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Entries from July 2005

African Dialects

July 18th, 2005 · No Comments

(11:52:54) David B.: sdfsd sd;lfksdf poweriqtn wet03mfskl
(11:53:03) David B.: I am practicing my african dialects
— EDIT — (more added below)
(12:03:01) David B.: speakers come next
(12:03:02) Brock Tice: *sigh*
(12:03:06) Brock Tice: no kidding
(12:03:10) Brock Tice: not till fall at this point
(12:03:16) Brock Tice: I’m too poor
(12:03:19) David B.: replace those first and then we will do [...]

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Tags: Other

Countdown

July 18th, 2005 · No Comments

T-120 hours and counting
Well, just under, since it’s now 10:59 and my flight leaves at 10:50 on Saturday. That will begin my journey to Niger. I have a lot of lab-related work to do. I need to get my ascending ramp simulations set up so that I can load them into the queue before [...]

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Put the Lime in the Coconut

July 12th, 2005 · No Comments

I’m giving a 25-minute talk this Thursday, July 14th at 17:00 at the Hilton downtown. I’m pretty sure you have to be registered for the SIAM conference to come see it, but here’s the information just in case you want to know. I’m part of a minisymposium: (schedule).
I have spent most of my [...]

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Tags: Cardiac Electrophysiology · Science

Technical Writing

July 10th, 2005 · No Comments

Technical writing, or my attempt at it, is killing me. It’s killing my motivation to write. It seems like writing can be technical or readable, choose one.
Is it because it’s hard to fit what needs to be said into the provided space? It seems that whenever I attempt to write [...]

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Tags: Cardiac Electrophysiology · Science

Psycho Sunday

July 10th, 2005 · No Comments

I finally took my first Mefloquine tablet today. Here’s hoping I don’t go crazy.

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Tags: Other · Travel