A Personal Explanation for Light Blogging

I haven't been posting much because I am defending my Quals today.

81 slides...I am so the Power Point God.

UPDATE: Triumph! I have passed. One more hurdle between me and occupational recognition overcome. And, yes, 81 slides was a bit long. It was supposed to go 2 hous with questions, but I went about 20 minutes over. They were joking that I was trying to "pass by attrition."

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Heartiest best wishes, brother - ya should've suggested me as an external examiner!

Let us know how it goes - good luck!

81 slides!?!?
Ye gods... How long are you planning to talk for?

I generally use one slide per minute as a rough maximum. You can get away with a little more if some of them are just pretty pictures, but 81 is an awful lot.

(I'm not really trying to increase the ambient stress level. Honest.)

Best of luck.