I just backed a project on kickstarter for $5, and can now expect to receive "email updates from the trip with photos attached" (!!). Obviously, I don't care about these emails. But I care about supporting someone I sort-of know who once supported…
I would like credit for being a previous women's cup winner, thank you very much.
I will miss this year's classic due to hiking plans. Weather forecast: 86 degrees, 0% chance of rain! Mountain lake swimming!
Have fun, guys.
True story about my spring break trip sophomore year of college:
All my rich sorority/fraternity type friends went to some beach in Florida, by way of my friend's family's (empty) condo in N. Florida somewhere. I stayed alone at the condo all week…
Hey, this just happened:
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LOCATION: /nfs/c02/h08/mnt/25334/domains/urbanhonking.…
Data could be (and often has been) totally scientifically legit if participants are mistreated or exploited! Take the hypothesis: "I bet human beings will develop strange psychological effects if they have zero human contact before turning 4 years …
I hear you, MZ, but what difference does it make as far as ethics is concerned if it's a "private company" or a "behavioral research center" or a "reporter" or a whatever? I just don't really understand the logic. If the government needs to step i…
Super interesting (for me) to think of the ethics involved in studying human behavior via Facebook.
"Recently the Data Science Team has begun to use its unique position to experiment with the way Facebook works, tweaking the site—the way scientists…
Dudes who say they can't pay 5 frickin dollars for a therapy session, then spend therapy session talking about all the dinner parties and bars and restaurants they went to over the past week. AND THEN act really condescending like I should be embar…
I kicked bigmac's tooshie, you guys! But he was getting better and better - I think he just needed to warm up. We are now ready for the inevitable camp firewood badminton tournament!
But wait! I will not be in town to help the Zebras to another victory! (We all know I had a HUGE part in that outcome)
I will be rooting from afar, Zebras!
Matt now wants to hike the whole 40 mile rail bed. Maybe we could convince him to do it in sections, taking snoopies and owls along (and flossies, too).
Hey YT: the hike that Matt and I braved a week ago was a great dog hike (if you don't mind your dog getting covered in poop/mud/water/ticks). It was a stretch of the old Tillamook railroad bed along the Nehalem/Salmonberry rivers. More info here: …