A reasonably educated person trying to make sense of it all, and a little tormented as a result. Thinking aloud, mostly. These opinions rarely reflect the ideas of any of my employers.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Research methods: The egg experiment
I have a problem. I have chickens that give me fresh eggs. Now almost everything about fresh eggs is really really good. But when you boil a fresh a seashell does not separate very well from the white.
I have been told that older eggs work better for that.
So my research question is How old does an egg need to be before it makes a good peeling hard boiled egg.
So I collected eggs from the 1st of January 8th of January 16th of January. And I'll boil each of them for the same amount of time and see how well they peel. I'll do that each week and then I will have a result.
Item then come up with findings and implications. I love it when we can make research a fairly straightforward process.
Monday, January 16, 2017
I love working with students
It is really good to work with students and particularily when they are doing a real project. It looks like I am doing an internship with a student again now.
Friday, January 13, 2017
Cullen the cringemaster
I suppose by the age of 49 you get to know what you like and what you don't. And you get to give fewer fucks about what other people think.
So when I was at the park and there's a roll of dog litter bags next to the bin I couldn't help to comment to the lady who was taking home about a dozen of them.
"So that's where they all go?" I said.
You can guess how the conversation went from there.
I do feel a little sorry for my son Jonah who happened to be with me at the time.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Why Skydiving Helps
I suppose my passion in skydiving might help with coping with the uncertainty. Take for example the jump we did the other day. It was supposed to be quite simple. My two partners were supposed to take a linked exit out the plane, I would meet them, we would change the formation twice then track off and deploy. The reality was something different.
The exit funnels, I rebuild as a two way, the novice docks hard and falls through the middle. I follow the novice briefly but we run out of time and I track off with my mate for some fun. After deployment we play around under canopy for a while and then I perform a high-performance landing.
Totally not according to plan but still safe and fun and we all come out smelling of roses.
Perhaps that's why I keep getting asked to do some of the jobs I do as a day job. And if my current clients don't want me, then somebody else will.