I’m not sure why I still care about the Academy Awards, but I do. No, actually, I do know why I still care: because it continues to be, warts and all, a pretty good representation of what Hollywood cares about….
Category: randomresearch
Research Rathole: Three Hamburgers a Week?!
Who the hell eats three hamburgers every week?
Space Remixes
It’s been a good long while since I documented one of my random research spirals, but this one was pretty interesting. While catching up on my Instagram friends today, I saw this intriguing background on Aaron Duran‘s laptop screen: I…
I Got Yer Oscar Nominations RIGHT HERE
TL;DR: I care about the Academy Awards and I care about data reporting. This year’s Oscar nominations (honoring films released in 2016) were announced on January 24th, and ever since then I’ve been checking Oscars.org periodically to see if they’ve…
Schrödinger Sessions II Debrief
One month ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the Schrödinger Sessions II (SS2), a “science for science fiction writers” workshop at the University of Maryland (UMD), organized by the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) and focusing on quantum physics. The…
BritPics
So the British Library has over one million public domain illustrations on Flickr, organized into albums for easier browsing. I’ve only made it through six pages of the “Fauna” collection so far but have already found some real gems: An…
I Am Not Any of These Other People
I recently finished listening to Judy Greer’s audiobook of her memoir I Don’t Know What You Know Me From (which is delightful, by the way: my favorite chapter is “My Stupid Trip (Alone) to Spain” but they’re all great). Now,…
I volunteered at Open Source Bridge today
And sat in on these great talks: “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Pelican: A Comparison of Static Site Generators” with Lucy Wyman “Hosting Events that the Whole Community Loves” with Meg Hartley “Teaching and managing for technologists” with Lennon Day-Reynolds “Universal…
I have another deadline this week
Which means I don’t have the time/brainpower for a thoughtful, well-researched blog post today. So instead, here’s a roundup of some interesting stuff I tweeted or retweeted in the past week: My pals @TheDoubleclicks are making a new album: PRESIDENT…
I Have Rendered Unto Caesar
And this year, my wife and I–both of us being essentially freelancers–will be filing quarterly estimated taxes. It’s the first year we’ve really needed to do it, now that we’re (A) no longer full-time employees and (B) actually making enough…