so here's a panda.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
It's apparently the same distance.
The A's are where I'm staying, and the big shaded university looking things are the universities I'm working at. It looks like I'm roughly the same distance away from where I'm working now as I was in Michigan. The difference is that I don't need to walk to Haslett Road, and then take a bus over and down Hagadorn in Michigan.
I just wanted to see how far things were in both places, and I figured that once it was done, I might as well save it somewhere.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Lazy
I've not written much recently, mostly because I've been super busy trying to write papers in between going to thousands of seminars a day.
I've been in Santa Barbara, California for the past two weeks, and have two more here after this one. I'm visiting the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, which is generally a nice place to do work (except for the fact that there are too many seminars happening all the time). Their concept is that if they bring together a lot of people who all work on the same thing, they'll inspire each other to solve Great Problems in Science. It's a good idea, and I've learned a lot in the past few weeks, but trying to actually complete things here is basically impossible.
I've also not been posting too much because I have a notebook that I've been writing in everyday, in the hope of not totally forgetting all the cool ideas I've had.
Things I've learned (not science related):
I don't like riding bikes anymore.
Buses never run even close to on time.
I don't really like walking a mile to and from a bus stop, but it beats biking.
The beach is somewhat overrated, double especially here, where it periodically smells like a petroleum factory (hint: it is!).
I've been in Santa Barbara, California for the past two weeks, and have two more here after this one. I'm visiting the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, which is generally a nice place to do work (except for the fact that there are too many seminars happening all the time). Their concept is that if they bring together a lot of people who all work on the same thing, they'll inspire each other to solve Great Problems in Science. It's a good idea, and I've learned a lot in the past few weeks, but trying to actually complete things here is basically impossible.
I've also not been posting too much because I have a notebook that I've been writing in everyday, in the hope of not totally forgetting all the cool ideas I've had.
Things I've learned (not science related):
I don't like riding bikes anymore.
Buses never run even close to on time.
I don't really like walking a mile to and from a bus stop, but it beats biking.
The beach is somewhat overrated, double especially here, where it periodically smells like a petroleum factory (hint: it is!).
For my talk
Friday, January 23, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Breakfast
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Friday, January 2, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
New Year's Eve
Which, of course, means that this terrible horrible year is nearly over.
I have my AAS slides nearly done, and I can easily get my KITP slides done next week, since I should have a good amount of time in the evenings.
I still don't know who's driving me to the airport on Sunday, or who will be looking after my apartment. That's a bit of a concern.
I have an interview lined up for AAS, and it's for a job that I'm fairly interested in, because it'll be doing similar things to what I've done in the past. Hopefully that means I'll have a job this year.
I think the main problem with all this, is that within a week, I'll be out of Lansing for the longest period of time in eleven years. Beyond that, I'll probably have moved out of town by summer. This drastic change is causing a low lying level of dread that I expect will just grow as it gets closer.
We'll just have to see what the New Year brings.
I have my AAS slides nearly done, and I can easily get my KITP slides done next week, since I should have a good amount of time in the evenings.
I still don't know who's driving me to the airport on Sunday, or who will be looking after my apartment. That's a bit of a concern.
I have an interview lined up for AAS, and it's for a job that I'm fairly interested in, because it'll be doing similar things to what I've done in the past. Hopefully that means I'll have a job this year.
I think the main problem with all this, is that within a week, I'll be out of Lansing for the longest period of time in eleven years. Beyond that, I'll probably have moved out of town by summer. This drastic change is causing a low lying level of dread that I expect will just grow as it gets closer.
We'll just have to see what the New Year brings.
Monday, December 29, 2008
WTF? One Week?
In one week, I'll be in Long Beach, and will have attended the pre-conference banquet.
For some reason, that's terrifying. Maybe it's the fact that next Tuesday, I'll be giving a talk in front of a hostile audience about how maybe all of them need to go back to photometry school and learn how to do it (also, a good background in math and statistics wouldn't be a bad thing, if they're in the mood for suggestions).
And a week from then, I'll have to give a talk about all my research to a group of people who will actually know if I'm bullshitting them. That's not fun either. I'm confident that I've done things correctly, but I don't think I give super great talks.
Oh well. New Year's, Airports, Hotels, then Talks (and more Airports, Hotels, Rental Housing, Public Transits, Conferences, Talks, Conferences, and then Bizarro Workshop thingies). Let's all celebrate when we get to Valentine's day. Maybe I'll even go out by myself and celebrate not dying through all this. Hey, if I'm lucky, I'll have a job by then.
For some reason, that's terrifying. Maybe it's the fact that next Tuesday, I'll be giving a talk in front of a hostile audience about how maybe all of them need to go back to photometry school and learn how to do it (also, a good background in math and statistics wouldn't be a bad thing, if they're in the mood for suggestions).
And a week from then, I'll have to give a talk about all my research to a group of people who will actually know if I'm bullshitting them. That's not fun either. I'm confident that I've done things correctly, but I don't think I give super great talks.
Oh well. New Year's, Airports, Hotels, then Talks (and more Airports, Hotels, Rental Housing, Public Transits, Conferences, Talks, Conferences, and then Bizarro Workshop thingies). Let's all celebrate when we get to Valentine's day. Maybe I'll even go out by myself and celebrate not dying through all this. Hey, if I'm lucky, I'll have a job by then.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Working at dinner
The pizza was good, as were the boneless hot wings, I got a lot done, and everything went well.
Except for the stupid ice that formed on the inside of my windshield.
DIAF, ice that formed on the inside of my windshield.
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