Time for the Wednesday update. Had a roller coaster week in terms of research. Over the weekend, I discovered that the U.S. cell phone carriers had colluded to make part of our text message experiment not only cost prohibitive and technologically infeasible, but seemingly illegal as well. In any other country, our peer-to-peer idea would be possible, but no, not in the “land of the free.”
In any case, the other part of our text messaging experiment is one “yes” email away from getting a full green light. We still need a funder for the optional, but useful, survey portion, so if you know anyone willing to pony up a few thousand dollars to examine young voter’s reaction to text messaging, let me know!
And, in a completely unrelated project, I have data for my required second-year project! This research is one of the main reasons I ventured into grad school, so I’m glad to be able to find an answer (in about 4 months).
Even though my capitalist-obsessed country won’t let us do cool things with technology, I’m very grateful to be a member of the nation that created “Gilmore Girls.” Wow, what an emotional premiere. I couldn’t even look at the TV when Lorelai told Luke you-know-what. And “scenes from the next” — oy, so depressing. Except for all you L-C shippers!!! *cough*Rain*cough* Damn you all! GG is no replacement for West Wing, but it’ll do.
Shana Tova to all my Tribal friends! Here’s to a sweet and fulfilling new year :) And, to all of my readers, if I’ve wronged you in any way over the past year, please forgive me. (Do broadcast requests for forgiveness count? Probably not; oh well.)
I’m off to the O’s / Yanks game tomorrow. Should be fun even though there’s nothing to play for. And my next update should include some exciting pics of Chicklet’s birthday present for me! (I’m sure you’re all on the edge of your seats… .) Until then, happy new year, and happy trails :)
QOTD: “In my day, we didn’t have birthdays in grad school.”