In addition to what is in the Ubuntu cloud, there are the files on my office computer. There are other files on the University mainframe. There are important files on: – two jump drives – the XP notebook, which has files under my name and under Admin – Dropbox I want to remember all of … More Recordatorio
So, I thought I would volunteer to do this since I would like my institution to participate more actively in the program, and since it appeared to mean four hours of work in a place I was going anyway, in exchange for a night in a hotel and a fuel reimbursement — fair enough, if … More Federal Government
Axé.
Axé.
In the brave new world we inhabit I do not allow graduate students to simply make their research presentation toward the end of the term. If I did, I would get the quality of presentation I now call a “first presentation.” Some comments on one were like this: Professor Zero: …although the “negative” poem is … More On analytical powers
This is arguably my best find ever in the archives of YouTube. Axé.
Le peer review n’est pas du tout “aveugle”, cette fois-ci parque que l’institution de l’auteur était identifiée. Savoir où on est, c’est savoir qui on est, a dit un grand écrivain; dans ce cas savoir où c’est, c’est savoir qui c’est, je vous en assure. J’ai donc signé l’évaluation, pour maintenir la symmétrie de l’univers. Axé.
I am of course tired of writing about academic advice and about Reeducation. I feel I have said everything I could say, and that anything new I could say would take time to write that I would rather use for almost anything else – academic work, housework, recreation. My perception for the week, though, is … More Sondé miroir
Maybe what I want to hear is that this prenominate war is natural and necessary and a sign of Towering Intellect: maybe I want a pep-talk, because I have to tell you I don’t enjoy this war one bit. I think my fiction is better than it was, but writing is also less Fun than … More David Foster Wallace
In my plan to emphasize housework, the university gymnasium, and research, in that order, and let everything else fit itself in, here is today’s sketch. 7:30 breakfast 8:15 scan e-mail, upload letters of recommendation 8:30 write this post, accommodate guests (yes I am also a bed and breakfast, and it is Mardi Gras) 9:15 commute … More Plan du jour
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