Archive for August, 2008

The Commonly Confused Words Test

Apparently I’m into tests these days…

Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test…

English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 87% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can’t find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don’t. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you’re not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

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Personality Test

No great surprises here. And I’m very consistent with the INFJ result.

Your result for The LONG Scientific Personality Test…

INFJ – The Counselor

You scored 45% I to E, 37% N to S, 19% F to T, and 11% J to P!

Your type is best summed up by the word “counselor”, which belongs to the larger group of idealists. Only 2% of the population share your type. You are so empathic that you often know what others need before they know themselves. You are a complex person who can deal with complicated issues and people, almost prefer to, as you love problem solving. You can be something of an idealist or perfectionist, and should try to take yourself a little less seriously.

You are a supportive and insightful romantic partner, encouraging your mate to have dreams and work hard to make those dreams come true. Because you are so creative, you have a wealth of ideas to help them toward those goals. You need harmony so much that you are driven to resolve conflict quickly, as long as the terms don’t violate your ethics. You feel the most appreciated when your partner admires your creativity, trusts your inspirations, and respects your values. It is also vitally important that your partner be open and emotionally available – in other words, that they be willing to share themselves completely.

Your group summary: idealists (NF)

Your type summary: INFJ

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Thunderstorms over the Resevoir

I took these pictures last week when leaving work. I love the sunlight against the tree in front of the storm clouds. The rainbow was just icing on the cake. Click on the pics for the full size image (or as full size as I’m willing to upload the web).

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I’m a Grad Student Again

It’s official. I’m now a non-degree grad student at Penn State. I hope this time to be a grad student for longer than a single class! I think that it’s much more likely because Penn State has a distance education program in Acoustics. I can get a Master of Engineering in Acoustics while staying right here in Massachusetts. That’s very exciting because I had pretty much given up on the idea of being able to do grad work in acoustics. There just aren’t that many programs and there’s only one local one (at BU). And that one is full-time only, which is not an option for me. So this is great but intimidating all at the same time. Better start brushing up on my differential equations…

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CERN LHC Rap

This brings back such memories of the Hadronic Festical and the Les Horrible Cernettes. This video is a rap about the new LHC. Warning: don’t watch unless you find science jokes funny. :)

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Cat Miracle

Usually when you buy your cat a toy or a scratching thing, they play with the package or ignore it completely. At least that’s the approach the Zoe Cat normally goes for. But I saw this very cool scratcher on Modern Cat the other day and resolved to think about getting one. When I saw it at Target this afternoon, I thought I’d give it a go with no great hope of Zoe Cat usage.

She loves it. I’m shocked. I actually took the tags off because she immediately started attacking the little feather toy attached to it. That feather thing is not going to last long at the rate it’s being attacked. And it looks cool. Yay. Cat and owner happiness. :)

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Neat graphical history of Internet Memes

This is a very neat representation of Internet memes. I like the timeline view the best. I recommend clicking through to look at this full size.

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