(no subject)
With the amount that certain non-updaters have been updating, I feel kinda silly for not having updated my own journal in like a month, So here goes.
Term is going along smoothly at least in a work sense, which at Bennington feels like I must be cheating. I have been accused of slacking, but I maintain that if this is so it is institutionally-mandated slacking; half of my work this term is supposed to be my senior project, yet even getting that to the stage where I can sit down and do work for feels like trying to pull an elephant through a keyhole. Dickenson doesn't consider it to technically be a senior project, the Barn has just recently been informed of its formal existence, and Joe can't be bothered to talk to me once a week about the stuff I'm supposed to do. Blaaaaaaaaargh! And up to this point I had entirely avoided the Bennington beureaucratic potholes!
On the subject of robots, however- this may not be as interesting to you non-Singulatarians, but I may have found the reason why I'm doing what I do here; blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/robotscientist.html#more and http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/newtonai.html#more. Automated science is the key to the continued exponential advance of technology! Science finally has the potential to go beyond the human limit! Both experiments are in this month's Science magazine, and I may be checking the library every day until they get their copy.
More mundane news; Went to Rollerama last night, and surprisingly they had skates that fit me, and astonishingly I could actually skate. I only fell over once! And I only ran into people twice! And that was in, like, two hours. It makes me contemplate getting skates for general getting around, or even, perhaps, those daring wheel-weapons known as rollerblades. Also it was fun to see people dressed up; in general I don't think I'm a huge fan of the relevant era, but certain aspects of the fashion are cute (why are exposed midriffs no longer in style? Whyyyyy?) Also also, the VAPA fire alarm sounds like the frikikin' starship Enterprise. I took off my skates and ran for the bridge.
Kelly is still in Japan. My primary social life can fit on a single couch. Spring teases, but its still usually too cold to actually be comfortable. Something should be done about these things.
Term is going along smoothly at least in a work sense, which at Bennington feels like I must be cheating. I have been accused of slacking, but I maintain that if this is so it is institutionally-mandated slacking; half of my work this term is supposed to be my senior project, yet even getting that to the stage where I can sit down and do work for feels like trying to pull an elephant through a keyhole. Dickenson doesn't consider it to technically be a senior project, the Barn has just recently been informed of its formal existence, and Joe can't be bothered to talk to me once a week about the stuff I'm supposed to do. Blaaaaaaaaargh! And up to this point I had entirely avoided the Bennington beureaucratic potholes!
On the subject of robots, however- this may not be as interesting to you non-Singulatarians, but I may have found the reason why I'm doing what I do here; blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/robotscientist.html#more and http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/newtonai.html#more. Automated science is the key to the continued exponential advance of technology! Science finally has the potential to go beyond the human limit! Both experiments are in this month's Science magazine, and I may be checking the library every day until they get their copy.
More mundane news; Went to Rollerama last night, and surprisingly they had skates that fit me, and astonishingly I could actually skate. I only fell over once! And I only ran into people twice! And that was in, like, two hours. It makes me contemplate getting skates for general getting around, or even, perhaps, those daring wheel-weapons known as rollerblades. Also it was fun to see people dressed up; in general I don't think I'm a huge fan of the relevant era, but certain aspects of the fashion are cute (why are exposed midriffs no longer in style? Whyyyyy?) Also also, the VAPA fire alarm sounds like the frikikin' starship Enterprise. I took off my skates and ran for the bridge.
Kelly is still in Japan. My primary social life can fit on a single couch. Spring teases, but its still usually too cold to actually be comfortable. Something should be done about these things.