My apologies if you've already seen this on Facebook, but if you have 15* minutes to spare (and would like to help me graduate!), please take this online usability test that one of my class teams is running for our final project:

https://s.userzoom.com/m/MSBDNDFTOTUgPlease feel free to forward the link, if you're feeling extra helpful. Thank you ( Read more... )

I'm doing a project on bike-rental/bike-sharing systems, and would like to interview a couple of people from each of the following groups ( Read more... )

When you think of colleges in New England with a good reputation for science and engineering and/or information technology, which ones come to mind? (After MIT and Harvard.) Thanks!

Apparently not all my friends have seen this comic:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html

And now I'm off to continue cleaning ALL the things. (Well, maybe after a little more Internet.)

I wrote to a friend in BKK last night, and she answered this morning.

( letter )

This has amused my linguist friends enough that I thought I'd share it here.

Gibberish rock song written by Italian composer to sound like English

( linguistics judgments! )

LaTeX question: Is it possible to use the \textit{} command within the \footnote{} command? LaTeX is producing an error message and I think that configuration is the cause of it. Thanks!ETA: I love the way I always figure out the answer to LaTeX problems shortly after I post the question. Maybe the thought that someone will be coming to my rescue ( Read more... )

For future reference: Finding Affordable Self Employed Health Insurance

lillibet pointed out this test on 'approximate number sense'. Take it for science! :)

My score:

You had a score of 85% correct on this test. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test scores 75% correct.

Your percentile score on this test was 98, meaning you scored higher than 98% of people who took this test.