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Launch notes, chat with the world (offtopic) 25 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am
Something I've made for fun: http://flyner.com/ Check it out if you'd like a distraction.
For current and former postdocs 23 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
I'm relaying a message from a newspaper reporter, whom you can reach by email for more details. Please feel free to pass this on to your friends and colleagues as well: I'm a reporter working on a st...
One more thing 18 Mar 2012 | 05:38 am
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair The discussion on The Chronicle forums is still somewhat alive. Even though I have ...
Summing up 4 Feb 2012 | 09:00 am
It's been almost three years since I started this blog and over 1.5 years since I put up the last post. A few words to sum things up. First off, I'm doing fine. Better than fine, if I say so myself. ...
What would you like to know? 28 Jun 2010 | 08:43 pm
About me, that is. On the one hand, I don't find myself that interesting of a conversation topic. I'm me, and I already know a lot about myself. On the other hand, I've realized I'm spending time talk...
Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri: I’m just a cheerleader 11 May 2010 | 11:01 pm
That's what my PhD advisor of five and a half years, Dr. M. Reza Ghadiri, would tell us — graduate students and postdocs working in his laboratory at Scripps. "I'm just a cheerleader" was his humorous...
Is your PI a dick or a loser? 5 May 2010 | 07:49 am
Imagine yourself as a PI, head of a laboratory, professor in an academic institution somewhere. (That is, if you aren't already.) As a PI, you have to worry about many things. Let's take a closer look...
Career advice for young scientists and engineers, Part III 23 Apr 2010 | 10:27 am
(Continued from Part I and Part II) 3. Think for yourself Today's reading material is this presentation by Dr. Peter S. Fiske. It's about scientists and engineers being forced to explore non-traditi...
Career advice for young scientists and engineers, Part II 8 Apr 2010 | 04:56 am
(Continued from Part I) 2. How to avoid (still) being broke by the time you're 60 It doesn't mean that you can't have some of the good things in life--although it does mean you can't have all of the...
Career advice for young scientists and engineers, Part I 2 Apr 2010 | 11:48 am
Advice is usually meant to be helpful. Which only adds to the temptation to follow it. Especially if the questions you seek answers for are not trivial. Especially if you ascribe some degree of author...