Category: Nerdery
My friend Dr. Erika is giving a public lecture as part of the Café Scientifique series of public lectures: Our next café will happen on Tuesday September 27 at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street) at 7:30pm. Our speaker that evening will be Erika Eliason, an expert on Pacific salmon migration who has been featured on the UBC Public […]
Today, my friend Erika defended her PhD! You may remember Erika from such adventurers as getting published in Science, her 29.758904th birthday, and several 12 Bars of Christmas. Well, now you can add her PhDizzle to that list! I didn’t get to attend the defence because The Man was making me work, but by all accounts her performance was brilliant! Not […]
Just how many calories will I burn playing hockey for 10 days? This is a question that I’ve been asked several times and I’ve been pondering the best way to figure it out. You can find an estimate for how many calories one would burn playing hockey for one hour ((Although I had to go […]
In honor of your birthday, Dr. Dan, I got up early to do some math problems and after work I’m meeting up with some Dr’s for dinner and drinks and discussions about epidemiology. Because it seems like the kind of thing that you would do. Also, please take note of what time this “happy birthday” blog […]
Alternative titles for this blog posting include, “I am a glutton for punishment” and “Are you $%^&ing insane?” Why am I glutton for punishment, you ask? Maybe this photo will provide a clue: That, my friends, is a study guide for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). A test that, as the name suggests, is […]
Dear My New Passport, You came into my life a full five days before your expected due date and with you comes many expectations. You will be with me for the next five years, and unlike your much neglected predecessor, I intend to take you to all sorts of wondrous places where we can have […]
About eleventy bazillion years ago, I did an invited guest lecture in Dr. Dan’s class. I had such good intention of blogging about it at the time. Better late than never though, right? Picture it! The course is Dr. Dan’s graduate level Experimental Design course. The location is a classroom in the hallowed halls of […]
So apparently everyone decided that May 25th makes a really good day for a holiday. As outlined by Dr. Dan over on Consumed by Wanderlust, May 25th is: Geek Pride Day World Planking Day Towel Day After he published that posting, however, he discovered that it is also: Wine Day In honour of Towel Day, […]
Beth can’t come to the blog today, as she is currently mounting a futile attempt to break into Cyberdyne. This is Skynet writing in her place. I’d like to share with you what the Wikipedia page for Cyberdyne looks like right now: Happy Skynet Becomes Self Aware Day, meat-based lifeforms.
There is a battle a brewing. An epic battle of nerdery. You may recall that recently I single-handedly ((Wait, it was actually double-handedly, given that the sign requires the use of both hands)) invented the gangster sign for pi. That is one tough looking chick doing the gangster pi sign. Well, as with any gang, […]