which part(s) of NZ? i really miss living there. *jellis*
- Joe Silence
I am flying into Auckland, vaguely intend to make an expedition to Wellington at the least. Haven't really pinned myself down yet :).
- Marianne
if memory serves, you should being cold and wet weather gear in August. some great beaches for walking around there, even in winter. Cockle Bay was a fave as was Mission Bay. Auckland Domain is a lovely huge park and has a museum and a hothouse and other things worth visiting. another nice park is Bastion Point, which has the remains of the harbour defence gun batteries from WW2. for...
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- Joe Silence
No chance to hit the south island? It's beautiful!
- Anne Bouey
Anne, I haven't ruled anything out at present. Planning to spend time in July figuring out what my options are. :)
- Marianne
It's not a good time to do the Milford Track, but that area is unbelievably gorgeous.
- Anne Bouey
August is generally the coldest month of the year, though moderated by the sea. I don't know Auckland, for Wellington I can't give much more advice than visit Te Papa, but I can answer any questions about Christchurch. (I *did* once go swimming in Fiordland in the middle of winter. So I could say I had. I don't think I lasted much longer than half a minute.)
- Deborah Fitchett
In the past, my boss said that he had considered taking some of the staff out for beer/food near that time period, but he was usually gone (ALA or somesuch meeting). I will be here, so I plan to get beer/food for some of the budget folks dealing with the crunch. I know, I will bring in some "crunchy" food. Get it?
- OMG 404 Joe
*sends parachute, life raft, chocolate, and wine*
- Galadriel C.
Our fiscal year ends May 31 (why? who knows?) so we are free and clear. (Also, we get all the hilarious "spend your year-end funds now!" vendor spam in early June and laugh and laugh.)
- Catherine Pellegrino
Catherine, ours too! Although we don't usually get word of a new budget until some time in July. That's fun.
- ~Courtney F
Such an odd time of year - very few students around, lots of folks taking vacation, and me running around licensing and invoicing with abandon. Must buy all the things!
- Jen
We get our budget in November! After we spent half of it.
- barbara fister
from iPhone
Looks like we didn't get a last supply order in before the gate slammed down, because I just opened the drawer where we keep tissues at the research desk and found a roll of toilet paper.
- kaijsa
I know that I cannot be the only person who instantly has to change the channel when ASPCA or animal cruelty commercials come on the television. I seriously can't deal with it and the images haunt me.
I do the same. It is the door into the absolute evil of people and what this evil is capable of, I hide my head in the sand. Truly injures my soul.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Same here. I always change the channel.
- LoisMarketing
Whenever one of us hears Sarah McLaughlin start to sing, we shout, "Turn it! Turn it!" until somebody can grab the remote.
- The LB: #TeamMonique
If I don't get to the remote fast enough, I burst into tears.
- Russian Space Lizard
You are not. But I kind of get aggravated with those ads because the people most affected are those of us who wouldn't hurt animals and try to rescue them. We are also likely the ones who give money to animal welfare groups. It strikes me as not particularly good targeted marketing.
- Running Slow
And they run them late at night when you don't feel like going to bed yet and finally you found something worth watching and oh well I guess it's time for bed after all.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Oh I know! It got me to join their monthly donor plan and now I don't feel as bad changing the channel.
- adf
from Android
Have you signed on to the Cost of Knowledge? If so, how have you replied when subsequently asked to review/publish/edit an Els journal? Specific language wins extra points.
Yes, haven't been asked because the Big E knows better. ;)
- RepoRat
I haven't so I don't encounter this. But if I had, I'd probably say something like, "Thank you for the invitation to [do whatever] for [journal of whatever]. I must, however, decline. I am a signatory to the Cost of Knowledge declaration (http://thecostofknowledge.com/) and will do no work of any kind for an Elsevier publication in protest of that company's policies and actions, past...
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- bevedog
Yes, and I have turned down a guest special issue article offer because of it, and am moving off Mendeley now for same reason (some done: taking a while because was heavy user)
- Heather Piwowar
from iPhone
I signed it, but I have not been asked to review/publish/edit an Els pub. I would probably simply decline and say that I have other projects going on.
- OMG 404 Joe
aw, g'wan, tell 'em why. the more we make clear to Elsevier quislings that the Big E's behavior means less-viable journals, the better.
- RepoRat
I have a general "no non-immediate OA reviewing policy". Text i generally use is..."Thankyour for your invitation to review X. I am afraid I no longer review for any journal or article which will not be made immediately Open Access with a CC BY license. [sometimes something on...I can't even tell what your journal policy is]. If your journal moves to an Open Access footing in the future I would be happy to look at reviewing papers for you at that time."
- Cameron Neylon
Yes, I like that. I may add Lawman's "Screw the man" at the end, just because it kind of seals the deal.
- Marie
Yeah, I thought the point to signing such a thing (or having such a personal policy) was to give yourself the courage/platform for a little lecture if they ever asked you to do something for an Evilsevier journal.
- bevedog
fyi here's what I said recently when invited to submit a paper: "Thanks for the invitation. It sounds like a great special issue! That said, I've signed the Elsevier boycott. In the spirit of encouraging you to understand how seriously some scholars dislike Elsevier's current policies and wish you would move your journal to a truly Open publisher I'm not willing to write anything for your publication. Hopefully we'll have a chance to collaborate another way some day."
- Heather Piwowar
evidence it is so important you say WHY you are declining -- why you should take a moment to give the little lecture :) The person wrote back: "Thanks! I think this is great. We will make a special point about how two have refused to publish with Elsevier and how the quality of Elsevier journals suffers because of its policies and lobbying. That way your message will reach the audience (and editors). "
- Heather Piwowar
About a year ago I got an offer to publish in Elsevier's Library Connect. It was just before the Cost of Knowledge happened but I ended up declining anyway due to Big E's support of SOPA. That thread is here: http://friendfeed.com/lsw...
- John Dupuis
This thread helped me when I just had to word a review refusal to a T&F journal. Thanks to all participants therein.
- RepoRat
I <3 Lisa. Also, I <3 CR-V. I'm either getting that or a Pilot when I trade in next year (though I'm super tempted to trade in right now...).
- Hookuh Tinypants
The CR-V has a ridiculous turning radius - easier to park than that rental Impala I had. The EX comes VERY nicely loaded.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
Gratz! I adore new cars of all the types.
- Lnorigb
Nice car. I seriously considered one, but couldn't quite manage it. And used ones are really hard to find within a 100 mile radius. (According to Cars.com, at least.)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Well, Cristo's comment is gone. So now mine & Amanda's comments just look silly... Also, I really preferred the Subaru Forester to the CR-V back when I was looking. Although, the ease of repairing a Honda might sway me in the future IF they give them AWD... Love my Forester's AWD!
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
Wow. Great minds think alike. I really wanted a Forester when my search began. But the only used one I could find was way overpriced and a test drive proved that it wasn't mechanically up to par. But they are really really popular, as in "#1 selling car in its class" popular (at least according to Subaru.) But still, I love my Soul. Not as big, no AWD, but it has everything I really...
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- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
The Forester was a consideration for me, but TCO was through the roof if you go out 5 years. Truth be told, this is my sixth Honda in 25 years.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
Marie - Jalapeño was totaled 9 months after I bought her by a sleeping driver doing 50 MPH who rear-ended me while I was stopped at a light. I've had bad luck with Toyotas.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
Whaaaa? I've never seen a used one! It might be time to finally consider my first NEW car...
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
all new CRV? sweeet I want one of those! :D
- پروتژه
Honda rocks, between BMW and Honda, I chose Honda for lower price and similar features with almost certainly better quality than german engineering.
- پروتژه
Lisa - the AWD ones typically stocked are EX-Ls, which means you get leather and the premium nav system too. Fair price is about $29K.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
Love it! Sadly I'm about to be dropped (I mean extinguished) by leveled-up knockout drops, or I'd have a clever Chfistopher-White-referential name for the car. But BlacoBlanco isn't yanking my chaiiiiii.............n.n.......n........n.........
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Any time. :) I must be getting old; this time around I shopped safety before style. IMO I got both with this car. IHSA has this one second to the Forester, BTW - they're more or less neck and neck.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
Incidentally, I learned the CR-V is built on the same frame as the Accord, which explains the smooth ride and the way it handles.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
@teleken: does it come with the double wishbone suspension? it was eliminated after 2012 in accords, makes the ride reallly smooth tho
- پروتژه
I think Honda would have marketed it as such. From what I was able to find, it's MacPherson up front and "multi-link" in back. It does ride smoothly, though - I'm sure the factory 17" tires have a lot to do with that.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
I love it, I would buy a CR-V if insurance premium wasn't so high here in Ontario
- پروتژه
I was driving a 2004 Matrix. My policy went up about $70 USD a year.
- teleken
from BuddyFeed
Where are you in Ontario, BTW?My ex-wife, AKA She Who Must Not Be Mentioned By Name Lest She Appear (like Beetlejuice) grew up in Oshawa, which Deadmau5 immortalized with "Trapped in Oshawa" years ago.
- teleken
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Okay, people, let's do this. One episode per night (weekdays only?) Straw poll for what time slot is best (give all suggestions in Pacific time):
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
I'm not even planning to watch. I'm just a brat. Even when I'm sick. :p No, seriously, though. I'm not watching yet, but every time someone talks about this mass release of all the episodes, binge-watching is all they cite for reasons. So, I'm curious as to why you're purposely watching one per day...
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
And done. Seemed a tad uneven at first, but we ended up in a comfortable groove. Buying California desert and the Pittsburgh line - man, that is spot-on so my family I can't even tell you.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
IMO, I feel like the pacing is all wrong. The writing is spot-on, everyone is back in the groove, but I feel like the jokes are drawn out for too long. OR is it because these first few shows are each about one character that the pacing seems off? As in, the scenes don't cut to different storylines but it's only one storyline. I can't define it but I feel the pacing is off. I've only watched up the half of Tobias' epi.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
You'll start to feel the groove at about episode 5. This season will pay off for those who want to rewatch it again and again.
- Eric - Too Hot
You'd better put a spoiler alert on this post.
- Eric - Too Hot
no … but I have been thinking about making a short promo video about How I Can Help … and Vine is just the right length … so maybe … I *love* Zamms' challenge idea - curious to know how that works out!
- $tephanie•Gardening
check out sketchlibrarian on twitter. she's been doing stuff with it for her pow (usc upstate) that are quite entertaining involving a moving cardboard cutout of a professor showcasing the library
- Sir Shuping is just sir
There's a Vine of me doing the Arrested Development chicken dance. Does that count? :D
- Marie
from iPhone
Viticulture and oenology are major subjects here so there's a whole vineyard out the back of campus...
- Deborah Fitchett
Long-shot CodSignal request: There was a thing, a while back: a challenge of sorts. To take a specific, very unusual phrase, and get it published in either a PhD dissertation or a peer-reviewed journal article, I can't remember which.
Exactly. That's about where my brain hits a wall as well. And all my googling is for naught.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Oh yes, my husband's cohort did this in anthropology with "a rich tapestry." There was some discussion about choosing "data sucking" to describe the year-long data retrieval from foreign lands, but the "tapestry" won.
- Marie
Very cool, Marie! But not quite what I'm remembering. IIRC, the challenge phrase was WAY weirder than "a rich tapestry." GAH THIS IS DRIVING ME ROUND THE BEND.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Wow - that's a much more daring phrase than what I thought you were referring to... which was the word 'embiggen' : http://kottke.org/07... which has worked itself into string theory
- copystar
I know, right? and I think I recall hearing somewhere that someone DID win it, actually. I love the Paul Krugman bit as well.
- Catherine Pellegrino
We had something similar in undergrad, ours was "they're magically delicious"....
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
RepoRat: I would feel very bad things for you if I were a student in that class with that assignment. On the other hand, I REALLY want to see the XML for Chicken Chicken.
- Jason Griffey
Jason, it shouldn't be that difficult. it's just a very amusing, monotonous, lorem ipsum. The point is to recognize document structure, which is apparent from presentation features
- DJF
from Android
I may have picked up a night job with a small screenprinting operation. It's been over a decade since I ran a manual press, but I used to love it and it could be great fun.
4 i think? maybe 2? 3 and 5 are more early 80s. 1 is late 90s interpretation of 60s. (you can tell i spend a lot of time researching frames.)
- kendrak
Now can we write captions for each of the pics? Because, really, your expressions are awesome. For example, for #1: "Are really letting that newt crawl up your nose?"
- maʀtha
I am envious of your long hair. It's totally gorgeous. Does that information help you choose glasses? :D
- Marie
Aw, thank you! I worry I'm too old for it. I also worry that my glasses won't match my hair if I (eventually) decide to color it. Woe, WOE, wooooooe is me.
- Meg V. Meg
Thank you guys so much, this is helpful! I'm trying to decide if #1 is too similar to my existing blue plastic frames (your affinity for #1 makes me feel much better about my current glasses), and I might look at #4 in a different color, though I'm not in love with the other colors available.
- Meg V. Meg