Author Archives: tdmorley

About tdmorley

Riding bicycles, reading, professional Mathematician

More from **&* customer service:

Posted on March 19, 2015 by tdmorley

The Customer Service (actually twitter monitoring) department of **&* called. They then promised resolution by 4:00 pm EDT tomorrow (102.5 hours after original order). Then when asked for clarification, they clarified that their “promise” was not, in fact a promise. … Continue reading →

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My attempts to add HD to my U-***** account with **&*

Posted on March 17, 2015 by tdmorley

At about 9:30 am on the 16 of March, I placed an order with AT&T for an HD upgrade of my U-****** account. This still has not happened. I have spent over 5 hours on the phone, with me calling … Continue reading →

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Two things I learned about email

Posted on March 12, 2014 by tdmorley

Two things I learned about email: 1. In a long email chain (the bottom of email) , if an important email is inadvertently or deliberately dropped, then add it back. If you want, just quote it — “as I said … Continue reading →

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Music this morning:

Posted on May 1, 2013 by tdmorley

What else? Now is the month of Maying. By Thomas Morley. One of my favorite composers. And it is May,.

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Music this morning:

Posted on April 24, 2013 by tdmorley

My favorite Prokofiev Piano Concerto — though they are all wonderful: Concerto #1 performed by Sviatoslav Richter. Db major Op 10.

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Music this morning

Posted on April 22, 2013 by tdmorley

The Lieutenant Kije Suite by Prokoviev. All hail the famous but non existent Lieut. Kije. Courageous beyond description! A hero beyond other heroes. Used in many films and often used as a stub in film trailers,

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Music this morning

Posted on April 19, 2013 by tdmorley

J. S. Bach. Goldberg Variations. Played by Gustav Leonhardt. Wow! I always hear something new when I listen to the Goldberg Variations, but especially when I listen to Gustav Leonhardt. Variation 4. Wow.

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Music this morning:

Posted on April 17, 2013 by tdmorley

Leonard Bernstein conducting the Prelude to Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. Controversially slow. But is it Fm7b5? Or some sort of slightly weird sus II or V (in A minor) or something else entirely?

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Music this morning

Posted on April 15, 2013 by tdmorley

Vera Lynn. We’ll meet again. A famous WWII song, also made famous by its use by Stanley Kubrick

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Review of my Coursera course

Posted on April 12, 2013 by tdmorley

As some of you might know, I just (more or less) got done teaching a coursera course in Combinatorial Game Theory. Here is a review by a student: http://gregorulm.com/review-games-without-chance-combinatorial-game-theory-coursera/    

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