i recently designed a series of logos for a couple of student groups at the university. here they are in all of their splendor: IGPI, the interdisciplinary graduate program in informatics GISo, The Graduate Informatics Society (they later made me add an additional “o”) Finally, the Data Mining at Iowa Group:
March 21, 2010
Wow…I just found out–notices coming within one week of each other–that I’ve got second author on two papers that are being published in decently reputable journals. My involvement in both cases was literally years ago. What’s with the coincidence? “Solvated Electron in Organic Chemistry Laboratory” http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed800093n “How Physical Attractiveness and Endorser-Product Match-up Guide Selection of a… [Read more…]
June 13, 2009
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. -William Gibson in Neuromancer, 1984 http://gizmodo.com/5288832/goodbye-analog-static The author’s blog: http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/blog.asp
February 8, 2009
…submitting your income tax returns wasn’t always so easy. Welcome to 1963: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/12/big-brother-7074-is-watching-you/
January 17, 2009
by Jim Manzi. Reading the abstract of a paper is NOT ENOUGH: http://theamericanscene.com/2009/01/06/more-clinical-trials-blogging-experiments-causality-and-decisions Structured Finance from someone near, but not at, the epicenter: http://theamericanscene.com/2008/12/23/ahi-quanto-a-dir-qual-era-e-cosa-dura-esta-selva-selvaggia-e-aspra-e-forte-che-nel-pensier-rinova-la-paura /this blog just made my list of links.
December 1, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/opinion/01opart.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
November 10, 2008
(image from http://www.positron.org/brewery/cider_2006/) …the printed labels, ever so faintly embossed by the custom-fabricated die, are truly to die for. Very nice job, guys; the custom (derailleur cassette?) gearing system for the bike-powered apple mill isn’t too shabby, either. See them yourself: Five Islands Orchard.
October 10, 2008
Yes, I’ve had extreme difficulty in titling this post. Anyway…see the following via zhurnaly.com This is quite reminiscent of some aspects of Cardinal Newman’s description of the proper gentleman’s attitude toward religion. Batchelor also echoes Daniel Dennett’s “Multiple Drafts” metaphor for the mind from Consciousness Explained. In the chapter “Anguish”, for example: Normally we are… [Read more…]
September 23, 2008
Yes, I have chosen to title this post “via,” as it will consist entirely of links that I have ripped off from other bloggers. OK; here we go: via BoingBoing show and tell with the nobel laureate it’s not worth what someone will pay for it, it’s worth what my quants tell me…(pout, pout) Paulson… [Read more…]
August 25, 2008
your face will give you away more: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IA8nYZg4VnI quality in the age of good enough grafitti vids of j-m basquiat achieving music in recorded audio
August 24, 2008
August 22, 2008
Also these: The diver’s view from the 10-meter platform in Beijing The best firefox add-ons Songbird, a free music organizer Ryan Adams’ success secret, via lifehacker
August 21, 2008
…and some of it may be painfully true, but I still love ‘em. Update: This is interesting: Apple Corporate Gifting and Rewards.
July 22, 2008
So, I have to admit that I’ve been really surprised by the VA hospital experience! Prep yourself by reading a brief article here: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0501.longman.html …which pretty well sums it up: the VA provides better than private sector care at lower cost and does it while existing within the context of a giant, ponderous bureaucracy subject… [Read more…]
June 17, 2008
…2… ok, 4 things I barely have time to update this anymore; here’s something brief: http://www.workfriendly.net/browse/Office2003Blue/hefel.wordpress.com http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2008/05/05202008-red-ho.html http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2008/05/05022008-pedal.html from http://journal.davidbyrne.com/ http://www.imeem.com/groups/1vYE_n92/music/k-02hVil/the_dirty_projectors_naked_we_made_it/ lots more at this site, as well…
May 27, 2008
Here we go! UPDATE! : Find below a few pictures from the trip. Badlands, rushmore, yellowstone, montana…
May 9, 2008
Martin Klimas The Gardens of St. Benjamin …and from FFFFOUND: <<< Caution: This site is wikipedian in its potential to waste great swaths of time. >>> http://ffffound.com/image/581ca84a0e1ee0ee88d31f8885ce229d15d3d522?c=769475 http://ffffound.com/image/c6ed1c76786871824926d4d6a74f4847d7ba27c8?c=751988 http://ffffound.com/image/3ba2edcd22514ae2f9f9515a1291beb73a681870?c=737254 http://ffffound.com/image/abeac2d308df8a9796b9fd2a2a7cd1ebfc0e4502?c=714678 http://ffffound.com/image/de2a47ad0dcf89af26bd91bd2af3a8a8e715ffd9 http://ffffound.com/image/c70ee2e6188ed56d338a19c56df8a9d9bf4e513c http://ffffound.com/image/52739b6837f66cfcf23310a5e253f6a16f0f94d6 http://ffffound.com/image/34c3d704c353f33123dec738a1065ea1e8e0a041 http://ffffound.com/image/6e03893c8739d5e86ebac4c03301e6e7dafb8343 http://ffffound.com/image/a65aaf94f703429b28737fa4d2b3dc8f8a9d6827 http://ffffound.com/image/85d73262c093672e8148ab46e38cca3b66b478f1 http://ffffound.com/image/ba9655e2b192144ca1aa9d7ac4fe089bddf6cf17 http://ffffound.com/image/83b5977d8b4457d0c388f705753c300515a2b5c6 http://ffffound.com/image/83d255381651fee8d8ffbe55b70c58efdc88dcfa http://ffffound.com/image/2a6bb2097d328bae599e5bf48a250f3cf5743870 http://ffffound.com/image/6ebf0abf26bdaa5fa4f2d4976c7c23b18e8ec17e http://ffffound.com/image/1ada8e87bdcafb619f9f9efb54ef2f4532f6fd0a http://ffffound.com/image/1c574012efe065b460bc2f62f68e4efdd7a192e3 http://ffffound.com/image/dc97e78fd4c162722780b5f3ccb26b9f2efc7224 http://ffffound.com/image/bc226e70402abd06da41918e629a6fccdcc2823d http://ffffound.com/image/6a68b32ee9eb83f37d763ef1c6e0182a52d2023f http://ffffound.com/image/8a60cf40263e3bcef72dcc8582811294d79f3b74 …Firefox users: Try installing Linky to help… [Read more…]
May 8, 2008
I love the WordPress dashboard. Why? Because it tells me things like this: yesterday, someone navigated to my page by searching google or yahoo! for the following exact phrase… Big Bad Aaron. …that’s right, baby.
April 21, 2010
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