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Inja
Kolkata was good. Well, the meetings/workshops went well, didn't actually see much of the city. Think I made it out of the hotel twice ( Read more... ) -
Friday the Firteenth
- Didn't get around to applying for that job. Really didn't want it, and I haven't applied for a job in long enough that it woulda been a bit of effort to prep-app/update/etc., (and the deadline was like in less than a day).
- FINALLY got a coat last weekend. Black not grey, not either of the coats I had my eye on, but a very nice cut (and half the ( Read more... )
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Also...
3. Do I clean my desk or write and send a painful but probably not urgent email? -
Decisions
1. There is a job being advertised which I would not be that likely to get (although I can see how I could sell myself for it), but am wondering whether I should apply anyway. Unfortunately the main pluses are practical - more $ and probably good for career (length and quality) and also a more convenient commute. Minuses are that it will be more ( Read more... ) -
Technology
So I've been chosen as one of many "early adopters" in (testing?) the migration of Work Email to gmail ( Read more... ) -
Blargh - nother sci career downer...
US-centric (again, but still... interesting)
The Real Science Gap
"The obstacles facing today’s young scientists therefore don’t constitute temporary aberrations but rather are structural features of a system that evolved over a period of 60 years and now meets the needs of major interest groups within the existing structure of law and regulation. ( Read more... ) -
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Stupid broken twitter!
girliejones , apropos of too many recent and less recent incidents (but less SF related), did you see (via boingboing):
Women in Science
"In the comments section of my post last Friday on women in science, a couple people were confused by the idea that bigotry and discrimination could be something done, for lack of a better word, ( Read more... ) -
Linky
Sciencey Career Stuff:
Interdisciplinarity and Tenure [...blah blah blah a whole lot career advice for the interdisciplined... ugh...]
Audacity is Overrated Kind of yay. Am not very audacious.
Too many postdocs... [Unsurprised ugh]
Via Metafilter"Nature Publishing Group told the University of California that next year subscription prices would ( Read more... ) -
Birthday stuff...
Birthday was good. Got a haircut. Did some homewares op-shopping (didn't find anything, Q got a bit o glassware). Made a vegetarian moussaka. Finally assembled my Ikea-mod-wardrobe [1]. Went to dinner party with said moussaka. Got drunk, met people, talked, danced silly. Walked home from the city for the first time ever ( Read more... )