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sonicando — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:12:05 +0000

Por si no era suficientemente buena la de la semana pasada...

sonicando — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:54:35 +0000

Advisor´s Quiz

sonicando — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:09:01 +0000

Que cada uno se examine agusto...

Ninjas Vs Professors

sonicando — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:07:27 +0000

Sacado de PHDcomics, como no podía ser de otra manera...

Lugares Desagradables para Encontrarte a tu Director de Tesis

sonicando — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:21:15 +0000

Me asusta ver en los comics de PHDcomics, situaciones tan cotidianas que vivimos en el laboratorio...y que sean reales. Conozco a alguien que acumula deudas en el psicólogo para olvidar la tercera...

Problemi col visto

panettore — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:21:54 +0000

[Phdcomics]

Intereses de tu Investigación

sonicando — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:30:23 +0000

Sacado, como siempre, de phdcomics

F-1 Student Visa Explained

jaraad — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:35:58 +0000

Así todo el Verano...

sonicando — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:32:16 +0000

Esperemos no acabar así:

The Dilemma of International Students in the US

jaraad — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:43:13 +0000

United States is extremely dependent on the research done by the international graduate students, especially in the field of Engineering and medicine. I am not aware of any Engineering research institute in the US that has no international students. Yet, those intellectuals are treated like terrorist when it comes to crossing the borders. It doesn’t matter how many semesters these graduate students taught American undergraduates or how many papers they published. All their achievements are demolished as soon as they cross the border. I know for a fact that some international graduate students were not allowed to come back to the State after they went back home to visit their families. In some cases, those are PhD students who have only one year to defend their thesis, alas! For this reason many international students decide not to cross the border until they get their degree. This act causes international students to feel resentment about their situation and how they are treated as undervalued person despite their hard work and sleepless hours.

phdcomics.com explains another scenario where international students can’t go to an international conference, even if they are the first author, because their American visa is expired and they need to renew it when they come back to the US, a place where they have been doing excellent research for more than five years!

Why Bother?

sonicando — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:38:28 +0000

Así se levanta un país y se malacostumbra a un jefe...

Como siempre, sacado de phdcomics

jobs@Phd

farlin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:38:31 +0000

After the comic strip went on and on about how difficult it is for a post.doc to get a job ( Mike's struggles!! hehehee..) I saw a link that appeared with job offers for them! :D

I hope mike find some good jobs now!

Dime dónde te sientas en clase...

Carlos — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:18:33 +0000

... y te diré quién eres.

I wish I am Tommy Soeharto

aswinindraprastha — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:29:52 +0000

* with high praise for Jorge Charm, PhD, creator of phdcomics.com

Que dire ? Que répondre ?

arnofouquet — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:16:59 +0000

Après un retour très négatif (pour ne pas dire humiliant) de l'article soumis aux Cahiers Internationaux de Psychologie Sociale, j'ai tout de même décidé de reprendre les choses en mains. J'ai donc débuté la révision de l'article (mais aussi de ma thèse) en me basant sur les éléments donnés par les reviewers.

Néanmoins, le jour du retour, j'étais plus que démoli, atomisé...

Another day in grad school

septian — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:25:06 +0000

Terkadang saya memotivasi diri sendiri dengan perspektif yang lain.

ESPN: no longer just sports

q4s4 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:28:35 +0000

Just as MTV stopped airing music videos, I had always thought that ESPN was going to eventually stop airing sports. Things like spelling bees and poker tournaments going on air at ESPN - can these even be considered SPORTS?

And then I saw this on phdcomics.com:

Phdcomics.com: yet another webcomic alongside Cyanide and Happiness and XKCD.

Тест Майерса-Бриггса

prosolin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:11:28 +0000

Один из моих любимых сайтов - это phdcomics.com. Так получается, что юмор там специфический, и обычно люди, не имеющие отношения к магистратуре/аспирантуре, это юмор не понимают. А вот многие из тех, кто прошёл или проходит через эти тернии, просто обожают эти комиксы. Помимо всего прочего, как я уже давно заметил, самое смешные шутки - это те, которые на самом деле правда. Так же и здесь - есть, конечно, небольшие преувеличения, но в общем и целом картина вырисовывается довольно типичная и персонажи очень реальные. В какой-то момент я даже офигел о того, насколько похожи эти комиксы на мою жизнь.
Но я речь не совсем об этом. В одном из выпусков один из героев проходит тест Майерса-Бриггса (Myers-Briggs) и получает результат, что он больше всего подходит для 2х профессий - аспирант и фермер.

Поскольку меня в некотором роде тоже волнуют подобные вопросы, то я решил пройти подобный тест. Поиск в гугле, кликаю на первый результат. Прохожу тест минут за 5, получаю обзор своей личности. Там же есть ссылка на Jung Career Indicator, где по ранее полученным результатам тебе говорят, к чему есть предрасположенность + во второй колонке где можно данную специальность получить, но там какие-то странные универы. Вот, что получилось у меня:
Computer Programming
Natural Science
Natural Science Education
Management
Entrepreneurship
Social Service
Law
Librarian

Как говорится, что и требовалось доказать :) Не в бровь, а прямо в глаз. Так что делаю заключение, что тестовая система работает, но лучше сменить науку на менеджмент или юриспруденцию, раз уж все равно есть предрасположенность :)

Update: Одна внимательная читательница заметила, что на самом деле правильно писать Myers-Briggs, а не Myers-Brigg. Дальнейшие изыскания подтвердили правильность этого замечания, так что вношу свои коррективы. Винить надо phdcomics, ибо на картинке написано как раз неправильно. Ну, и гугл подкачал - по обоим запросам выдает одинаковые результаты, иначе бы я этот тест никогда не нашел. Печально - а ведь я был на первой строчке в гугле по запросу "Маерс-Бригг" :-) из аж 18 результатов. :-)

Happy New Year, everyone!!

Mike Suria — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:13:20 +0000

and lastly...

Feliz Navidad, prospero anio felicidad!

12 Days of Christmas, PhD Comics style!

Mike Suria — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:00:15 +0000

Jorge Cham apparently has the "12 Days of Christmas" motif for the his latest strips, so I'm devoting about 4 posts for this. Here's the second part of the series:

Just some Christmas break updates:

I haven't been doing any work so far this week, I guess the resignation blues have just started to set in. Motivation has been so low that just showing up for work online has been very tedious. And my drive is on its lowest level so far.

Here's hoping. And praying. Til next time, everyone. Peace.

Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon!

Mike Suria — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:48:54 +0000

It's back to school for me next school opening. Can't wait to be a student again!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Day 107: More PhD Comics

cerebraljetsam — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:21:52 +0000

Today is a writing day again (surprise!). In fact, I need to get about 20 pages done to stay on track. Should work out, as I have everything meticulously planned and structured in the form of five multi-colored pages on my legal pad. Part indicating topics and structural connections, part excercise in procrastination, the vivid colors of my outlines have something of a fusion of Pollock's chaos (fittingly often referred to as 'cataclysmic landscapes') with Rothko's desire for simplicity and Kandinski's striving for order. I will make sure to hang on to them. They might be worth something someday (like a dollar about 150 years after my death because we will have run out of trees and paper will be a hot organic commodity).

Anyway: I have to write today and will hence cut this short. So here just a few more examples of my favorite PhD comics--they truly help me to fend of the occasional surge of desperation and intense existential anxiety.

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=686

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=672

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=718

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=856

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=860

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=810

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=786

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=842

Day 106: Judging a Book by Its Cover

cerebraljetsam — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:16:48 +0000

Yes, it is true. I am in the process of finishing up a Ph.D. in Literature and Literary Theory and I did it. Yesterday, I judged a book by its cover. This changes everything. As far as I know, having done something like this in my life will definitely prevent me from becoming President of the MLA.

Anyway, today will be a writing day. It just has to be. I have not been as productive as I should have been for the last few days, despite the fact that I need to get done the following: a chapter, an article, an intro for a collection pitch, my MLG conference paper, present this paper at the conference, keep organizing the MLG ICS (see previous posts), research for my dissertation director and write a short essay for a college textbook. All of this has to get done before June 25. But I have somehow been unable to focus on all of this, since my thoughts are revolving around the big move to my new place next Friday. I will need to rent a truck, possibly find someone who is kind enough to help me carry stuff, pack all my things (including a hell of a lot of books) and then actually do the moving. I did, however, get a call from my landlord yesterday who informed me that my apartment will possibly even have a floor by the day I move in. Wow! In short, it would be really easy for me to freak out right now. Instead I will go back to my baby-steps strategy and only focus on what is right in front of me. Today this means that I will have to focus on the article I am writing and try not to let myself get distracted by all the other thoughts that are racing through my mind. (Which tends to be difficult, since I am always trying to imagine a time when things will get better, but after June 25, which is when this batch of work needs to get done by, I have two other writing deadlines waiting for me (July 15 and July 30), the revision of the first three chapters, the struggle of finding a publisher for a collection, two more dissertation chapters, as well as ideally the attempt to send out some condensed chapters to journals before August. In August I have to begin preparing my fall classes, revise dissertation stuff and jump right into the job market, which means writing cover letters, polishing writing samples, organizing my portfolio, ... so I really cannot think of any situation in the near future that will not have the potential to freak me out. Guess I will just have to suck it up. At this point I have directed all my dreams toward that magical time that I hope the summer of 2008 to be, which is when I would ideally have a completed Ph.D. and some kind of a job in hand and could take a month off work to travel. At this point I envision grabbing my backpack and hiking through the wilderness in some remote country all by myself for a month, refusing to shave, shower, talk and write (see example in picture above). We'll see how the project "Midsummer Night's Dream 2008" changes once it meets that ugly thing called reality. I will keep you posted.)

For all other freaked out graduate students who are not yet reading this daily comic, here a link: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?n=866 . This particular one is also about Lost. In general the series of comic strips is quite therapeutic and makes freaking out seem more of a collective, hence tolerable experience.

Also, since I tend to fly long distances quite frequently, I was truly interested in this list of the 5o safest airlines in the world. I figured other people might be interested as well. Here the link (in German): http://www.rtl.de/ratgeber/reisen_914676.php . Here some of the results that might be interesting to people in Germany and the US:

top three: 1. Quantas 2. Finnair 3. Cathay Pacific

Other airlines of interest in the top 50 (and toward the places 35 to 50 the statistics are already getting somewhat scary): 7. Ryanair, 12. Jet Blue, 13. Southwest (interestingly these discount airlines are doing quite well), 17. Lufthansa

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06/22/06 phdcomic

msticazn — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:03:02 +0000

Found this to be quite amusing :grin:

06/16/06 phdcomic

msticazn — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:25:49 +0000

I didn't really find this comic to be funny at all. I guess I could see how it could be funny, based on irony. But yea, I am sure many people can relate to this.