I’m in a line of work where I have to listen to a lot of graduation speeches– at least one per year. Yesterday, though, I got a phone call asking me to give one at my old high school’s graduation in three and a half weeks. This is kind of a weird situation, because while… Continue reading What Should I Say to High School Graduates?
Author: Chad Orzel
Wanted: Better Hugo Nominees
I’m eligible to vote for the Hugos this year, as a paid-up member of Anticipation. As such, I got the free packet of nominated works that they put together for the voters, and have started working my way through the short fiction (I’ve read all the novel nominees that I’m going to). Whether you’re eligible… Continue reading Wanted: Better Hugo Nominees
links for 2009-06-02
Silence Is The Enemy | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Today begins a very important initiative called Silence Is The Enemy to help a generation of young women half a world away.Why? Because they are our sisters and childrenâthe victims of sexual abuse who donât have the means to ask for help. We have power… Continue reading links for 2009-06-02
Three Quarks Voting, X-Change Files
Two noteworthy things in the meta-blog category: 1) The 3 Quarks Daily science blogging prize nominations are up, and it’s a great list of sciencey bloggy goodness. If you’re looking for a way to procrastinate, you could kill several days reading all 171 entries. Once you’re done reading them, go vote for your favorite. The… Continue reading Three Quarks Voting, X-Change Files
Seven Years Ago
Before there was such a thing as Uncertain Principles, let alone Thursday Baby Blogging, there was this: Still the best call I ever made, seven years on.
Nobody Expects the Vector Product
Today is the first day of the last week of class, hallelujah. Unfortunately, it’s also the first class on rotational motion and angular momentum. This is unfortunate because it’s the hardest material in the course– angular momentum doesn’t behave in as intuitive a manner as linear momentum, and the math involved is the most complicated… Continue reading Nobody Expects the Vector Product
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The Boston Terrier Break Dance | The Intersection | Discover Magazine A photo essay. (tags: dog animals silly pictures) Vagabond Scholar: Anti-Terrorist Fantasy Dream Team on the Case ""I believe a fictional threat is best met with decisive fictional force," explained President Obama. "Jack Bauer and Wolverine are among the very best we have when… Continue reading links for 2009-06-01
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Off the Kuff: Saturday video break: Literally! "Mullet with headlights?" (tags: music silly video youtube nostalgia) Career Advice: Preparing for the Non-Academic Interview – Inside Higher Ed "People assume the only reason to earn a Ph.D. is to become a professor to the exclusion of all other careers. They donât realize there are at least… Continue reading links for 2009-05-31
Going Mobile
I don’t intend to turn this entirely over to Video Baby Blogging, but SteelyKid has been adding new tricks at an amazing rate, and I have the camera… Here, she showcases her newfound mobility, and her inherited taste in entertainment: The odd one-leg-under crawling style seems to be a local maximum– she can get up… Continue reading Going Mobile
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Could an iphone tell if your parachute didn’t open with its accelerometer? | Dot Physics "The first and simplest answer would be ânoâ." (tags: physics education science technology gadgets dot-physics blogs) Robert J. Lang Origami Awesome origami art, and science as well. (tags: art math science) Don’t Be Such a Scientist Everybody with a blog… Continue reading links for 2009-05-30