Irish Class, March 23, 2009
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Wes handed out copies of the word puzzle for those of us (like me) who
couldn’t make it out to last week’s pub night.
In accordance with the Pledge, I would like to recognize the work of Vera Rubin. She discovered most of the matter in the universe, an accomplishment that really should be better known.
Via Make.
I had to go to work on Sunday. That was the best part of it.
Summarized at VerizonMath. For the full impact first watch this video and then listen to this recording.
In response they got this:
from xkcd.
Via Cosmic Variance.
Fun fact: Decades from now, with school a distant memory, you’ll still be having this dream.
It is true for me: I left grad school in 1976. Allowing for trivial variations, this is still one of my two most frequent nightmares.
(Also let your mouse hover over the image for the title text!)
Today’s big event was a big change from yesterday’s: I helped staff a table for Gaeltacht Minnesota at St. Paul’s Day of Irish dance (An opportunity to help out and yet avoid Tuesday’s drunken mob scene). I don’t think I contributed much beyond moral support: MR and SH were both present most of the time, and being extroverts jumped in long before I could think of something to say whenever some visitor came by. However, I enjoyed it anyway.
A follow-up from yesterday: At the museum we saw another family from church. I talked to one of them after today’s service. His company does some work for the museum, which apparently was overwhelmed by the public response to Make: Day there. Also, they had many more requests for exhibits than they could accomodate. There may be another Make Day soon.
See the official site.
To mdlbear. Have a good one!
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 