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Yay! I had a surprise birthday cake! Also, I am at the beach! And then my girlfriend flew out from LA and drove five hours to get here! And she got me sooo many tequilas and mezcals! Yay life!
Pixel
Pixel Q. refuses to talk about himself. If thou wishest, thou may infer from his blog what thou wishest.
The Metaphysics of One-Hit Wonders
Wikipedia classifies Hoobastank, Panic! At the Disco, Lonely Island, and the Gorillaz as One-Hit Wonders. Obviously whatever formula they are using is wrong. Here is my proposed reclassification scheme: 1. Artist has to have one song that is responsible for…
The No-Calorie Hypothetical
If you could have one type of food not count for you, what type of food would it be? By ‘count,’ I mean in terms of calories, nutrition, hunger, or anything but taste.
Did Facebook kill the blogosphere?
Because if so, that is sad. For most of us, the two serve very different purposes. I actually think I thrive differently in different media. I love the pseudo-anonymity associated with blogging. What killed blogging for me was becoming a…
A brief history of time travel
Last week, I interviewed a bunch of high school seniors for a very prestigious scholarship. About 50% will get it, which includes about $250,000 worth of funding. The other 50% will have to content themselves with going to Harvard.1 My…
I don’t teach my students Leibniz’s Law.
I don’t teach my students Leibniz’s Law. Instead, I teach them an identical law that is indiscernible in every respect.
Everyone here is vacantly staring into their smartphones.
Everyone here is vacantly staring into their smartphones. But I’m an optimist. I like to think they’re being very clever on the Internet.
I really wanted to include two arguments, but I only have space for one.
I really wanted to include two arguments, but I only have space for one. #nerdworldproblems
We have a real Oedipus thing with Mother Nature.
We have a real Oedipus thing with Mother Nature.
New pope! Please let his name be Pope Popey the first.
New pope! Please let his name be Pope Popey the first. There have been 21 popes named John. If we hurry through them, we could all live to see Pope John XXX. … or at least the movie. At least…