Accepting twitter changes
Posted by Qrystal on May 13, 2009 at 20:58.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: twitter.
…a new [twitter] feature which will give folks far more control over what they see from the accounts they follow. This will be a per-user setting and it will take a bit longer to put together but not too long and we’re already working on it.
— From the Twitter [...] Continue Reading…
Relativity and its non-paradoxes
Posted by Qrystal on May 13, 2009 at 11:27.
Category: Concepts. Tags: physics, relativity.
The Clock Paradox illustrates how relativity theory does indeed contain inconsistencies that make it scientifically problematic.
So says Dr Peter Hayes, a senior lecturer in politics (yes, politics), as quoted in an article at Science Centric entitled
“Has Einstein failed physics?”
I am getting really sick and tired of people trying to [...] Continue Reading…
Stop Wasting Time on the Internet
Posted by Qrystal on May 11, 2009 at 19:23.
Category: Advice. Tags: .
I just found wrongcards: ecards that are wrong for every occasion and I really, really think that this particular one is sending me a very powerful message. I’m just not sure what it is…
Many of the cards here actually made me want to send ecards to some friends [...] Continue Reading…
Loopholes in quantum entanglement?
Posted by Qrystal on May 6, 2009 at 12:32.
Category: Life. Tags: entanglement, thesis.
We have been told that experiments agree with all the predictions of quantum theory, including those that involve the impossible – the Bell test experiments, that are supposed to show totally incomprehensible effects of separated particles on each other.
— Caroline Thompson
In working on my thesis, I realized I wanted [...] Continue Reading…
Just Like My Computer Desktop…
Posted by Qrystal on May 5, 2009 at 16:04.
Category: Life. Tags: computer, thesis.
Oh. My. Gosh. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham knows what MY Computer Desktop looks like!! I especially liked the section entitled, “Papers you’ve been meaning to read for months.” I have five of those… :)
Morse Code Haiku
Posted by Qrystal on April 27, 2009 at 11:24.
Category: Poetry. Tags: .
/ -.-. …… .-. … / … .- — ..- . .-.. / — —- .-. … . -.-.— /
/ -.— —- ..- .-. / -.-. —- -.. . / —- ..-. / -.. —- – … / .- -. -.. / -.. .- … …. . … /
/ [...] Continue Reading…
The glass, to a realist
Posted by Qrystal on April 8, 2009 at 23:30.
Category: Advice. Tags: .
So much thought goes into how and the why, the half full or the half empty – that people completely lose interest in one key fact. That the glass isn’t only half full or half empty – the glass is there. Grab hold of it. Drink when you’re thirsty. [...] Continue Reading…
My Teaching Philosophy
Posted by Qrystal on April 2, 2009 at 7:02.
Category: Concepts. Tags: myself, philosophy, teaching, understanding.
I prepared this writeup for my teaching portfolio, which I needed to submit along with a nomination I was honoured to receive for a GA/TA Award for Educational Practice.
Also in this package, I had to include letters from students willing to support my nomination, and the ones who did [...] Continue Reading…
In support of CJAM, University of Windsor’s campus radio station
Posted by Qrystal on March 7, 2009 at 16:33.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: .
CJAM is in trouble, and they have been asking their listeners to write to CRTC to express their support and love for CJAM. I was reminded of this today by @jodilicious, and also reminded that the deadline for expressing my concern is Monday… so I sat down and [...] Continue Reading…
How To Mend Jeans with a Patch
Posted by Qrystal on March 5, 2009 at 16:32.
Category: Advice. Tags: eco-friendly, frugal, sewing.
Link: How To Mend Jeans with a Patch
We have jeans that we’re *this* close to replacing — but that wouldn’t be very green of us, now, would it? Nor economical! I can’t believe it took me this long to search for the way to mend jeans, but [...] Continue Reading…