by Jim Stitzel | Dec 16, 2006 | General
365 tomorrows :: View topic – October 9th, RELUCTANT Someone over at the 365 Tomorrows forum recently observed that a lot of sci-fi first contact stories end with humanity blowing themselves up (and often the alien beings, as well). And it’s true –...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 12, 2006 | General
Today marks one year since I started working here at Purdue University. I can now say that I have seen one full cycle of this office’s working processes. It’s been a very good experience thus far; I can honestly say that I’m very pleased with the way...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 11, 2006 | General
Must be the day for puns… “Frank and Ernest”:http://www.gocomics.com/frankandernest/ “Space is the Place”:http://www.gocomics.com/spaceistheplace/ I _love_ this stuff.
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 7, 2006 | General
No offense to those of you that do these, but Quizilla quizzes are hardly reliable or valid. I suppose that they _can_ be fun, but the statistician in me absolutely rebels at these things, thus ruining all the fun. I’ve tried running through a few over the last...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 1, 2006 | General
I don’t generally like to post these, but today I felt like displaying my nerd factor: Yup, I’m a nerd. And a geek.
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 29, 2006 | General
I’ve recently discovered the fascinating show _Heroes_ on NBC – and I’m already a huge fan. It’s fun to watch this comic book for TV, my only complaint being that some of the powers manifested by many of the characters aren’t exactly...
