Author Archives: matt

So far my biggest accomplishment this weekend has been to buy a bookshelf. The principal utility of said bookshelf is that it’s just tall enough that I can easily put things on top of it, and it’s right by the … Continue reading →

I’d hoped that I’d be able to take some of my vacation to maybe assemble the syllabus for my summer course, and maybe finished typing up one of the two or three papers that want finishing. My bad planning put … Continue reading →

My office is a place I go to in order not to do work. Seriously. I work in coffeeshops. I work (after a manner of speaking) when I’m driving long distances. Hell, I get more work done waiting for car … Continue reading →

Just a few quick things, since I feel like I haven’t been posting enough. I’ve been reading through an extensive — some might say exhaustive — review of Mac OS 10.4 (AKA Tiger). He goes into a lot of technical … Continue reading →

Something I’d like to see on sites with random folks writing reviews: cumulative frequency statistics. What I mean by that: a problem I have with amazon, IMDB and the like is that comments and ratings tend toward the extremes (and … Continue reading →

Sitting in my office thinking that I should really get some coffee or lunch or something, which would require a trip to a bank machine. At the very moment I come to that conclusion, a textbook buyer shows up. $50 … Continue reading →

…is my Ontario wine recommendation of the moment: a pleasant red, light but earthy, which is a neat trick. I know there are those who say that one should never drink alone, but if I followed that then I’d almost … Continue reading →

For those playing along at home, I’m back from my sojourn Down South. It was a bit of an odd trip. I left graduate school fairly early — three years between my Bachelor’s and Ph.D, which is really rather short … Continue reading →

This is a weird sort of week for me, since tomorrow I’m flying down South, back to the place where I took my doctorate. This is strange on several levels, not the least of which being that it’s only Tuesday … Continue reading →

A selection of things that are raising my ire at the moment: I’m sick, and have been all weekend. It’s not bad enough that I need to go check in to a hospital or anything — really, it’s just a … Continue reading →