(Read Day 1 first, otherwise you might get confused.)

On the way out of the hostel yesterday, we had stumbled upon an outdoor gear store. I had been on the lookout for a new backpack for quite a while, and right there in that store I saw what I had …

madman's home page now semi-automatically draws its news from the madman category of my journal. I hope that this will encourage me to update madman's news more frequently by making the process more convenient than writing PHP source code. (ugh) As an added benefit, you may comment on the news …

To say the least, the trip was great. Amsterdam is a very cool city, with all that water, all the bridges and the people, something is just right there. Sadly for you, there aren't going to be any pictures, at least not for a while, since all we had was …

Just in case you are interested, Functional Analysis II Summary is a PDF link to my (German) summary of Dr. Christoph Schmoeger's Functional Analysis class of 2001. While those that have taken that particular lecture and need to take an exam on it may be a dying breed, I'm posting …

Hi people, greetings from the Flying Pig in Amsterdam. I completed my degree! Did that last Monday at 10:47. (The last exam could have been better--I got a 1.7. But who cares now? }:)) Then, I completed my applications to grad schools in the US. Did I ever mention …

Dirk Werner is the author of an excellent functional analysis book, one of the two which I am presently using to prepare for my final exam, Rudin's almost-classic being the other one. I enjoy Werner's writing a lot--more than Rudin's, and to be completely honest with you, he was the …

While pretty seventies-looking, I actually like the brand name Penny came up with for their canned food. "Dinner-Fee", which is German for the dinner fairy, took care of my lunch for today quite marvelously. Thanks, dinner fairy, you're the best! :P

Note: Whilst writing this, I almost let my dinner …

I was supposed to have my last exam to complete my Diplom degree on Friday, but unfortunately, I got sick with flu-like symptoms on Sunday. One of my examiners has already agreed to move the exam to Monday the 24th, and I hope the other will, too. Now if I …