The Abstruse Abstractification of Distance

In everyday life, we take certain geometrical facts for granted. For example, that two parallel lines will never meet, or that given two points in space we can (theoretically) draw a straight line between them. These and other such common sense ideas form the basis of what is traditionally called Euclidean geometry; otherwise known as [...]

Obligatory TAMOz Roundup…

So…TAMOz? It was good. Mostly, it was really good. Of course, as one might expect there were highlights and low/average-lights; but on the whole the quality of the conference was excellent. To summarise the most important bits…