Earth Science dep't just bought a new 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. We wanted to take it out tonight, full moon and all. Yeah, it 80% overcast and no good viewing for over a week in the forcast. ☹️
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Earth Science dep't just bought a new 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. We wanted to take it out tonight, full moon and all. Yeah, it 80% overcast and no good viewing for over a week in the forcast. ☹️
Has any business executive made a real, impactful business decision with web cookie data? I sincerely doubt it.
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Has any business executive made a real, impactful business decision with web cookie data? I sincerely doubt it.
Testing motor control. #RaspberryPi5 Pironman case, and Pololu driver/motor. Tariffs are hurting this hobby.
October 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Testing motor control. #RaspberryPi5 Pironman case, and Pololu driver/motor. Tariffs are hurting this hobby.
In early grade school (late 70's) I had to write a newspaper sports article- based on a real newpaper's sport stats page.
I remember how wierd that was, restating some facts someone else had gathered and written and anyone could read themselves.
Now there is TikTok "breaking news".
I remember how wierd that was, restating some facts someone else had gathered and written and anyone could read themselves.
Now there is TikTok "breaking news".
September 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In early grade school (late 70's) I had to write a newspaper sports article- based on a real newpaper's sport stats page.
I remember how wierd that was, restating some facts someone else had gathered and written and anyone could read themselves.
Now there is TikTok "breaking news".
I remember how wierd that was, restating some facts someone else had gathered and written and anyone could read themselves.
Now there is TikTok "breaking news".
Honouring the US soldiers of the Wounded Knee massacre? People knew at the time it was a crime.
The smug arrogance of his pronouncement.
The pictures of the aftermath.
Tuesday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada.
I can't type what I'm feeling now.
The smug arrogance of his pronouncement.
The pictures of the aftermath.
Tuesday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada.
I can't type what I'm feeling now.
September 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Honouring the US soldiers of the Wounded Knee massacre? People knew at the time it was a crime.
The smug arrogance of his pronouncement.
The pictures of the aftermath.
Tuesday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada.
I can't type what I'm feeling now.
The smug arrogance of his pronouncement.
The pictures of the aftermath.
Tuesday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada.
I can't type what I'm feeling now.
A retired prof shares this email:
"Hello Prof, I just heard The Who last night in Vancouver. I thought of an exam question you posed in the year 2000 where we had to calculate the sound energy Pete Townsend endured while performing. They're not quite as loud as when I heard the.." 😀 #ITeachPhysics
"Hello Prof, I just heard The Who last night in Vancouver. I thought of an exam question you posed in the year 2000 where we had to calculate the sound energy Pete Townsend endured while performing. They're not quite as loud as when I heard the.." 😀 #ITeachPhysics
September 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A retired prof shares this email:
"Hello Prof, I just heard The Who last night in Vancouver. I thought of an exam question you posed in the year 2000 where we had to calculate the sound energy Pete Townsend endured while performing. They're not quite as loud as when I heard the.." 😀 #ITeachPhysics
"Hello Prof, I just heard The Who last night in Vancouver. I thought of an exam question you posed in the year 2000 where we had to calculate the sound energy Pete Townsend endured while performing. They're not quite as loud as when I heard the.." 😀 #ITeachPhysics
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Happy Pythagoras Day: 9/16/25.
(Or 3 squared + 4 squared = 5 squared.)
(Or 3 squared + 4 squared = 5 squared.)
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy Pythagoras Day: 9/16/25.
(Or 3 squared + 4 squared = 5 squared.)
(Or 3 squared + 4 squared = 5 squared.)
Reposted by Thad Harroun
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The campus bookstore has new management.
1. Who organizes books by author, and not course number?
2. Confirmed there is a $500 textbook, as seen on Reddit.
So glad our department uses only free or old versions.
1. Who organizes books by author, and not course number?
2. Confirmed there is a $500 textbook, as seen on Reddit.
So glad our department uses only free or old versions.
September 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The campus bookstore has new management.
1. Who organizes books by author, and not course number?
2. Confirmed there is a $500 textbook, as seen on Reddit.
So glad our department uses only free or old versions.
1. Who organizes books by author, and not course number?
2. Confirmed there is a $500 textbook, as seen on Reddit.
So glad our department uses only free or old versions.
It was a beautiful day at Hamilton Beach, but where was everybody? It’s the last weekend of summer!
August 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It was a beautiful day at Hamilton Beach, but where was everybody? It’s the last weekend of summer!
I *have* to try this for the nostalgia.
Previous (the NeXT) Emulator Installation on a Raspberry Pi 5
how to create a minimal system that boots directly into the NeXTSTEP interface after startup:
#vintagecomputing
layered.work/nextstep-on-...
how to create a minimal system that boots directly into the NeXTSTEP interface after startup:
#vintagecomputing
layered.work/nextstep-on-...
NeXTSTEP: On a RPi 5
🇩🇪 Deutsche Version… In this guide, I’ll show you step-by-step how to install NeXTSTEP 3.3 on a Raspberry Pi 5 using the Previous emulator. This guide is based on Raspberry Pi OS Lite to create a mini...
layered.work
August 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I *have* to try this for the nostalgia.
Very thoughtful post. Thank you Marc.
The biggest challenge to innovation and change is academic freedom. The biggest challenge to upholding learning and scholarship against hype and misinformation is also academic freedom.
The biggest challenge to innovation and change is academic freedom. The biggest challenge to upholding learning and scholarship against hype and misinformation is also academic freedom.
August 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Very thoughtful post. Thank you Marc.
The biggest challenge to innovation and change is academic freedom. The biggest challenge to upholding learning and scholarship against hype and misinformation is also academic freedom.
The biggest challenge to innovation and change is academic freedom. The biggest challenge to upholding learning and scholarship against hype and misinformation is also academic freedom.
All day, Word has been recommending words with Canadian/British spelling, then promptly putting a red squiggly line under them.
August 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
All day, Word has been recommending words with Canadian/British spelling, then promptly putting a red squiggly line under them.
Wooo!
My cable making skills need work, but it runs!
My cable making skills need work, but it runs!
August 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wooo!
My cable making skills need work, but it runs!
My cable making skills need work, but it runs!
I feel seen!
Really, this is pretty rare.
Really, this is pretty rare.
July 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I feel seen!
Really, this is pretty rare.
Really, this is pretty rare.
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1/ Canadian govts appear to have decided that they can not or will not fund higher education properly. But they won't admit this, preferring to tell institutions to enshittify themselves and shut up.
There are two options: one is slow starvation, the other is radical deregulation.
There are two options: one is slow starvation, the other is radical deregulation.
July 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
1/ Canadian govts appear to have decided that they can not or will not fund higher education properly. But they won't admit this, preferring to tell institutions to enshittify themselves and shut up.
There are two options: one is slow starvation, the other is radical deregulation.
There are two options: one is slow starvation, the other is radical deregulation.
