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Long-Overdue Photo-a-Day Wrap-Up
During my sabbatical last year, I decided to try to do a photo-a-day project, taking and sharing at least one good picture a day of something or another. The strict photo-a-day format fell victim to my general busy-ness and disorganization, but I did eventually complete the whole thing. In the final post of the series,… Continue reading Long-Overdue Photo-a-Day Wrap-Up
050/366: Physics Toy
When we were in DC back in July, SteelyKid purchased a toy Newton’s cradle. And I already owned a 1000fps video camera, so it was inevitable that the one would end up in front of the other… I spent a while this afternoon making high-speed video of the toy clicking back and forth, but didn’t… Continue reading 050/366: Physics Toy
Drums in the Deep… They Are Coming
October was a very heavy month, blog-wise, and I had planned to continue that labor. In working the word mines, though, I seem to have delved too deep, and unleashed a horde. And they have Halloween candy… I’ll try to fight my way clear by Monday, but not too hard, because, really, look at them.… Continue reading Drums in the Deep… They Are Coming
Science: It’s What’s for Breakfast
SteelyKid and I have developed a weekend routine: I make pancakes (with her help in mixing and occasionally measuring ingredients) on Saturday morning before we head out (usually to SoccerTots, but the last couple of weeks to birthday parties). On Sunday, we make French toast, before going to the Schenectady Greenmarket. Of course, while this… Continue reading Science: It’s What’s for Breakfast
Ask Me Stuff
I’m running a little short on blogging inspiration lately. This is partly just a function of being busy– most of my time is spent frantically working on class prep or child maintenance, and another piece is the result of an inconvenient policy change. But I do feel like I’ve gotten into a bit of a… Continue reading Ask Me Stuff
This Week’s Reading in the Church of the Larger Hilbert Space
1 And the LORD looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 2 And the LORD said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with… Continue reading This Week’s Reading in the Church of the Larger Hilbert Space
The Quota System
They say that, in writing, you should steal from the best. Or, failing that, whoever’s convenient. Like, say, John Scalzi. I made a little headway on the book-in-progress over the weekend, which is nice. The problem is, the words I wrote on Saturday were the first new text generated since Tuesday the previous week. Not… Continue reading The Quota System
De-Clutter the Internet!
Links for 2010-12-17
Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » QCut “Let me end this post with a request: I want all of my readers to visit the YouCut page, and propose that quantum computing and theoretical computer science research be completely eliminated. Here’s my own CAREER Award; go ahead and cite it by number as a particularly egregious example of government… Continue reading Links for 2010-12-17