Connolley-Motl Connected!
Over at NewStoat comes word that a William Connolley-Luboš Motl connection has been found: seven degrees of separation to link the pair.
Archive of posts filed under the mind category.
Erdos, Lambert and Fleck
Re the degrees of separation game, Tim Lambert points out that he’s got an Erdos number of three: Lambert – Stanton – Stinson – Erdos. If you really bend the rules*, I’ve got an Erdos number of five: Erdos -> Peter Palfy->Jan Saxl->Pavel Etingof->Alexander Kirillov. Which means I’ve got a Lambert number of – what …
Daybook
weather: That storm, she’s a flirt, but it’s pretty clear she’s not going to put out. I’ve probably mentioned this before, but there’s a story somewhere in the crazy psychotic way the dry weather is making us feel. Two days of measurable precipitation in Albuquerque since Nov. 1. Two. music: The podGoober project’s gem of …
Singin’ in Bahrain
I finally slunk into the 21st century this week, purchasing a portable pod device with which to play audio files. The tipping point came when a friend explained that you can get podcasts of Le Show. Nora wisely points out that “podcast” is really just a fancy marketing word for “mp3 file you can download …
Metablogging
Rufus asks: It’s Feb. 16th…. Why haven’t you updated your blog since 2/12????. Good question, Rufus.
More on Blog Rage
A friend sends along Jim Brady’s column from today’s Washington Post: For all the good things it has brought our society, the Web has also fostered ideological hermits, who only talk to folks who believe exactly what they do. This creates an echo chamber that only further convinces people that they are right, and everyone …
Daybook
health 1: So the whole reason for all this blogation today is that I’m home sick. I’m not in terrible shape, but took a clue when a friend at work yesterday covered up his mouth and backed away uncomforably as I hacked. health 2: I hurt my knee Saturday. My bad knee on which I’ve …
A Little Help from One’s Friends
If you can’t help a friend now and then set up a trail of Google crumbs to pediatric care in North Carolina, then there’s really no point in having a blog, is there?
WikiFun
I’m taking a class on drought from Dave Gutzler at UNM this semester. Last week’s topic was the strengths and weaknesses of the Palmer Palmer Drought Index, the widely used standardized measure of drought. It’s a graduate seminar, which last week meant me leading the discussion on Palmer. Since I did a bunch of work …
Peak Oil
I had a dream the other night about a shortage of jet fuel. Someone handed me a piece of paper with a list showing which flights were allowed to go, and which were grounded. I couldn’t figure out how they’d decided which was which.