Cody Kirkpatrick
@cody.im
🏢: Atmospheric scientist and educator. 😀: Sports, computer ratings, and rain. ☕️: Just happy to be here.
My two large class (n=80, 140) exams are on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon this year... so I booked a room with ~40 seats for a Monday morning alternate exam.
Way more people interested than seats available... seemed like a great opportunity to use @random.org's third party draw service.
Way more people interested than seats available... seemed like a great opportunity to use @random.org's third party draw service.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My two large class (n=80, 140) exams are on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon this year... so I booked a room with ~40 seats for a Monday morning alternate exam.
Way more people interested than seats available... seemed like a great opportunity to use @random.org's third party draw service.
Way more people interested than seats available... seemed like a great opportunity to use @random.org's third party draw service.
Last time, I was honestly not sure if I’d seen the aurora in Bloomington with my naked eyes. This time, it’s much brighter. Left no doubt. 😍
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Last time, I was honestly not sure if I’d seen the aurora in Bloomington with my naked eyes. This time, it’s much brighter. Left no doubt. 😍
Love how the leaves are a bit colder that the ground, so the snow on top of them hasn’t melted yet
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Love how the leaves are a bit colder that the ground, so the snow on top of them hasn’t melted yet
I see the first snowflakes of the year out my window! ❄️
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I see the first snowflakes of the year out my window! ❄️
Yes, I bought a KVM switch. For my PS/2-era machines. 😁
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Yes, I bought a KVM switch. For my PS/2-era machines. 😁
I know the college basketball season has really started when @kenpom.com turns back on his cron job that creates the big text file of game scores. 😃
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I know the college basketball season has really started when @kenpom.com turns back on his cron job that creates the big text file of game scores. 😃
Pre-class sunset in Bloomington.
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Pre-class sunset in Bloomington.
The top 5: Ohio State. Indiana, Texas A&M, BYU, Georgia. List of biggest surprises ("least likely results") on the second image. This is D1 only -- including D2 and D3 is easy but would take... hours?... on a machine from 1992.
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The top 5: Ohio State. Indiana, Texas A&M, BYU, Georgia. List of biggest surprises ("least likely results") on the second image. This is D1 only -- including D2 and D3 is easy but would take... hours?... on a machine from 1992.
On a 33 MHz 486DX, we update David Rothman's college football computer ratings this morning. Video at 2x speed, in real time it takes about one minute to process the 1175 D1 games played. (I always love watching the convergence of an iterative formula like this.) Screenshots in next post.
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On a 33 MHz 486DX, we update David Rothman's college football computer ratings this morning. Video at 2x speed, in real time it takes about one minute to process the 1175 D1 games played. (I always love watching the convergence of an iterative formula like this.) Screenshots in next post.
The first “volcanic eruption” at #IUScienceFest didn’t go so well, but the second one was great!
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The first “volcanic eruption” at #IUScienceFest didn’t go so well, but the second one was great!
Where candy corn comes from.
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Where candy corn comes from.
Sunset and/or end of my late class sky.
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sunset and/or end of my late class sky.
You know a certain email is coming at some point, for maybe 2-3 years even. And then it lands in your inbox and it still causes you to go:
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
You know a certain email is coming at some point, for maybe 2-3 years even. And then it lands in your inbox and it still causes you to go:
Power outage at home while I was at work. Gotta let scandisk run on the #Windows98 machine…
October 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Power outage at home while I was at work. Gotta let scandisk run on the #Windows98 machine…
Always, always have a backup plan for your classes.
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Always, always have a backup plan for your classes.
Aw yeah, it’s a good one!
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Aw yeah, it’s a good one!
For those of you with a clear west-facing view, see if you can spot any shelf cloud as it moves in. I'll appeal to our friend spectrum width to find it the gust front, and draw arrows pointing it out. Should be close to the west side by 4:45.
October 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For those of you with a clear west-facing view, see if you can spot any shelf cloud as it moves in. I'll appeal to our friend spectrum width to find it the gust front, and draw arrows pointing it out. Should be close to the west side by 4:45.
A Bloomington radar update (4:10 pm) -- looks like another hour or so until the rain actually gets here. But if the strongest of these actually make it to town, expect heavy rain + lightning that will mean you should be indoors, not outdoors.
October 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A Bloomington radar update (4:10 pm) -- looks like another hour or so until the rain actually gets here. But if the strongest of these actually make it to town, expect heavy rain + lightning that will mean you should be indoors, not outdoors.
The enjoyment of this warm homecoming day is quickly headed downhill, Bloomington. Start preparing *now* for a wet, windy, thundery rest of the day. There's lightning in several of these storms, too -- please be wise.
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The enjoyment of this warm homecoming day is quickly headed downhill, Bloomington. Start preparing *now* for a wet, windy, thundery rest of the day. There's lightning in several of these storms, too -- please be wise.
Yesterday: university boasts about the "largest living alumni network in the nation."
Also yesterday: a boneheaded decision leads one of the university's most prominent alumni to complain on social media. In under a day, his post draws nearly twice as many views as the size of said alumni network.
Also yesterday: a boneheaded decision leads one of the university's most prominent alumni to complain on social media. In under a day, his post draws nearly twice as many views as the size of said alumni network.
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday: university boasts about the "largest living alumni network in the nation."
Also yesterday: a boneheaded decision leads one of the university's most prominent alumni to complain on social media. In under a day, his post draws nearly twice as many views as the size of said alumni network.
Also yesterday: a boneheaded decision leads one of the university's most prominent alumni to complain on social media. In under a day, his post draws nearly twice as many views as the size of said alumni network.
Person in front of me at Chipotle: “I have three orders…”
Me:
Me:
October 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Person in front of me at Chipotle: “I have three orders…”
Me:
Me:
Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place. #ColumbusDay
![“Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place”
“because of all the [redacted], slave trade, and genocide.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dl5m4fv3ozd64dgzluf33di4/bafkreiaxifk6dckgrbu6jqpobjpwhss5irpn6wtfd6gyeqlq7xufq5e32i@jpeg)
October 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place. #ColumbusDay
Just saw someone on Kirkwood with a shirt that had both Kentucky and Indiana logos on the front… and this on the back: 😂
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just saw someone on Kirkwood with a shirt that had both Kentucky and Indiana logos on the front… and this on the back: 😂
They detached the original post, hahaha. Okay, fine. But here's the original text for context, with author removed.
I stand by my original view of it.
I stand by my original view of it.
October 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
They detached the original post, hahaha. Okay, fine. But here's the original text for context, with author removed.
I stand by my original view of it.
I stand by my original view of it.