I'm preparing for my upcoming physics 422 (electrodynamics) exam. So far the assignments have just been ridiculously hard; ten or so of the brighter students in the honours program (and I) take about two weeks to go through one, using nearly all of our spare time. This compares with the pleasant afternoon grinds through the 330b (complex math) ( Read more... )

The Latest Emily: People should be thankful [that they're put in Guantanamo Bay] and not being sent somewhere worse.
Me: Land of the Free.
E: We [Americans] get the job done.
M: Huh....

Chock another Emily up there.

This video shows the excavation of an Ant Colony. The structure of the city and the scale of the project are truly remarkable.

Someone pointed out that most of the Republican presidential hopefuls don't deserve to run for high school hall monitor. I agree, but I have to say that Ron Paul is the exception. While I don't support all of his views, he sticks out like a sore thumb as the most intelligent and honest man on that stage by a country mile ( Read more... )

This sums up my thinking on the matter rather nicely.

If you haven't been to see Edge.org's annual question, go check it out. Basically, a wide variety of academics publish their thoughts on various matters. I'm too tired to explain, but it's always worth the read.

Today was pretty decent. I have a slight grasp on what's going on in particle physics and a reasonable understanding of my E&M, although the homework for the latter looks far, far harder than the homework for the former. This scares me. I need to decide if I'll have enough time to do both and work, or if I should drop one or the other (and if so, ( Read more... )

Every morning at 7am I realize again in a most visceral way that I'm most emphatically not a morning person ( Read more... )

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Only a few more days of solid work before I get into solid school work and experience bij again. And by 'bij' I mean poverty. Trying to get the new site together in time is proving to be kind of a bonky experience ( Read more... )

After spending a New Year's dinner with my mom and Jenn, Jenn and I met up with Fairen and Eric to watch Sweeny Todd (the latest from Tim Burton). I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I wasn't familiar with the musical going in--I've been living under a rock for all intents and purposes lately--and it hit me off-guard. It was witty, gorey, ( Read more... )