Monthly Archives: April 2005

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 →