Yesterday, as snow blanketed the northeast, I traded in my daily commute and worked from home. The day began with some uncertainty, as I had unintentionally left my (Mac) laptop power cord at work, meaning I’d be forced to fire up my desktop computer (a PC). Until about [...]

In graduate school I knew a lot of miserable people. The academic grind had beaten them down, robbed them of the passion they once felt for their areas of expertise. Not me! I had pushed my chips into the center, giving myself over to my work (math [...]