XKCD Slashdot poem

XKCD now writes limerick poetry, which is now successfully stuck in my head.

I used to find Slashdot delightful,
but my feelings of late are more spiteful;
My comments sarcastic
the iconoclastic
keep modding to plus five (insightful).

Geographic distribution of Universities in Canada

Here’s an interesting map I decided to put together – it’s a geographic distribution of Universities in Canada. The list was obtained primarily from Wikipedia, but displays only the classified public Universities. This means that tiny private establishments, obscure schools that are not really listed anywhere, and colleges that grant degrees are not visible. At [...]

Chemistry for Software Engineers

An interesting question was recently brought up on the Computer Science forums. The Software Engineering program at the University of Waterloo requires a high school chemistry credit, as well as taking a university chemistry course in the first year of studies. Inspired by computers, but disliking chemistry, iluvchairs112 wonders:

what does chemistry have to do with [...]