Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A PhD in Pictures

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I think that this sequence of pictures tells it all. (Tip of the cap to Craig Montuori.)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Why can't I own a Canadian?

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Greg Fricke passed along this beauty that somebody recently posted on Facebook. In fact, it's rather old .
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Deadpan Synopsis of "Baby Got Back"

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How awesome is this ? As discussed in the blog Mental Floss, the "synopsis" portion of the wikipedia entry for the song "Ba...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010

"The Function of Communities in Protein Interaction Networks at Multiple Scales"

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Here is a just-published paper on protein interaction networks by my collaborators and me. Title: The Function of Communities in Protein ...

Jam Versus Marmalade

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I had a toasted baguette with marmalade this morning, and that got me to wondering: Just what is the different between jam and marmalade? ...
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Saturday, August 07, 2010

Perspective

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I want to keep a proper perspective. Really, I do. Though I think anybody who truly knows me well also knows that I fail miserably at it (t...
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Friday, August 06, 2010

What Education is Supposed to Be

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I could rant on and on about this, but let me instead just to a recent high school valedictorian speech , which I won't debase by callin...

The Burgeoning Oxford Student Chapter of SIAM

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Oxford's student chapter of SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) apparently has a larger number of members than all but...

Demotivational Poster of the Day: This Owl

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Apparently, this owl wants a divorce . I think this poster is hilarious!
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

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Sometimes, there really is justice: California's Proposition 8 (banning same-sex marriage) has been ruled unconstitutional and overturn...

Alex Rodriguez hits 600th Career Homerun

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Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career homerun today . You know, I actually considered not blogging about this---given the past several years...
Monday, August 02, 2010

How to Pick a Perfect Font

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Fresh from the pages of Gizmodo, here is a chart for how to pick the perfect font . This chart includes the best use of Comic Sans ever. ...

Demotivational Poster of the Day: It's What's for Dinner

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This demotivational poster is a big win! I assume that this picture was taken at the recent Comic-Con?
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Dodgers trade for Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot

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The Dodgers have acquired Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot via trade from the Cubs. Yeah, we have a another solid starting pitcher. Of course, ...

Rokugan!

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I just ordered the brand new 4th edition of Legend of the Five Rings RPG. (Second edition was d20, and I pondered but never bought the 3rd...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Website Legacy

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Many years ago, when I was a postdoc in Georgia Tech's math department, I kept track of the talks in the seminar series that I was organ...

Dodgers Trade for Scott Podsednik

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The Dodgers have made a trade with the Kansas City Royals for Scott Podsednik . Maybe Podsednik can be the new Juan Pierre? In any event, ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Pictures from China

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Here are some pictures from my recent trip to Shanghai.
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Ersatz Word Origin of the Day

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This origin of the word "testify" might not be true , but if I am called to testify in court, can I still do it this way instead o...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

We're all unique.

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Can we please use the word "unique" correctly from now on? As a case in point, consider the sentence "He holds a unique pla...
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