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●  Hiking

Here is a list of some hikes I have been on in the last few years.

●  Erdös Numbers

Compute your own Erdös number. The easiest way seems to be to use the AMS site and use the "Collaboration Distance Tool."

Mine is 4, via several paths (yes, OK, I confess---it's one paper with Chawla, Ravi, and Sinha that gives rise to all of the paths):

Paul Erdös--Nathan Linial--Robert Krauthgamer--Shuchi Chawla--Uday Rajan

Paul Erdös--László Lovász--Ravi Sundaram--R. Ravi--Uday Rajan

Paul Erdös--Michel-Marie Deza--Anupam Gupta--Amitabh Sinha--Uday Rajan

●  Cricket

Cricinfo : (check out the profile on Erapalli Prasanna).
BBC : Yes, I know it's more than a cricket site, but they do carry Test Match Special over the web.
Howzstat : Nice site that has series-by-series statistics and player records broken down by opposing team.

Neville Cardus on Frank Woolley: The best piece of cricket writing ever.
More Cardus excerpts:  Cardus reported on both cricket and music for the Manchester Guardian, and it shows in his writing.

●  Heroes

Tenzing Norgay : Everest pioneer.
Sancho Panza: Just an ordinary person.

●  Words/Crosswords

Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Day
Times Crosswords (London, not New York, Times---cryptic crosswords)