Tag: study
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[Bloganuary] Fun Five
Five things I do for fun: code, magic, piano, play, learn. Let's dig into those a little...
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Debugging Mysteries
Just wanted to share with you something I found ages ago but only just got around to mentioning - Julia Evans' (of Wizard Zines fame) Debugging Mysteries:
There are five mysteries here right now:
The Case of the Slow Websites
The Case of the Connection Timeout
The Case of the DNS Update that Didn't Work
The Case … -
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Do What You're Bad At [Video]
This video accompanies a blog post of the same title. The content is basically the same - if you prefer videos, watch this video. If you prefer blog posts, go read the blog post. If you're a superfan, try both and spot the differences. You weirdo.
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Do What You're Bad At
Dan digs deep into why he's really bad at some things, and promises to do them more.
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Dissertation Hand-In Déjà Vu
Dan hands in his dissertation and reflects on how the experience of writing it was different to the one he wrote 16 years ago.
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Geohashing Resurected
Dan resurrects the "official" Geohashing website (as if he didn't have enough to do) with a little help from the community.
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How to explain academic publishing to a five year old
Ned Potter tweeted earlier this month about the importance of open access, using a comedic analogy about cows. Dan identifies as a goat.
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That moment when you realise, to your immense surprise, that the research you've spent most of the year on might actually demonstrate the thing you set out to test after all. 😲
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"One of the best things about working at The Bodleian... Pretending to be a PhD student..."
Dan's boss posted pictures to her LinkedIn of her pretending to be a PhD student, so Dan shares the ones he was in (and some social media featuring his kids).
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Letters After My Name
Results day today, and so I finally get to find out whether or not I get a degree in exchange for my last five years at University. And I do. I'm now entitled to put letters after my name, which is nice.
I've got a lower second, which is (I know) less than I'm capable of, … -
Morning Mysteries 1 - 1 Scatman Dan
I woke up this morning to two mysteries:
1. Why had I set my alarm for 8:30am?
2. Why do I have a nose bleed?
I've solved the former: Claire needs to move her car (which is parked on double-yellows outside) or she'll get ticketed when the morning wardens come by (morning wardens? they're like traffic wardens, but … -
Dissertation Hand-In
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I handed in my dissertation yesterday. What a farce. Here's the approximate order of things.
08:30 - Get up. Compile a postscript (.ps) copy of my dissertation, and upload both … -
Dissertation Proofreaders Needed
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I'm looking for help proofreading my dissertation. If you've been invited to, or you'd like to help, please go to https://danq.me/diss/, download the latest version, and post any comments … -
More Celebrations
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Yay. Now I'm in a fab bouncey mood and ready to crack on with the next 10,000 words of my dissertation.
People have kindly been offering to proof-read … -
Chez Geek Card Of The Day
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I'm about a quarter of the way through my dissertation. I have to have it finished, printed and bound by Monday morning.
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