Archive for February, 2005

The complexity zoo

Friday, February 11th, 2005

For those who enjoy mathematics as a spectator pastime, there is the Complexity Zoo.

Further hair cruise news

Thursday, February 10th, 2005

At least one person is  excited at the prospect of a  cruise  for  members of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). A few months ago the LFHCfS received an invitation to plan an exciting group cruise. Today a message arrived in response to the sending of that first message. Here it is:

Hi,

I wanted to make sure you got this email I previously sent and to see if you are interested in putting together a group cruise for your organization as I explained below [in the message I sent on October 29, 2004]. I hope to hear from you,

regards,

Todd Satterlee
Business Development Manager
Carnival Cruise Lines
Western, Central, & Northern Massachusetts
Albany Capital Region
tsatterlee@carnival.com
800-327-7276  cclsales@carnival.com

Good hair at Worcester Polytechnic and UBC

Thursday, February 10th, 2005

Melissa Towler, the noted biolochemist/engineer, competitive ballroom dancer, and Scottish Fold fancier, has
joined
the Luxuriant Flowing Hair
Club for Scientists
. And so has Chris Keeler, the noted chemist and orchid fancier.

Towler is at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Keeler is at the University of British Columbia. These institution are (or soon will be) renowned for their
abundance of luxuriantly-flowing-haired researchers.

February mini-AIR

Thursday, February 10th, 2005

The February issue of mini-AIR just went out.

The perfect cuppa

Thursday, February 10th, 2005

What is the proper way to
make a cup of tea? The question has many answers, but only one of them
is the official British standard…

So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian