“a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over car parking”

[larryhammer]

Important announcement! We woke up to snow. True, it’s only on roofs, cars, and actual grass, but for the desert, that totally counts.

In honor of this, I have a few links:

Some amusing Disfrustrating Puzzles by the grandfather of Randall “xkcd” Munroe.

Speaking of amusement, Ask a Manager asked readers for their best office coffee wars stories. The compilation of the 15 best does not disappoint. Especially #12. (via)

The generative AI revolution has begun—how did we get here? (via??)

Further updates will be issued as the situation warrants.

---L.

Subject quote attributed to Clark Kerr, Chancellor of UC-Berkeley, defining a university.

Comments

[rebeccmeister]

How did you come up with the title for this post?! Hilarious, as is the compilation of the best office coffee wars stories.

[larryhammer]

It was quoted by someone on my reading list, a year or two ago -- no idea how she stumbled upon it. Though being a librarian at a university gives her a few legs up on that.

[rebeccmeister]

Whenever the topic of parking comes up at faculty meetings here, I lean back in my chair and laugh internally. (I bike commute, so I don't have a parking pass! Plus, our campus has ample parking, regardless of what people think.).