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You know you’re in trouble when the main result in a paper you’re reading takes up half a page to state. Not prove; state. You’re in bigger trouble if you’re writing said paper. Well, more or less writing. One of … Continue reading →

My computer at work won’t turn on today. It’s done this is the past, but now it looks like it means it. So I’ve got my laptop in the office, which isn’t quite as useful because it has less screen … Continue reading →

I would love it if there were a weather site that didn’t treat Canadian and American weather systems as entirely disjoint. Weather Underground has a lot of good things going for it, but it’s a little too hung up on … Continue reading →

At my university, it seems that winning a research medal doesn’t get you a Special Merit Award (read: “bonus”); securing a large grant, however ill-fated, does. Given that I did both, yay me! Also, I just scribbled out my likely … Continue reading →

Since my last post, the following things have happened: On December 15th, I drove to Kitchener through winter’s greatest hits (though I stayed ahead of the actual snowstorm until arriving at my destination for that night. December 15th-20th: wandered around … Continue reading →

Finally finished marking final exams, and I can’t submit my grades because I can’t log in to the system. Damn it.

I make lists. Many people make lists, of course. Lists are handy things to have if you’re trying to be organized; you can look at them to make sure you’re not forgetting anything, you can check things off of them … Continue reading →

So the plan for this weekend: go to Kentucky, do math. Simple, right? Originally, the first part of the plan — go to Kentucky — was scheduled to be a two-day affair; I’d start the drive down Thursday night, stop … Continue reading →

A selection of the typical phone messages on my machine: “This is an important message for [name garbled]. If you are [name garbled], please press 1 now; if you need to bring [name garbled] to the phone, press 2 now…” … Continue reading →

Upgraded to the new Mac OS version this weekend. Doubting the wisdom of that. Part of the problem is that they’ve apparently revamped Spotlight (the super find-everything-on-your-computer utility) in a way that requires it to re-index the entire hard drive. … Continue reading →