Jerry Coyne has put up a few photos from the conference, including one of me hunched over my teeny-tiny note-taking laptop doing the exciting live-blogging thing. It doesn't look as glamorous as it actually is.
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Posted on: October 31, 2009 12:02 PM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: PZ Myers
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October 31, 2009 12:14 PM
This is glamorous, right? Don't disillusion me if it isn't.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | October 31, 2009 12:16 PM
Glamorous enough.
Although not nearly as glamorous as Lewontin zipping up as he turns from the urinal!
Posted by: 'Tis Himself, OM
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October 31, 2009 12:23 PM
Glamor is where you find it.
Posted by: 'Tis Himself, OM
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October 31, 2009 12:26 PM
Biology conventions look remarkably like economics conventions, except biologists have more beards and fewer ties.
Posted by: MrFire
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October 31, 2009 12:27 PM
Dave Jablonski appears to have nuclear-powered sneakers in picture 2.
Posted by: taranaki
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October 31, 2009 12:30 PM
Not as glamorous as having your picture taken in a bathroom like Richard Lewontin and Fred Cohan.
Posted by: ginmar | October 31, 2009 12:42 PM
How do you like the teensy laptop?
Posted by: Susan | October 31, 2009 12:43 PM
"His Crackerness" HA! Very glamorous. You can be glamorous and geeky at the same time, if you wear a crocoduck tie. Don't be disillusioned!
Posted by: taranaki
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October 31, 2009 12:51 PM
I realize that PZ is being a fan this weekend - and does not have time for his Chicago fans. So he will have to come back soon for some worshipful idolatry from Chicago Pharyngulites who will bow down before His Crackerness. Do you think Neil Shubin will lend PZ Tiktaalik for a pub visit?
Posted by: stptrck75
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October 31, 2009 12:58 PM
Is that a PC you are using Dr. Myers?
Oh dear...
Posted by: Naked Bunny with a Whip
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October 31, 2009 12:58 PM
It's glamorous. Not quite as glamorous as saying "first post!", but still pretty glamorous.
Posted by: MAJeff, OM
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October 31, 2009 1:05 PM
This is glamorous, right? Don't disillusion me if it isn't.
any of this type of thing at the conference? GLAMOUR!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwmqtD2hcRo
Posted by: nastasie
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October 31, 2009 1:06 PM
The only way I can ever sign up is through LJ. *sigh*
Ok, so "His Crackerness" made me lol.
Posted by: Glen Davidson
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October 31, 2009 1:13 PM
It must be glamorous, although I'm sure that the photos of you being mobbed by gorgeous women are more so.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/mxaa3p
Posted by: chgo_liz | October 31, 2009 1:24 PM
Glen @ #14:
As Taranaki @ #9 pointed out, PZ wasn't in that mode on this trip. If only he had arranged a meeting-up point for the local hordes, we gorgeous women would have mobbed him. Duh.
Posted by: Carlie | October 31, 2009 1:34 PM
I'm trying to figure out what on earth you could be typing that would involve holding your thumb like that. Don't tell me you're such a prolific writer in spite of not being able to properly touch-type!
Posted by: Rey Fox, Bird Caller Guy
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October 31, 2009 1:35 PM
Cute netbook?
Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 31, 2009 1:52 PM
Why sign up at all? It's not required.
The "sign in to comment on this entry" stuff is a lie by omission: it lacks the "you can" part in front of it.
Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 31, 2009 2:03 PM
Looks painful. :-S
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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October 31, 2009 2:04 PM
I beg to differ. You look like a virtuoso posed right before the cadenza. (And I see that I was not wrong in not being able to identify that as a mac.)Is Shubin wearing corduroy?
Posted by: PZ Myers
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October 31, 2009 2:21 PM
I almost always use a Mac, but the 17" MacBook Pro is kind of awkward to use on a plane or in an auditorium, so I've got a little netpc for transcribing stuff and pounding out the words.
Have no fear. Owning this thing, convenient as it is, just confirms to me how wretchedly bad Windows is. If only Apple would come out with a Mac tablet...
Posted by: ddpej | October 31, 2009 2:32 PM
Carlie @ 16:
My guess would be that he's not typing at all. He is most likely using the touchpad with his right hand and holding his left hand out of the way momentarily.
Posted by: MAJeff, OM
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October 31, 2009 2:40 PM
at least PZ currently has two functional thumbs. My mandoline mishap the other night left me with less skin and a lot of annoyance.
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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October 31, 2009 2:51 PM
I think I speak for all of us when I say WTF?At least it was you thumb ...
Posted by: MAJeff, OM
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October 31, 2009 4:49 PM
I think I speak for all of us when I say WTF?
Just a chunk of skin in the onions. No huge deal. Just annoying because the thumb isn't fully functional for a while (and it's annoying trying to keep the dressing from becoming part of the healing thumb.) Plus, I had to get a tetanus booster and i hate needles. Hate them!
A note for everyone: CONCENTRATE AND PAY ATTENTION WHILE SLICING THINGS! Otherwise, you end up being the sliced thing.
Posted by: Aquaria | October 31, 2009 7:44 PM
Owie MAJ. That sounds painful.
I'm wondering what it is with some people and sharp objects. I can't trust the current Mr. Aquaria with them for a second. One minute he has something sharp in his hand, the next he's spurting blood!
I made him grow a beard. My nerves couldn't handle the stress of watching him shave.
Posted by: Carlie, escort of candy collecting and remover of deadly peanut products | October 31, 2009 7:53 PM
Youch! I did a big slice in my thumb a few weeks ago, and man, you never really realize how much you use your thumbs until suddenly you can't. Hope the healing goes fast, MAJeff.
Posted by: Jadehawk, OM | October 31, 2009 8:05 PM
don't diss the netbooks! they're awesome and fairly easy to type on, despite what it may look like in that picture*. and they're super-portable, and some have truly epic battery lives (though, the 9-hr battery makes the thing a bit more clumsy, so i don't have that one) when compared to a regular laptop, or even a Macbook.
*especially when you're used to mac keyboards. I have a harder time getting used to my regular sized laptop's keyboard than to the netbook's keyboard when switching away from my iMac.
Posted by: Faid | October 31, 2009 10:53 PM
Nice netbook! Is it the MSI Wind?
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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November 1, 2009 7:51 AM
OOOOOOHHHH!!
A mandoline! I was thinking mandolin.
Posted by: MAJeff, OM
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November 1, 2009 11:12 AM
I'm totally giggling at this part of Sili's link:
Dangers
A mandoline may be a hazard if one slices too quickly and/or carelessly.
Um, yeah.
And the ER doc had the same original thought about a stringed musical instrument. No, I wasn't playing "Losing My Religion."
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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November 1, 2009 1:44 PM
I can't recall which tv-chef it was, but he did say that everyone nicks their fingers once on the mandoline, so one had to be very careful when using it.
He then proceeded to cut his fingers on camera.
He was not amused.
I was.
If it's any consolation I have been close to cutting off a thumb, because I was too lazy to get a small knife to clean up my cheese. I thought I could just do it with the base of my allround knife. I could ... almost.
Posted by: Peter Magellan | November 1, 2009 2:08 PM
I remember my then-girlfriend and my mother having an inadvertently-surreal conversation about mandolin(e)s: GF was talking about her mandolin, Ma about her mandoline. Took them a good three minutes to ask why I was smirking! Lord knows how long they could have kept it up if I'd kept a straight face... :-)
Example:
GF: "It's only got seven strings at the moment - one broke."
Ma: "Oh, does it have one of those egg-slicing attachments, then?"
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