When you’re a scientist, visualizing data can be crucial to understanding and communication. Graphs are almost always better than data tables and a smartly-drawn diagram can often convey more than a long, detailed paragraph. I was thinking about this today because of a YouTube link a friend sent me that had a visualization of the…
This is the first in what I hope is a continuing series of Interesting Things I Forgot To Post – trips and stops and things that happened this year that I thought, “I should post about this,” but never seemed to get to. This past summer, the weekend we went up to San Jose and…
I don’t read a lot of nonfiction. Actually, that’s not true. I read a good deal of nonfiction in the form of science journals for my day job, so when I read for pleasure I prefer fiction because I’m usually looking for a bit of escapism. However, a couple of months ago, I read two…
So, nearly two years ago already, I decided to use my tax return that year to buy a digital piano. It was kind of an unusual choice – I’d never played any musical instrument in my life and couldn’t read music. But I’d always enjoyed music and been intrigued by learning to play the piano. So,…
While Saturday had a breakneck pace of seeing lots of science-oriented and fun sights around Los Angeles, Sunday was geared to be a more stately day. We slept in, and I was instructed to dress more nicely and we headed out for a tasty brunch before The Beloved input another “secret address” in the car’s GPS. City_hall…
Show us your favorite work of art (fiction, music, sculpture, painting, architecture, dance, etc).Submitted by Dean. I’ve been meaning to answer this VoxHunt for a couple of days, because I thought it was a pretty good question. Beethoven Sym. 7, 2nd Movement Music: I thought about this one long and hard, but I think my…
"Of course I do!" I actually really like my piano teacher. He expects a lot of us and really seems to enjoy seeing us struggle improve. He said this to me the other week while I was working on an in-class piece, and I just busted up laughing. So did he. I'm sure he's seen…
So my New Year's Resolution in 2005 was to learn how to play the piano. SS100D It's something that has intrigued me for a number of years, but for a variety of reasons never quite made it all the way to the top of my "to do" list. Well, only 16 months after the original…
So my New Year's Resolution in 2005 was to learn how to play the piano. SS100D It's something that has intrigued me for a number of years, but for a variety of reasons never quite made it all the way to the top of my "to do" list. Well, only 16 months after the original…
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