The Best Awful
I started this site one year ago today. Since then I've posted 96 blog entries, most of which are of the "... and then I brushed my teeth" or "here are cute pictures of my cat/dog/nephew" varieties. Nonetheless, there are a handful of posts that I am proud of.
- Gender, Science, and Math Skills — A magnum opus on the gender divide in math skills — and why it doesn't matter one bit in the natural sciences. Based on my experiences studying chemistry and computer science, I really don't think that fast math-fact retrieval and spatialization are very important in experimental science.
- 1 Degree — Observations on a cold night at the Trident.
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The Stupidest Plan Ever — A primer on Social Security and a rant about the sheer ridiculousness of President Bush's plan to partially privatize it. In looking at the Bush Administration's current campaign to convince people to divert Social Security money to private accounts, I am reminded (like so many others) of the scene from Apocalypse Now:
Willard: "They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound."
Kurtz: "Are my methods unsound?"
Willard: "I don't see any method, at all, sir." - My WWDC 2004 Wishlist — None of it came true, but there's always 2005. Here's what really happened.
- Nader Revisited — A rant on the evils of protectionism and the merits of globalization. I wrote this in 2000, back when I was at Stanford, but posted it on my blog when it became clear that Nader was going to run again.
It hasn't escaped by notice that most of my interesting (to me, at least) posts are driven by my obsession with politics. It's like baseball, only stuff happens.
I'm more than a little bit surprised at the lack of technical posts, given that I spend most of my time either programming or trying to muddle through my math homework. I guess I use blogging as an excuse not to get work done, so maybe this makes sense.
Here's to another year, and beyond.
Posted by coughlin at 8:32 PM
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