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Just Married!
If all went well, I got married to the fiancée within the past hour! (Obviously, this is a post I scheduled in advance.) For obvious reasons, I won’t be blogging much, if at all, over the next week. After that, … Continue reading
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h-index of 14!
In one of my periodic blog moments of patting myself on the back, I should note that my h-index went up to 14 this past week! As I’ve described previously, when my h-index went to 13, the h-index (or Hirsch … Continue reading
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Some blogroll updates…
I finally got around to adding a few additional blogs to my blogroll, and thought I’d acknowledge them: White Coat Underground. I met PalMD at ScienceOnline09 and, in addition to him being one of those people I immediately liked and … Continue reading
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A personal academic milestone!
Well, I’ve managed to graduate my first doctoral student! I was confident in his ability to pass the dissertation defense, but I was still probably as nervous as he was. Did I train him well enough? Is his research sound … Continue reading
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200k page view milestone!
I’ve passed yet another personal blogging milestone: a total of 200k page views! It seems like yesterday that I passed thet 100k mark, though it was actually last month. Thanks to my ‘spot the math errors‘ post, I’ve had over … Continue reading
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Back from ScienceOnline ’09!
Well, I’m back! I haven’t been posting much since heading off to the conference, in spite of my best intentions. Conference activities, both official and not, were entirely too distracting to get much done. The sessions were quite enjoyable and … Continue reading
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Off to ScienceOnline ’09!
I head out this afternoon to go to ScienceOnline ’09, the third annual science blogging conference held in NC: I’ll be part of a panel discussing “The Web and the History of Science“, with excellent science bloggers scicurious and Laelaps. … Continue reading
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More travel…
I’m heading out of town again today, for a work-related meeting. I’m not enthusiastic, especially after the catastrophe which was my return trip from the holidays. With that in mind, I see that Tom Tomorrow has relinked to one of … Continue reading
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h-index of 13!
What a great way to start the new year! According to the Web of Science, my h-index has climbed to 13 this week! For those not familiar with it, the Hirsch index is a (rough) measure of the importance of … Continue reading
Home from the holidays!
Whew! The fiancée and I managed to get back home last night without any serious hassles. We’ve been simply exhausted, though, because our trip involved three legs: a starting visit with my family in Chicago for a couple of days, … Continue reading
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