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Category Archives: academic life
The postdoc is willing, but the lab equipment is weak
Devotees of Star Wars will remember those classic scenes in the Empire Strikes back where the Millennium Falcon, having cleverly jinked and dodged around its Imperial pursuers, makes to leave them in its dust trails by engaging the hyperdrive system. … Continue reading
It’s menial, but it’s progress
I think it’s safe to say that my week is never going to feature prominently in the annals of geological science. I’ve spent most of it standing in front of a rock saw, cutting up the cores that I collected … Continue reading
Latest from the postdocosphere
Fellow scibling Alex is hosting the latest installment of What’s Up, Postdoc? over at the Daily Transcript. I’m chuffed to see that my weekend attempt at counterbalancing my moaning is included – and has also inspired Katie over at Minor … Continue reading
Seriously, I’m enjoying myself immensely right now
A controversial NON-rant about life as a postdoc
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Is getting tenure Mission Impossible?
Over at Galactic Interactions, fellow Scibling Rob Knop has announced that he’s leaving academia for a job at Linden Labs, the people who run Second Life. Even though that particular phenomenon leaves me a little bemused – I have enough … Continue reading
Nice plan for content warnings on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Now you need a Mastodon/Fediverse button on this blog.