Category: Nerdery
Many people celebrate Pi Day by eating pie. I prefer to celebrate it by being irrational. -Dr. Beth In honour of Pi Day, I have hounded demanded of nicely asked my Official Statistician & Tattoo Consultant for some wise words about pi to share with you, my lovely readers ((After all, it is his first […]
Between Monday and Wednesday, I drove ~600 km. I’m actually really looking forward to having a full day in my office tomorrow – sooo much to catch up on! Also, because it’s now mid-March, I will, like last year, be blaming everything on fiscal year end until the end of the month. Find a typo […]
Just got this email from an organization that I used to work for with a request to pass it along to anyone would might be interested. So I thought I’d share it with all y’all in case anyone is looking for a new job: Are you a people person? Are you a ‘systems thinker’ with […]
So here’s the “to do” list I came up with off the top of my head for all the things I need to do for my move: Can you think of anything I’ve overlooked?
In keeping with my desire to be a year-end cliché, here are my goals for the new year (in no particular order): Sleep. Sleep is always the first thing I sacrifice when I take on too many jobs, which I do a lot. I’m going to take advantage of the fact that I’m not teaching […]
A few people brought this to my attention the other day: Apparently, in honour of the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, Google made a bunch of Sesame Street Google logos. And since today is a numerically significant day – i.e., Friday the 13th (*thirteen!* *thirteen days in November!* ah ah ah ah ah!) and Google […]
Oh Thursday, you are a long, long day for me. In addition to my usual 1.5 hrs of commuting and 8 hours at my regular job, Thursdays this semester involve 3 hrs of night class ((an aside: some of my students told me tonight in class that they’d found my blog. So, if you are […]
Today I hit the 10,000 km mark on Zaphod, my beloved Smart Car! Because I’m a super nerd, I’ve been tracking my gas mileage ((really, any excuse to make a spreadsheet and I’m happy)). And so far, this is where I’m at: days owned 161 km driven 10,021 L of gas used 594 $ spent […]
A friend of mine and I are putting together a little science-related blog ((because, you know, I clearly don’t spend enough time blogging as it is)) and I have a question ((a little unscientific survey, if you will)) for one of the blog postings I’m going to write over there. Where do you get your […]
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. -Albus Dumbledore Since I now spend almost an hour a half a day in my car commuting to work ((that’s nearly 7.5 hrs per week, people!)) and since I discovered that you can download audiobooks from the library FOR […]