Willow gets nervous when Donna leaves. She watches her like a hawk through the window until she disappears from sight. Today I decided to take a picture of this, which meant opening the screen as well as the window. However, Willow started getting a little too “jumpy” and I had to tug her away from [...]
Archive for 22 June 2008
Willow Nervosa
Posted: 22 June 2008 in UncategorizedTags: dogs, mulberries, separation anxiety, trees, windows
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Some related thoughts on intelligence
Posted: 22 June 2008 in UncategorizedTags: distractions, genius, hard work, intelligence
I need these all in one place: Distractions make you dumb The Myth of Multitasking Research stamina Genius, Sustained Effort, and Passion How to become smarter How to be a genius Does one have to be a genius to do maths? Google makes us stupid [Added 2008-06-24] It’s no coincidence a lot of that originated [...]
Does NACLO need a better name?
Posted: 22 June 2008 in UncategorizedTags: computational linguistics, high school, language, linguistics, logic, NACLO, outreach, problem solving
The North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad is an annual competition open to US high school students that introduces kids to computational linguistics at a much younger age than people normally hear about it. I didn’t hear about CL until I was three years into my undergrad program. The instant I did hear about it, I [...]
