Kissing Hank’s Ass
Nimpsy made a short movie, wherein two chaps walk up to a random person’s door, knock, and extend a friendly invitation to kiss Hank’s ass. Maybe someday a pair of people just like these two will knock on your door.
You’re probably wondering “Who is Hank?” and “Why should I kiss his ass?”. Watch the video, [...]
Running Down Prey
Although I do not condemn hunting on ethical grounds (I’m no vegan), I am nonetheless seriously annoyed by people who refer to hunting as a “sport”. Shooting deer with telescoped rifles is about as sporting as a football game in which only one team is given armor. Anyone who really wants a “sporting hunt” should [...]
Graduate School
I’ll be heading to Albuquerque in the fall to begin classes in the math department at University of New Mexico.
I also had an offer from the University of Delaware. In my judgement, UDel actually has a somewhat stronger math program than UNM does; however, I was very impressed by the quantum computing group at UNM. [...]
Job
I’ve now worked at Chair & Trellis for three weeks.
Week One: Moved heavy things, assembled furniture.
Week Two: Started working on the store’s fledgling e-commerce site. Spent most of my time doing data entry to upload products.
Week Three: Learned regular expressions and wrote a bunch of Python code to import data from a [...]
Flying Wind Turbines
Yes, literally. Read all about it. There are a lot of crazy ideas out there, but this one is my new favorite.
Religion in Britain
And now, some good news. According to data compiled by the Christian charity Tearfund, Britain is a very secular society, and it’s becoming less religious every year. Only 53% of Brits polled identify themselves as Christian, down from just under 3/4 in 2001; 40% say they “have no religion”. Furthermore, a mere 15% of Brits [...]
Parasites in Fiction and Fact
I’ve been watching the X-Files, and several episodes involve parasites which take control of humans, usually causing the host to do violent things to further spread themselves. These episodes were quite good, but I never thought that the phenomenon was especially plausible.
It turns out I was wrong. As reported by the New Scientist the protozoan [...]
