I bought a phone! Granted, it’s not the latest and greatest. I even bought it used; it was less than $70 on a certain jungle-themed shopping website. I’ll be doing some international travel soon, and it’s useful to have an unlocked, multi-band GSM smartphone. This fits the bill, and it gives me an opportunity […]
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I can honestly say that I’ve never thought of myself as a flower. Perhaps that’s why an invitation to join the editorial board of a journal in “the bouquet of STM JOURNALS” [sic] doesn’t really speak to me. Or perhaps it’s because STM is on Beall’s list, and their invitation doesn’t quite ring true. It […]
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You, too, can be an editor!
Part of being a scientist is curating the work of other scientists. This is called peer review. Peer review is critical to the well-being of science, because it helps ensure that the scientific record is important, correct, and has passed some level of validation before being put in front of other people. Peer review is […]
There’s a big debate in science about research and what to do with negative results. It boils down to more or less this: We scientists publish only positive results. There’s a lot of reasons for this, some more valid than others. The first one is that it’s hard to prove things beyond a shadow of […]
A computer scientist, a systems programmer, a gentleman, and a scholar. And a Microsoft Employee, but he works for the Research division, so that makes it sort of ok. But all of that pales in comparison to the most hilarious thing you’ll read on the Internet today, if you’re of a hackerish persuasion. The Night […]
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Writing inspiration
25 insights on becoming a better writer Fantastic writing on software engineering and management: Rands in Repose Joel on Software (I may have read the entire archive in one sitting) Paul Graham’s essays Old New Thing (mandatory if you’ve ever programmed for Windows) Just good writing, period (I have a very soft spot for humor): The Bloggess Hyperbole […]
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On writing
Well, it had to happen. I decided I need more writing practice. And what better way to practice writing than by, you know, writing? For a long time I’ve held back from having an actual blog, because: Another blog? Really? Who’s going to want to read it? I don’t want to be another person who is […]