August 2017
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This morning, by way of Google Scholar alerts, I found out that we’d almost sorta got scooped. Meh. I work on roughly four loosely connected topics, and a group that works on one of them (and only that one) published a paper that presents an alternative approach to ours. It’s less rigorous, it has similar…
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Here are some character sketches, in pencil. Some of these will make their way into the comic.
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I am feeling a little too rested, which makes me unbearably restless. I am really looking forward to the new semester and the return of structure, even if powers-that-be yet again make us use a completely new electronic course-management system. Eldest told me yesterday, “Maybe you should write another book. The last one kept you…
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My younger two kids have attended a summer camp for a couple of weeks. The camp is affiliated with the university and the counselors are students. What I find really disturbing is that the counselors don’t go by their names, but rather by pseudonyms. For instance, assume that all counselors have the names of green…
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An homage to Led Zeppelin that was on the radio a few days ago reminded me of some great music. What’s your favorite song by Led Zeppelin?
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Some great music for your enjoyment, as I continue my travels.
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