To the jerk, or jerks, who broke into my car and stole my laptop and passport while parked in downtown Vancouver. Pfffft! You stink! And just what do you think you’re going to do with all those LaTeX files? Maybe you should try to sell them to D-wave! (For the humor impaired: that’s a joke.)
Qubits, Qbits, qbits, qubits, q-bits, and light nanoseconds
Hurray! My letter to Physics Today along with a delightful response from N. David Mermin has been published. I particularly enjoyed Mermin’s closing line:
It may be quixotic (but certainly not Qxotic) to try to correct the spelling of an entire community, but I owe it my best shot. What else is retirement good for?
Sweet! Now I can check off from my list of things to do in life: “Get published in Physics Today over issues related to my literature degree.”
"I'm Never Getting Out of New Jersey"
A day in the life of a traveler. For your amusement?
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This Side of Paradise
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Santa Fe I Go
Yep, lucky me I’m off to Santa Fe tomorrow morning for the tenth annual SquInT conference. Holy moly ten years of SqUiNT conferences really makes me feel old. I wonder how many Chiles I’ve eaten over all of those conferences (and I don’t even want to think about how many Margaritas or quantum beers I’ve had.)
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Group Page Wikified
Behold: my new research group webpage! This answers part of the question “what do academics do while watching the Super Bowl?”
Beginnings…
What will it become?
Why Can't They All be Sunports?
Speaking of airports, why can’t there be more airports like Albuquerque’s Sunport: free wireless and even nice places to plug in and lay out your laptop:
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Too Connected
Are you a geek if you write a blog post from an airplane seat? And the airplane door is…
Happiness is…
Inbox this morning:
Inbox tonight: