Auntie Maureen's Brown Bread—Delicious, wholesome, and moist, with no yeast. My Yorkshire Pudding—An irreplaceable part of any roast beef dinner. Scones—The best part of a Sunday tea. Fre... text/html 2008-09-01T19:48:27+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/recipes/beef_tenderloin?do=diff1220323707 Adapted from all-recipes.com. This is a classier version of my usual roast beef dinner. It actually doesn’t go especially well with Yorkshire pudding, because the sauce is just not right for it. I need to work on good side dishes for this reci... text/html 2008-05-29T10:55:35+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/lunchtalks/gravitating?do=diff1212083735 A few weeks ago, Nate mentioned the fact that, when estimating the Newtonian attraction of a black-hole binary, you need to include the kinetic energy of the holes. This opens up a whole range of interesting points about the fundamentals of GR &mdas... text/html 2008-05-27T12:56:41+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/lunchtalks/home?do=diff1211918201 These are blackboard talks presented by grad students in Astrophysics to other grad students in Astrophysics, over lunch. My notes for my own talks are posted below. Energy and Momenta, Mach's Principle, and Compact Binaries The Hulse-Taylor Bina... text/html 2008-02-19T22:00:34+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/recipes/bread?do=diff1203487234 This recipe comes from Sullivan Street Bakery in Manhattan. 3 cups of flour 1/4 tsp. of instant yeast 5/4 tsp. of salt Blend the dry ingredients. 3/2 cups of water Mix with the hands just long enough to combine everything. Cover with a lit... text/html 2008-02-12T18:52:04+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/computertricks/mac?do=diff1202871124 I’m not entirely sure that my ears, headphones, and the built-in jack on my Mac really deserve FLAC files, but... To play FLAC files in iTunes, first, install XiphQT by placing it in /Library/Components/. Next, install the FLAC Importer Compo... text/html 2007-12-22T14:24:19+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/computertricks/boylefamilyaddress?do=diff1198362259 adsl-76-202-223-150.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net HHCQG-GK9RY-QPTYY-VY48J-HF78J ... text/html 2007-09-02T11:43:05+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/recipes/scones?do=diff1188758585 Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in butter and shortening. Separately, combine cream with egg and add to dry ingredients. Stir in berries. Drop onto greased cookie sheet or ungreased silicone mat by heaping ... text/html 2007-08-23T11:46:18+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/lunchtalks/theorema_egregium?do=diff1187894778 Egregious originally meant “illustrious” or “remarkable”. e- for “out of” and greg- for “the flock”; it meant “standing out from the flock”. It only developed a negative connotation as an i... text/html 2007-08-01T18:30:28+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/james?do=diff1186018228 2007/02/01 2007/02/09 2007/02/19 2007/03/15 2007/04/15 2007/04/17 2007/04/29 2007/05/06 2007/05/17 ... text/html 2007-06-26T17:37:34+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/lunchtalks?do=diff1182904654 This is no longer the active schedule page. To go to that page, click here. This page is kept only for historical purposes. Lunch and Enlightenment TAPIR Graduate Student lunches occur most Thursdays at noon in the Interaction Room. The sc... text/html 2007-06-24T15:12:40+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/recipes/frenchbread?do=diff1182723160 I’ve also copied a page deconstructing the baguette from elsewhere on the web. French Bread This is a good, simple, and surprisingly versatile recipe. The texture of the bread changes dramatically depending on how you shape it, and how much ... text/html 2007-06-24T15:11:23+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/recipes/baguettes?do=diff1182723083 [Downloaded from Cooking for Engineers.] Baguettes Deconstructed, by Mark Schimpf The baguette is at once the simplest of breads and the most difficult to perfect. It is the most demanding test of a bread baker’s skill. In recent years the... text/html 2007-06-17T17:45:17+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/computertricks/pdf_to_latex?do=diff1182127517 I have some PDFs that I’d like to be able to have in electronic form. Scanning feels bad, to me. I’d like to have real TeX files for them. Unfortunately, I don’t have the original TeX files. So, I: Scan the pages into TIFFs or JPE... text/html 2007-05-17T22:54:01+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/james/2007/05/17?do=diff1179467641 Problem 3 ... text/html 2007-05-06T20:48:04+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/james/2007/05/06?do=diff1178509684 Problem 2 Problem 3 Problem 4 Problem 5 If is the intersection of the plane and the cylinder oriented clockwise, as viewed from above, evaluate Thinking of the right-hand rule, we wrap our ... text/html 2007-04-29T22:17:42+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/james/2007/04/29?do=diff1177910262 Problem 2 ... text/html 2007-04-17T23:13:55+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/james/2007/04/17?do=diff1176876835 Diagrams showing how to think of exchanging the order of integration graphically IPE XML file for the above (just here for reference) ... text/html 2007-04-15T15:55:47+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/james/2007/04/15?do=diff1176677747 where is the curve given by with . Integration by parts Thus, Problem 2 where is the line segment from to . Thus with . Problem 3 Find the mass of a wire along between and if the density is . ... text/html 2007-03-28T17:23:47+01:00 Mike Boyle (boyle@tapir.caltech.edu) http://boyle.black-holes.org/recipes/robuchon_pureed_potatoes?do=diff1175127827 I found this version of the recipe somewhere in the depths of the internet, from a non-authoritative source. 2 pounds of Russet potatoes 3/4 to 1 1/4 cups of whole milk brought just to a boil and set aside 16 tablespoons(!) chilled butter cut int...