MIT Postdoc
Computational Chemistry Postdoc at MIT
I run @acidflask's sciency tweets. Life at MIT. Life as a postdoc. Science focussing on computational/theoretical chemistry/physics.
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Brilliant! RT @flowingdata : Canada: the country that pees together stays together http://bit.ly/cKuGwh
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That gibberish from browsers displaying foreign text in the wrong encoding? It's mojibake (文字化け) http://bit.ly/chZwt4 #theresanameforthat
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A provocative editorial in Nature: "Do scientists really need a PhD?" Summary:THE CHINESE ARE TAKING OVER OH NOES! http://bit.ly/95kGVp
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Just sent off a review. It basically said, "come back later when you learn how to write properly, use spell check, and not waste my time."
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On this balmy warm day, the MIT coop sends out a circular advertising a sale on sweatshirts...
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Firefox does NOT handle pdf naming well - i now have several files named 'pdf' and 'science' and 'sdarticle' and 'fulltext'.
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Somebody tell me this graphical abstract was designed by someone's giggly 14-year-old son. Tee hee hee, ha ha ha. http://is.gd/9Y10v
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Weight Watchers New Zealand to endorse some McDonald's menu items http://improbable.com/2010/03/06/calories-fast-food-dieting/
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Claim: the 'p' in 'pH' does NOT originate from "power", but rather an arbitrary notation for the variables RT @BoraZ http://bit.ly/bPWb8x
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NASA Scientists Plan To Approach Girl By 2018: hilarious! http://onion.com/cmpIYV
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Found M. Casida's list of density functionals: an expert's eye on the DFT zoo through 2004! http://bit.ly/casidadft
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Ten myths of English grammar http://bit.ly/aa1dnq
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Whoever decided that the Pages field should contain the page range, a line break, and the total number of pages NEEDS TO BE STRANGLED
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Same thing for the reference exporter for APS. Copyright notice does NOT go under "Issue number"!
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Whoever designed the Journal of Chemical Physics's Endnote exporter needs to be fired. Article number does NOT go in DOI field!
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Dreuw and Head-Gordon (Chem Rev, 2005) is the best reference I've found so far to explain linear response TDDFT.
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Added 70+ references, edited figures, fixed language and fonts, and wrote a couple more paragraphs. Boy, grant writing really does suck.
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Now it's informaworld's turn to throw a hissy fit. SIGH.
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AIP's website appears to be on the fritz
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Editing a collaborated document. Please excuse me while I curse and rant about the language shortcomings of Americans.
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Forgot to bring back my laptop charger. I'm a first class idiot.
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Went to dinner with speaker and two other professors. So. Fracking. Good. turkish fusion with Lebanese wine is da bomb.
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Writing a grant, compiling references, making slides for outreach talk, and meal with a speaker. Give me my tenure-track job already!
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'Dear Postdoc, The members of the Postdoctoral Advisory Council would like to invite you to "How to Get a Life Outside MIT"' - oh dear...
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The magnolias are budding. A VERY good sign indeed.
