Saturday, June 27, 2015

Hyperbolic Coffee Drinking

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I used this really awesome online tool to generate a hyperbolic image of me drinking coffee. (Tip of the cap to MoMath: The National Mu...
Friday, June 26, 2015

A Huge Victory for Equality

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In a landmark Supreme Court decision, gay marriage is now legal throughout the United States . This is a huge victory for equality. Also: it...

Taylor Swift Will No Longer Review Articles for Nature

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Apparently, musician Taylor Swift will no longer review papers for the journal Nature because they are not paying her for her services. S...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

"Every State Flag is Wrong"

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I love the snarky explanations about why every state flag is wrong (though different ones are wrong for different reasons). I am amused. (...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Tales from the ArXiv: Analysis of Data from School Shootings

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Kudos to Peter Dodds and his collaborators for analyzing data from school shootings using a systemic approach . I haven't looked in d...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Nonprofit Foundation to Preserve the Word "Schmuck"

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Well, not really. But it would be pretty cool , wouldn't it? And naturally, Mel Brooks would have to play a major role in it.
Sunday, June 21, 2015

What Happens in Brighton Stays in Brighton

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Tomorrow afternoon, I'll be heading on the train to "Bright"on to attend the "Sun"belt conference on social network...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Groups of Fire

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Johnny Cash sang about a "Ring of Fire" . Big Country sang about "Fields of Fire" . Clearly, somebody has to record...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

PhDTree: Visualizing Academic Genealogies

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PhDTree is now visualizing academic family trees like the Mathematical Genealogy Project (MGP) used to. (You can still find textual listings...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Mike Sweeney Memorial All Stars

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Right now, 8 (count 'em!) Royals are scheduled to start the All Star Game for the American League. Well, this is a far cry from the d...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Coke Poured into Molten Lead

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This video of Coke poured into molten lead is very cool!
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Photos from Singapore

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Here are my photographs from Singapore .
Friday, June 12, 2015

OCD + Art + Everyday Objects = Win!

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Wow, some of Emily Blincoe's artistic OCD arrangements of everyday objects are stunningly gorgeous! I approve! You can see more of th...

Research Word Cloud

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Tagxedo has the largest variety of options among the word-cloud generator that I have ever used. Here is a word cloud that I created from m...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

New Meme: #distractinglysexy

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The new meme #distractinglysexy is a fantastic response to Tim Hunt's stupid comments.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

"All Possible Humanities Dissertations Considered as Single Tweets"

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The New Yorker has very kindly presented all possible humanities dissertations considered as single tweets . I am highly amused. :) (Tip...

"Biology, With a Beat"

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The option of submitting a biological music video instead of taking a final for Caltech's Biology 1 class this year is very clever. I w...

Topps Baseball Cards of Will Ferrell

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In commemoration of Will Ferrell's Spring Training stunt , Topps now has issued Will Farrell baseball cards using designs from years go...
Tuesday, June 09, 2015

"College is Not a Commodity. Stop Treating it Like One."

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Former Cornell University president Hunter Rawlings has written a brilliant essay called "College is not a commodity. Stop treating it...
Monday, June 08, 2015

RIP Hermann Zapf (1918–2015)

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Hermann Zapf , who designed several well-known fonts (e.g., Zaph Dingbats, Palatino) died on 4 June . I don't think I had ever seen his ...