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Discord (The Living Tombstone Remix)

Why did it take so long for me to find this? I can't stop listening to it.   It captures our favorite draconequus so beautifully. And it's so darned catchy   The lyrics are pretty awesome, too.  

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A note on the life of a graduate student

I hate deadlines.   There's a conference that my adviser wants my lab group to go to in June. Understandable. What's not understandable is that the deadline for abstracts to present at said conference is tomorrow (it was originally Friday, but got bumped back over the weekend). This means, of course, that I have to have enough data to write an amazingly short paragraph about what I'd be presenting at the conference by tomorrow. At 5 p.m.   Now, I'm not one for stress. As my brothers and roommate

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O HAI GUISE!

So, as you all may have noticed, I have disappeared off the face of the Internet for a time.   But now I'm back at my college (classes don't start until next week, so I'm mainly doing research), which means I'm back on the Interwebs!   Christmas was very nice; I got Tabasco sauce from my mom, Virtue's Last Reward (beat it in a week...and didn't realize that there was nothing more to the game after the end was over. XD) and the LEGOLAND exclusive set Forbidden Island from KopakaKurahk (both aweso

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Merry Christmas, Everyone

I'm at home enjoying the holiday with my family. I hope all of you have the pleasure of doing the same or similar.   For those who don't celebrate Christmas, may you have a wonderful holiday season!  

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Jackson E&M Final Progress

Saturday: Received final. Four questions pulled from Jackson and Griffiths' textbooks. Finished one problem (the Griffiths one).   Sunday: Finished two more problems. I am on fire! Worked on the fourth problem. Way uglier than the other three.   Monday: Woke up at noon. Haven't continued working yet. Hungry.   This has been a look into the life of a grad student during finals week! Tune in next time where we see whether said student has eaten in the last three days!  

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HEY GUISE!

It's currently 12:12 on 12/12/12 for the east coast of the United States!   That's relevant for some reason!  

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So...

Anyone want to talk about some LEGO?  

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IT WORKS!

I actually invented something that works!   Er, rather, my code works! Hooray!   And with two days to spare.  

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Finite Difference, Y U NO WORK?!

So, I'm working on a computer project for my Electrodynamics course. I'm using a computer method called the Relaxation or Finite Difference Method. It basically takes a physical scenario, divides the space of interest into a grid, and assigns voltages for each grid intersection. Then, using a computer language of choice (I'm using FORTRAN, like a boss), I make a program that essentially takes a weighted average of all the points whose voltages aren't fixed until the program doesn't change those

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New Comic!

And just before the apocalypse hits, too! Head on over here to read it!  

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Equation of the Day #5: Cardioid

I made it in GIMP. A cardioid is the envelope formed by a set of circles whose centers lie on a circle and which pass through one common point in space. This image shows the circle on which the centers of the circles in the above image lie. A cardioid is also the path traced by a point on a circle which is rolling along the surface of another circle when both circles have the same radius (here is a cool animation of that).   What is the cardioid's significance? Well, it looks like a heart, which

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Magic Duel

I was pleasantly surprised.   I loved when Fluttershy found the book with the amulet in it. Adorable.  

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Pokédex 3D Pro

You look really cool, and I'm sure I'd enjoy your features and such, but you're $15. For a Pokédex.   If you had 3D battling capabilities/games that would work in tandem with BW/B2W2, I'd probably get you, but you don't. Sorry.  

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Babs Seed

SUCH A CATCHY SONG ZOMG!!   Also, the CMC were very adorable in that episode.   (I watched it the other day, but just listened to the song for about the fifth time.)   EDIT: Also, apparently typing in darkgoldenrod as your font color doesn't work anymore.  

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Lunar Eclipse!

In, like, ten minutes several hours.   GO LOOK AT IT, WEST COAST BZPers!  

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Equation of the Day #4: Measurement Standards

If you're building something and want to tell other people how to build it, it's useful to show the dimensions of said something (how big it is) relative to other things that people are familiar with. However, there are very few things in this world that are exactly the same size as other similar things (e.g. not all apples weigh the same or have the same volume). So, some smart people once upon a time decided to make standards of measurement for various properties of matter (which I think we

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Jackson ≪ Griffiths

I know most of you aren't physicists, but it's very important to me that physics education be designed to effectively teach physics to any and all audiences. After all, if you want people to have some inkling as to what you do, you want to be able to come up with a way to explain the necessities without getting bogged down in all the details. When you do this, it prevents the person you talk to from feeling like a moron and also allows you to talk about yourself and what you do to someone who

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Ponies Premiere

These villains are getting less and less backstory development as we go, huh? In terms of development:   Sombra < Chrysalis < Discord / Nightmare Moon   That said, though, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit. The songs were okay, but I've only listened to them once, really. However, it was nice for Spike to get a role as Twilight's supporting vocals. Cathy Weseluck amazes me.   I did think Rainbow Dash was a bit over the top, but I enjoyed everyone else.   También, sombra = shadow en

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Griffiths is best textbook author

"The proportionality factor σ (not to be confused with surface charge) is an empirical constant that varies from one material to another; it's called the conductivity of the medium. Actually, the handbooks usually list the reciprocal of σ, called the resistivity: ρ = 1/σ (not to be confused with charge density—I'm sorry, but we're running out of Greek letters, and this is the standard notation)."   This is the man who allegedly can teach physics to gerbils. I wish I could take a class with him

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IT'S SNOWING!

It's almost like I'm back in Ohio. Except in Ohio it snowed in late October.   Eh, close enough.    

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Voting and such

You people are all slow; I voted weeks ago (absentee FTW!). Thanks to all who voted, whether it was Democrat, Republican, or Bull Moose. Statisticians really appreciate having a good sample size for such things.   (But seriously, voting is important. Exercise those rights!)  

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