Had a lovely Sunday drive up the coast yesterday, with a pre-lunch break to fly a really excellent kite.
https://mastodon.mit.edu/media/3UI3TbUFAjbZ8YM8RBM
The newest group of astronaut candidates includes 5 women and 7 men. The average age of the women is 30.8, and the average for the men is 36.3.
I don't know how much to read into that, but there's something really interesting and counterintuitive about it.
There's something particularly smug about quoting yourself in the epigram of your book. Neil DeGrasse Tyson and I are not off to a great start here.
"How was your event today?"
"It was great! We had a turnout of eighty Ferraris."
What have I gotten myself into
"Hey Siri, how do I find my app store?"
I'm waiting to get into Tencate's chorale performance, and the old ladies in line behind me are absolutely delightful
At the Aquarium of the Pacific for their Night Dive! The otters are glorious.
UPDATE: Have learned that the newest penguin at the aquarium is named Admiral Fancy Pants. Otters have been deprioritized accordingly.
Heading to the Aquarium of the Pacific for their Night Dive this evening. No actual diving involved, but I am VERY excited to see the otters.
Our interns arrive tomorrow! So I baked a droneship cake to bring in.
(In the spirit of the Culture ships naming convention, I'm calling this one It's Character Building.)
Have just discovered my 9x13" cake is actually an 8.25"x12.25" cake, after spending half an hour scaling down my reference image. Damn you, cake pan kerf!
No points for guessing what I'm about to make.
Ghost pepper potato chips: for when you're craving the taste of potato chips and suffering.
I didn't think I needed a Socrates chia pet in my life. I was wrong.
I just learned that the word "news" was originally (circa the 1300s) the plural of "new", a noun that literally meant "new thing". My mind is absolutely boggled.
@tsims these are what I was talking about
My JPL travel posters came in! And they are seriously excellent. https://mastodon.mit.edu/media/AFb-AgFNHRWXwaamyHI
https://mastodon.mit.edu/media/iWL48GkmdT_l7_eV-ZM
Thanks, Google, for keeping me up-to-date on the latest news about 7075 aluminum alloy.
Perks of living near a major metropolis*: Amazon one-day shipping, where I get notified at 4pm on a given day that my order has shipped and it arrives by 8pm. It's like McMaster for everything else in your life!
*Much as I love Boston, it hasn't counted since the Erie Canal was built...
Word problem of the day: if SpaceX has a new t-shirt for every launch, and launches occur at rate of once every two weeks, will you accumulate more SpaceX shirts or career fair shirts in a year? (Assume four career fairs in a year.)
5pm: learning about the history of regicide, staring at Excel sheets, and drinking hot chocolate from Earth Station One. Business as usual?
