I’ve worked out a routine where I have one major project that I work on for fun, along with various smaller projects that I do to fill in the gaps of my time. Earlier this year the project was to get Anthropomotron into the App Store. When that was done… Read more“Next: Anthropomotron 2.0!”
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Speaking of A Thousand…
Anthropomotron has been downloaded over 1000 times in the App Store! I never thought that it would get so much attention, or that I would get the wonderful feedback that I’ve received. In January I will start working on the next version to add more cool stuff and keep it… Read more“Speaking of A Thousand…”
Español en Mil Palabras
Lifehacker has an interesting link to an article about learning a new language. The takeaway message: get a grip on the most common 1000 words of the new language and go from there. For a segment of the population, here is a site with the 1000 most common Spanish words…. Read more“Español en Mil Palabras”
About.com: Tips for Talking to Peruvians
Tips for Talking to Peruvians I found this neat page while aimlessly browsing the internets. It has some pretty solid tips about how to have conversations in Peru. I’ll go a little more specific on “Cultural Differences.” You get major brownie points, when asked which is your favorite place in… Read more“About.com: Tips for Talking to Peruvians”
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That
Here’s what has been going on recently. Anthropomotron has been a greater success than I had anticipated! I’ve heard a lot of good feedback about features to add in the next version. My post about the app on the Bioanthropology News Facebook group received a lot of comments and likes…. Read more“A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That”
How to Gracefully -Give- Criticism
A few weeks ago, I submitted Anthropomotron to the Apple App Store… and it got rejected. The same day, a friend got his grant proposal rejected by a major US research funding organization. The contrasts in how the rejections were delivered were staggering. To catch up, Anthropomotron has been my… Read more“How to Gracefully -Give- Criticism”
Drink Two Mugs and Call Me in the Morning
Wired has a neat article about the antibacterial properties found in ancient alcohol brewed by the Nubians of Sudan. The Nubians are one of the core case studies in bioarchaeology. All kinds of studies in my field have been done with their remains but, as this article shows, there’s always… Read more“Drink Two Mugs and Call Me in the Morning”
Small Joys
One of my favorite part of dissertation writing is going through the articles I’ve collected and finding little tidbits relevant to my own work. In the past twenty minutes I’ve found something interesting from a review of Inca child sacrifice (they sacrificed the children of elites, probably to cement political… Read more“Small Joys”
SAA, Part 1
Last weekend I had a fantastic time at the SAA meeting in St. Louis. It’s taken me a while to collect my thoughts (also: dissertation) but I’m ready to start spilling. For this first post on the topic, let’s talk about talks. The actual conference was a extremely positive experience…. Read more“SAA, Part 1”
Sometimes I have streaming shows on my laptop as I work on my desktop. I could be watching anything from anime, to Community, to Modern Marvels. This time I chose something popcorn-light: Fight Science, the most recent in a long series of shows explaining the physics of martial arts. It… Read more“”