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Avi’s Wisdom

Steve Woodrow — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:27:05 +0000

“Guys respect girls who respect themselves. But if a guy buys you dinner, let him take you home.” — Avi Wolfson.

MIT and Honorary Degrees

Steve Woodrow — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:15:49 +0000

Frank Field raised an interesting piece of MIT trivia today that i was not aware of — MIT does not confer honorary degrees. An interesting quotation from the MIT News Office:

When Charles M. Vest, then provost of the University of Michigan, was offered the job of president of MIT in 1990, he met with Wiesner, who also had come to MIT from the University of Michigan. Wiesner, in ten words of concise persuasion, cited three worries of university presidents that Vest would not have at MIT — “No big time athletics. No medical school. No honorary degrees.”

Hal Abelson on Fair Use (from 6.805)

Steve Woodrow — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:05:42 +0000

“Fair Use in the United States is the right to hire an attorney” -Hal Abelson

How do you say “certiorari”? Let me count the ways…

Steve Woodrow — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:52:35 +0000

According to the SCOTUS, there are many ways to say “certiorari”.

And you thought Tickle-me Elmo was creepy…

Steve Woodrow — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:06:58 +0000

Just wait until you see inside. Link via hackaday.com.

An engineer’s guide to cats

Steve Woodrow — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:30:57 +0000

Rather amusing: watch it on YouTube.

The Taxonomy of Milk Products

Steve Woodrow — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:15:10 +0000

I stumbled across this on Wikipedia today and had to blog about it (my inner geek loves it):

86 boozing rules

Steve Woodrow — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:19:05 +0000

I found this quite entertaining (and accurate): The 86 Rules of Boozing.

Stuff White People Like

Steve Woodrow — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:33:05 +0000

Apoorva deserves credit for linking to this amusing website: Stuff White People Like. Covers topics such as coffee, gentrification, Oscar parties, and difficult breakups.

~41% voter turnout in Alberta

Steve Woodrow — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:26:10 +0000

CBC reports that only ~41% of Albertans voted in their provincial election yesterday. While Manitoba’s arguably not any better at 56.75% in our last election, it’s a little sad that such a low turnout gives a mandate to those who govern the economically-powerful, environmentally-careless, and growing-too-quickly Alberta.

Perhaps the problem is the Elections Alberta slogan:
“Vote… it’s inexcusably easy!”