The notebook

Writing from the lab and the life around it.

Psychology, teaching, technology, personal essays, and twenty years of useful detours. Newest first; rabbit holes welcome.

Essentials of Being A Geek

In addition to an academic, I also consider myself a “geek“. But am I really one? It seems according to BuzzFeed, I don’t make…

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Observations May 6, 2014

Yesterday I watched Cinderella for the first time in 20 years. Here’s a list of 25 questions or comments I’d ask Walt Disney regarding this…

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Technology May 5, 2014

Once every few weeks I get a personal request for computer help or troubleshooting. And about 50% of the time, the person starts to…

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Personal Mar 28, 2014

A little over 10 years ago, on March 24, 2004, I posted the first entry on my LiveJournal blog – what would eventually become…

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Phoning It In Mar 23, 2014

One of my favorite smartphone photo editing effects is selective color removal. I used to love Camera360 for this, however they removed this feature…

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Phoning It In Mar 22, 2014

“Nudging” refers to subtly prompting someone toward one choice or course of action. In the Choice Architecture world, it’s seen as a way to…

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Phoning It In Mar 20, 2014

Whenever I start a new blog or section of this blog, I tend to post a lot for the first few days and then…

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Phoning It In Mar 20, 2014

It’s been said that seldom do well behaved women make history. Extending this, rarely do well behaved cats exist in history. In other words,…

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Phoning It In Mar 19, 2014

Increasingly, the smartphone has become the way that we communicate with each other. And so in that vein, I’ve decided to start a new…

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Technology Feb 25, 2014

The Telnet protocol might not be the newest thing on the block, however there is still some legacy network hardware that will only accept…

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