We had a great time on our visit to Japan last summer, but we had one incredibly frustrating experience, on our first day in Yokohama. We couldn’t bring three full weeks’ worth of clothing with us, so we brought a bit more than one week’s worth, and planned to get things cleaned there. The hotel… Continue reading The Japanese Directions Theory of Pedagogy
Author: Chad Orzel
Busy, Busy, Busy
Monday 9:00-10:15 am Grade exams from last week. 10:15-10:30 am Prepare for lecture 10:30-11:35 am Lecture about magnetic field of current loop, in-class activity on field of solenoid 11:35-12:45 pm Gasp, pant, eat lunch. 12:45-2:45 pm Tweak up apparatus for laser spectroscopy of rubidium lab 3:00-5:00 pm Test and set up lab on finding Earth’s… Continue reading Busy, Busy, Busy
Warning! Leering Demon Hand Zone!
Lest you think that people in the US are uniquely alarmist about threats to Chiiiiillllllldrruuuun, a picture from last summer’s trip to Japan: I have absolutely no idea what that says, but it sure is lurid.
links for 2008-04-24
Acephalous: Interview with a Candidate for Many Jobs (but Winner of None) “So your advice to candidates is to take consolation in the fact that the entire planet isn’t being devoured by The Eater of Worlds?” (tags: academia jobs blogs silly) nanoscale views: Career comments There’s really no end to the number of people willing… Continue reading links for 2008-04-24
FutureBaby Chronicles: Naming Names
We’ve asked not to be told the sex of FutureBaby, even though Kate’s doctors know it, having done an amniocentesis to screen for genetic defects. So far, they’ve been very good about not hinting at anything. We may have cause to reconsider this decision, though, as we get deeper into the issue of names. There’s… Continue reading FutureBaby Chronicles: Naming Names
Curse You, Georgia
At Inside Higher Ed this morning, there’s an article with the headline At U. of Georgia, Furor Over Clarence Thomas. As always when I see such things (or, say, complaints about having Mike Huckabee speak on campus here), my first thought was “Curse you, Georgia, for making me think, even for a nanosecond, that David… Continue reading Curse You, Georgia
Loan Forgiveness for Public Service
As I may have mentioned in the past, we at Chateau Steelypips have benefitted greatly from Yale Law School’s loan forgiveness program for graduates taking public service jobs. Since Kate shattered my dreams of a self-funded basement lab by deciding to use her pricey law degree for good rather than racking up billions as Evil… Continue reading Loan Forgiveness for Public Service
links for 2008-04-23
james_nicoll: Welcome to the Harlan Ellison Memorial Personal Boundaries Club The title is really all the commentary you need on the “Open-Source Boob Project.” (tags: SF stupid gender ethics society culture) Confessions of a Community College Dean: The Pre-Ninja Program “75 percent of the graduates we contacted indicated satisfaction with the program, though many threatened… Continue reading links for 2008-04-23
Quantum Computing in Diamond
Two weeks ago, now, I promised some peer=reviewed physics blogging, to compensate for the “screechy monkey” nonsense. Of course, I got distracted by other things, but I’ve been sitting on this paper for a while now, and I really need to get it off my desk. The paper in question is “Quantum Register Based on… Continue reading Quantum Computing in Diamond
Non-Dorky Poll: Political Documentaries
The release of Expelled has generated all sorts of chatter, almost certainly more than it deserves on its merits as a film. It’s also produced repeated mentions of the fact that it’s the eight highest-grossing political documentary of all time– most recently, Tara Smith writing at Correlations. That claim reminds me of a long-ago student… Continue reading Non-Dorky Poll: Political Documentaries