My "Physics of Video Games" talk at AlmaCon went beautifully. (The con as a whole seems to be going really well, too. Thank goodness!) Many thanks to those of you who suggested ideas: some of those confirmed the value of thoughts I'd already had and others filled exactly the gaps that I had been worried about finding good examples for. My turnout ( Read more... )

I've just made it through a horribly exhausting week. I had an exam to grade for the 55 students in my intro physics classes, and I was also giving a "faculty forum" talk about my highly specialized research to a very much non-specialist audience. The week was made harsher by what Kim too kindly described as me "failing my time management roll": I ( Read more... )