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Joel

This fall I am once again the course coordinator for MAT 137Y, an advanced (translation: challenging and somewhat theoretical) calculus course which caters to students in many scientific fields such as computer science, physics, economics, actuarial science, etc.

Apparently the trend these days is for people who have web sites to have blogs. While I may have been blogging longer than most, this is only proof that home pages are the most pointless things on the Internet.


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    April 13, 2009

    As you can see, I haven't been doing much to my blog here. Most of my updates are now posted on Facebook or on twitter. For now, the main blog is now replaced by my twitter feed above, and gradually the web page will be redesigned as it is getting a little outdated.

    September 18, 2007

    Canadian Dollar Exchange Rates

    (Source: xe.com)

    A history of the Canadian dollar. (Rates vs. the US Dollar)

    October 2002C$1.590 (62.89 cents)
    May 2003C$1.366 (73.20 cents)
    September 2004C$1.300 (76.92 cents)
    March 2005C$1.250 (80.00 cents)
    May 2006C$1.103 (90.66 cents)
    July 2007C$1.050 (95.23 cents)
    TodayC$1.013 (98.68 cents)

    Using the Economist's Big Mac Index, the Canadian dollar is now 10% overvalued. If only the iPod touch were available last month!

    August 21, 2007

    Another city visited, another panorama.

    San Francisco

    August 15, 2007

    Apparently there has been a lot of confusion over the 2008 University of Toronto admission requirements as the high school math curriculum has been revised as of September 2007. Check this out.

    August 6, 2007

    Long time no see.

    Hong Kong


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