2000th Post [Stranger Fruit]

By sb admin on May 10, 2009.

Turns out that yesterday I posted my 2000th post here at Scienceblogs without even noticing it. Heh!

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2000th Post

Turns out that yesterday I posted my 2000th post here at Scienceblogs without even noticing it. Heh!

Here at SB, we use Google analytics for getting info about how many people are reading our blogs, and how they get here. I also have a SiteMeter monitor on GM/BM. One thing that I get a kick out of is taking a look at my hits, and seeing what kinds of interesting connections come up. Sometimes it'…

A Quick Rundown.

I gave the second exam today. I have not graded them all yet, but I have a feeling that the grade distribution will move from flat to bimodal: some people going up into As and Bs, others falling to Fs, and nobody remaining in the middle. Some people put an effort in it, some don't. That's life.…

The Christmas Calorie

Over this past semester I've discovered something unfortunate. If a person doesn't get much exercise, snacks when bored, and shops when hungry, that person will tend to gain weight. That person is of course me, and so I'm going to try to do something about it. It's by no means a new year's…

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