Things that are old are still funny.

This is something that I've been thinking about for ages, and a little while ago it came full circle. I hate it when people yell "OLD" at a funny video that was a popular meme a few years ago (eg: Daft Bodies). How is it that if something was entertaining  (say) 2 years ago isn't funny at all anymore and even the very mention of it incurs angry faces and groans? 

I'm not talking Rick Rolling here, I'm talking about Charlie the Unicorn, Powerthirst, letmegooglethatforyou, the Star Wars Kid. We're adults now, this isn't like looking back on fond memories of Power Rangers only to realize that every episode had the exact same damn plot (exception: the introduction of the Green / White Rangers, but I digress). 

Stop giving me a hard time when I lmgtfy something. Planet Unicorn is still funny.

PS, folks, I've got a post on my recent trip to the Kennedy Space Centre coming up the pipeline, there were a few adventures to say the least. I'm hoping to get it out this week. This is mostly difficult right now to the thesis hanging over my head, I've been given an (arbitrary) deadline of June 1st for initial submission.

I've been lazy.

I've been lazy posting over the past few months. This is going to change. The first post to get me back into the groove is this trailer for a TRON: Legacy prequel miniseries. I like the style, not full-on CG and not that horrible boxy-artsy anime style (eg, Transformers: The Animated Series ). I'm also excited that they have Bruce Boxleitner doing Tron's voice.

I've got to get back to work (I'm observing on the Whipple 10-m).

End of line.

YUL

I'm waiting to board my flight to Tucson. It's the winter VERITAS collaboration meeting and I'll be giving a talk on my photometer and my detection of the Crab Optical Pulsar and measurement of the VERITAS pixel bias curves. I have to finish my talk tonight, though, as I haven't the slightest idea when my talk is; the schedule has yet  to be posted. 

I have to go board, surely I will have time to write a bit more later today.

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Presentation

The presentation went off without a hitch. I was probably a bit more nervous than I needed to be. I'm still not used to giving presentations in my capacity as a graduate student. Lots of interesting questions for the MkII photometer, lots of interesting questions and suggestions.

I've posted my talk on my McGill homepage, available here.

I'm off to check on the brewery. I think I might start posting interesting recipes that I've devised, or perhaps start reviewing other beers that I've found and tried.

A mess

Happy new year. Here's a quick list of what's going on:

- I'm brewing a few lagers right now. A Baltic porter, wormwood-based pilsner, and a bock.

- I've got a big presentation to do on Wednesday. The slides are in their infantcy, still.

-I may be buying a 42" LCD TV tomorrow to start putting together an entertainment system.

-I'm applying to the summer school at the International Space University.

More to come on these soon.