Entries from April 2007 ↓

Some of you know by now that the timeline for my dissertation research has changed and I’ll be relocating to Turkey this June for 15 months.  This all happened rather suddenly and while my wife and I are excited about the move, living in Istanbul again will be a dramatic change from the peace and [...]

Here is the only fashion advice I’m every going to give on this website:
Opt for anti-reflective lens coating when you get your next pair of glasses.  It’s worth the money.
It’s really a shame that sales people make it seem like this option is the equivalent of undercoating on a used car or an extended warranty [...]

My wife and I are heading to Iowa tomorrow to visit my family over the weekend and I expect to be away from regular Internet access. 
Stay tuned, though, because I’ve got a couple posts written up that will go live while I’m away, including my first ever (and probably last) fashion tip!

Today I learned of an article called How to Finish Your Dissertation — Without the Agony that offers 10 strategies meant to “spare you the pain of an extended sojourn in dissertation hell.”
I think most of the strategies are sound, but the first one really grabbed my attention because it smacks of contingency management, clearing [...]

This 5 minute video offers some of the best advice I’ve seen for aspiring scholars, artists, writers, architects, plastic surgeons, chefs, gardeners, you name it.  Ignore the title of the video and pretend he’s talking about your chosen hobby or profession.
Basically, when we start out doing something new, we’re able to recognize that the quality [...]

The public editor of the NY Times calls out the paper for writing 3,124 articles on Nielsen ratings over the last 25 years and only mentioning “margin of error” twice.  In other words, the paper has consistently reported Nielsen TV rankings without discussing whether the differences among show rankings were statistically significant.  You thought you [...]

I’ve always loved going to thrift stores, but since moving to Princeton almost four years ago I haven’t been to a single one in the area.  The train into New York passes by a sign for a Salvation Army, but other than that I just haven’t seen any.  Now, thanks to the National Thrift Store [...]