The ScienceBlogs upgrade put a bit of a kink in my plans for monthly book hype, but I didn’t want to let the day pass without noting that the official release date for How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is five months from today. (You can pre-order it from Amazon, where they’re offering to… Continue reading Obligatory Book Hype: Five Months to Go
Month: July 2009
PNAS: David Warman, Computer Gaming System Designer
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: David Warman, Computer Gaming System Designer
PNAS: Mark Hodinott, RF Designer
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Mark Hodinott, RF Designer
PNAS: Rod Charlton, Chemical Engineer
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Rod Charlton, Chemical Engineer
links for 2009-07-22
slacktivist: On offendedness "Taking offense and getting angry aren’t exactly the same thing. Anger has to do with the intolerable difference between what is and what ought to be, which is to say, with injustice. Offendedness has to do with my own discomfort with the difference between how I feel and how I’d prefer to… Continue reading links for 2009-07-22
Pardon Our Dust
ScienceBlogs is getting some back-end work done this evening, with yet another server/ MT upgrade. This is intended to help with the frequent timeout problems that bloggers and commenters have been having. Opinions differ as to whether this will fix the problem, but at least Something is Being Done. As part of the upgrade process,… Continue reading Pardon Our Dust
PNAS: Nicole Leuke, Science Teacher
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Nicole Leuke, Science Teacher
PNAS: Australian Equipment Maker
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Australian Equipment Maker
PNAS: Hazel Phillips, UK Government
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Hazel Phillips, UK Government
Infinite Jest: Who’s Telling This Story?
There are a lot of things about Infinite Jest that are easier to understand than most people seem to believe. I’ve never had a problem seeing a plot in it, for example, though a bunch of people don’t see it. One thing that I’ve never been entirely sure of, though, is just who is narrating… Continue reading Infinite Jest: Who’s Telling This Story?