pretty math-and-science-y things

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/09/platonic-solids-beau.html

What I would call "Theme and Variations on Platonic Solids", which is
one way that you can tell I should never, ever be in marketing.

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/09/hubbles-greatest-hit.html

Astronomers' favorite images, plus some new stuff from Hubble.

Acephalous on why grues are sometimes preferable

http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/2009/09/distance-learning.html

So been there. I can still hear in my head the BRRRRRRRIINNNNNGGG of the kitchen timer that I used, at one point, in a desperate attempt to get the amount of time I was spending grading assignments down to a manageable level (i.e., one in which I could actually do the work I was also getting paid for, for my other 50%-time job, rather than spending 80 hours a week on grading alone).

gaaaaaaaahhh.