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✖ Via David Foldvari: “Blah” (portofolio)

David Foldvari was born in Budapest, Hungary, but has lived in the UK for the last 20 years. His work often tackles issues of alienation, identity and belonging, formed by a preoccupation with his eastern European roots, combined with his experience of growing up in the UK.

David’s work is bold, darkly humorous and often political in tone, his considered and energetic draftsmanship having led to a prolific output both personally and commercially. Some of his previous clients include the New York Times, Greenpeace, Random House, Penguin Books, Dazed & Confused and Island Records. (Bigactive.com)

Visit David Foldvari’s blog. Some of his artwork can be purchase over at the Product of God online gallery.

• Oct 02, 2010 link notes reblogged from buddybradleyblog [via] tagged: BW academia art blackboard class course humor illustration illustrator professor science student teacher teaching theory university Foldvari

The purpose of science is to get paid for doing fun stuff if you’re not a good enough programmer to write computer games for a living (Schulman et al. 1991). Nominally, science involves discovering something new about the universe, but this is not really necessary. What is really necessary is a grant. In order to obtain a grant, your application must state that the research will discover something incredibly fundamental. The grant agency must also believe that you are the best person to do this particular research, so you should cite yourself both early (Schulman 1994) and often (Schulman et al. 1993c).

✖ Via Annals of Improbable Research: “How To Write A Scientific Paper” by E. Robert Schulman, Vol. 2, Issue 5, Sep/Oct 1996

About Improbable Research:

>Improbable research is research that makes people laugh and then think. Improbable Research is the name of our organization. We collect (and sometimes conduct) improbable research. We publish a magazine called the Annals of Improbable Research, and we administer the Ig Nobel Prizes.

First spotted via Neatorama.

• Aug 26, 2010 link notes tagged: science communication research academia paper publication humor how-to knowledge grant

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✖ Via Matt Might: “The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.”, slide no 10 [PDF, French version]

Every fall, I explain to a fresh batch of Ph.D. students what a Ph.D. is. It’s hard to describe it in words. So, I use pictures. Read below for the illustrated guide to a Ph.D. (read on)

Matt Might is assistant professor at the University of Utah’s School of Computing.

First spotted via Stüff Stuff

• Aug 14, 2010 link notes tagged: academia PhD knowledge epistemology self humor visualization guide big picture boundaries

I don’t know if you’re a detective or a pervert.

✖ Via Blue Velvet, David Lynch, 1986

Full script over at the Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)

• Jul 14, 2010 link notes tagged: art movie film research academia detective pervert lost representation pathology psychology

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✖ Via PHD Comics: Science News Cycle (originally published on May 18, 2009)

About PHD Comics:

“”Piled Higher and Deeper” (PhD) is the comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in academia. [The author] Jorge Cham got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, and was a full-time Instructor and researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 2003-2005.” (more)

• Feb 10, 2010 link notes [via] tagged: art science academia illustrator illustration media construction fact humor