Change

I plan on making a few changes to the blog in the coming days/weeks. One of the first, is to parse my links as it seems many of our fellow bloggers have fallen off of the face of the blogosphere. That being said, I have unceremoniously removed them from my roster until such date that they post again. I am happy to say that Dave has returned armed with his “War On Logic”. Welcome back!

Speaking of change… the picture above is the Excel spreadsheet that I created to analyze the information that Dave provided in his “guess the value of the change I have been keeping under my bed for 6 years” contest. We actually had a bit of a mathematical jam session one night while having drinks at Dave and TK’s apartment and used the same method to come up with an answer. Also discovering that dimes and quarters are worth the exact same amount per weight. Fascinating, I know! I’m not certain that posting my methodology will give anything away to others who might want to participate, but I promised Dave I would!

This weekend was the first weekend I have been in Chicago in almost a month! I needed that time to decompress and get some stuff done, and I’ll be needing more of it as the week rolls on. Work was insane last week, mostly due to a misunderstanding on my part on a grant deadline – I ended up working until 2am on Tuesday and Wednesday was probably the most stressful day I’ve had to date! I managed to get everything in on time, but there are still a few loose ends I need to tie up.

Though traveling has been a blast the last few weeks, its good to be home.