Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
irregular regularity
the biggest difference between being employed in an academic medium versus a corporate medium is what i’m dubbing “irregular regularlity versus regular regularity.”
as an example, in my second year at the UofO, even though my weekly schedule was fairly regular, my daily schedule was highly irregular. my mondays were 8:00-23:00 [...]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
automatic paper dispensers
in the past year or so, automatic paper towel dispensers were invented, mainly for use in public restrooms.
At our workplace, the motivation for switching to automatic paper towel dispensers were touted as helping to “go green”, the new term for environmental friendliness. I suspect that it had more to [...]
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
replacing the electoral college
many will agree that the electoral college is an outdated system for determining our presidency, but no one can figure out what’s the best way to replace it.
here’s my idea:
everyone who decides that they’re going to vote has to take a comprehensive aptitude test. but not an aptitude test like the GRE or the [...]