Murphy's Lab Notes on Murphy's Lab

Dear Seaford: I hope that on Remembrance Sunday that you took the time to remember those who gave their time, their health, both physical and mental, their family’s wellbeing, their potential descendants, and even their lives to preserving your freedom.

One simple experiment I have on the go has given me pause to reflect on the data — largely thanks to the time gap between finding the next point.

What Led to Reading Starter Villain Earlier this year I’d recently had my first exposure to John Scalzi’s science fiction writing.

This weekend I wrapped up volunteering at a summer day camp for kids ages 5 to 12.

Introduction Avoiding COVID… Until Now Since the start of the pandemic, I’ve been doing my part to flatten the curve, in accordance with public health guidance insofar as possible.

Once Upon A WordPress Originally this blog came to life on September 10th, 2009.

Genealogy is a pastime that I occasionally indulge in.

The trend toward intentionally ignoring data that does not agree with one’s biases only continues.

There are some really useful subreddits hidden away on Reddit and it can be a great place to get questions answered.

Kids are never the problem.

Hints of Revolution Every time that I sign into Flickr, the digital revolution in science becomes apparent to me.

This article explains how to create attractive, high-quality graphs in Inkscape using spreadsheet data from either Calc (OpenOffice.org) or Excel (Microsoft).

Some concepts are difficult to teach to students because it is something which you take for granted because it is so deeply ingrained.

“An Introduction is to introduce people” so rather than to introduce my “Lab” I really ought to introduce myself.