Good and Bad

Good - Dinner and an awesome measuring cup with measures such as the size of a Tyrannosaurus Rex brain.

Bad - The cup is cracked when you take it out of the box. :(

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Sign of the times: http://i.imgur.com/RVp30.jpg

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I don't know if I already put this one up. A study shockingly finds that perhaps the environment surrounding computer science might be why more women don't like computer science.

Oddly, it gets cast as masculine/feminine when it really seems to be geek/nongeek. (And a very specific type of geek at that.) Now, given that geek culture is often deeply sexist, that this provokes a stronger reaction in women than men doesn't surprise me much.

"We want to attract more people to computer science. The stereotype is not as alienating to men as women, but it still affects them as well. A lot of men may also be choosing to not enter the field because of the stereotype. We need to broaden the image of the field so both women and men feel more welcome.

A year to come

I must admit, I will be happy if Brezney's prediction comes true here.

TAURUS
According to astronomer Mark Whittle, the Big Bang began in silence. Soon it crescendoed into a majestic major third chord 50 octaves below middle A. Then it transformed, over the course of a million years, into a wistful minor third chord. In my vision of the first two-thirds of 2010, the music of your life will have a similar pattern: It begins with silence. Next, it progresses into a lush major feel, with spirited and complex contrapuntal themes. Then in June, it evolves into a dreamy, contemplative phase. By late September, however -- unlike the Big Bang -- you will move into a third act, in which the music of your life returns to the lively mood it had at the start, only now with the gravitas that the reflective phase has instilled.

Car

So who is daring enough to help me practice for that practical driving test I have at the end of February?