<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>SamR's Assorted Musings and Rants</title>
    <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/</link>
    <description>
      A curmudgeonly faculty member in computer science writes about a variety of topics.
    </description>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1435: Getting accustomed to the new timetable</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/new-timetable-2026-09-09</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/new-timetable-2026-09-09</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:57:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Perhaps "failing to get accustomed".</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1434: What happened to Michelle?</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/what-happened-michelle</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/what-happened-michelle</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Tracking her last two years.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1433: Checking my musing backlog</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/musing-backlog-2026-09-07</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/musing-backlog-2026-09-07</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:36:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Too many plans, too little time.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1432: Notes from the Grinnell Colloquium</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/grinnell-colloquium-2026Fa</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/grinnell-colloquium-2026Fa</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 23:25:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Some things I learned.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1431: Wandering around campus, annoying people</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/wandering-around-2026-09-03</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/wandering-around-2026-09-03</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:33:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Such a good time! </description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1430: The first day of class (Fall 2026)</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/first-day-of-class-2026Fa</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/first-day-of-class-2026Fa</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:25:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Exhausting.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1429: Class rosters</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/class-rosters-2026-08-30</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/class-rosters-2026-08-30</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>What happened to "use a single source of data"?</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1428: Happy Anniversary, Love!</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/anniversary-2026</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/anniversary-2026</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 02:50:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>It was just my 'magination.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1427: First-year registration: An exercise in game theory?</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/first-year-registration-game-theory-2026</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/first-year-registration-game-theory-2026</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:59:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Fun!</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1426: Replacing my MacBook cover</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/replacing-macbook-cover-2026-08-24</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/replacing-macbook-cover-2026-08-24</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I had a pithier title, but I forgot it.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1425: Course syllabi</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/syllabi-2026-08-23</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/syllabi-2026-08-23</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>So much to think about!</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1424: Faculty service</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/faculty-service-2026-08-18</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/faculty-service-2026-08-18</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:10:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Too much? Too little? Just right?</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1423: Courses for first years (Fall 2026)</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/first-year-courses-2026</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/first-year-courses-2026</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:34:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How many slots are there?</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1422: Ways of seeing</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/seeing-2026-08-15</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/seeing-2026-08-15</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Perspectives differ.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1421: That sync-ing feeling</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/sink-2026-08-13</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/sink-2026-08-13</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:28:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Synchronizing my files.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1420: Twenty-two months without Michelle</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/twenty-two-months-michelle</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/twenty-two-months-michelle</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Disconnected vignettes.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1419: Bad UI design, take 2312 (more or less)</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/hssc-elevator-2026-08-06</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/hssc-elevator-2026-08-06</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>What floor is it?</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1418: On losing my hearing</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/hearing-loss-2026-08-04</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/hearing-loss-2026-08-04</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:26:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Like many things, it's complicated.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1417: Wrapping up summer research</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/summer-research-paperwork-2026-08-01</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/summer-research-paperwork-2026-08-01</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:40:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>At least wrapping up summer research paperwork.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1416: The joy of automated threat analysis</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/proofpoint-threat-responses-2026-07-24</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/proofpoint-threat-responses-2026-07-24</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Writing about threats appears to be a threat.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1415: Twenty-one months without Michelle</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/twenty-one-months-michelle</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/twenty-one-months-michelle</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:37:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>It's better to celebrate what you had than mourn what you've lost.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1414: Sabbatical report, 2025--2026</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/sabbatical-report-2025-2026</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/sabbatical-report-2025-2026</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:48:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>What I did on my academic-year vacation.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1413: Infernally childish</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/infernal-2026-06-14</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/infernal-2026-06-14</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:08:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Or is it childishly infernal?</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1412: Reviving the summer research kickoff picnic</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/summer-research-picnic-2026</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/summer-research-picnic-2026</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:36:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Someone has to do it.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1411: Twenty months without Michelle</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/twenty-months-michelle</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/twenty-months-michelle</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:51:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Coping better.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1410: Academic integrity in an age of LLMs</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/academic-honesty-llms-2026-05-26</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/academic-honesty-llms-2026-05-26</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:31:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Even more complicated than before.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1409: Grading proofs</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/grading-proofs-2026-05-20</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/grading-proofs-2026-05-20</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:47:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>One of my least favorite aspects of teaching.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1408: Graduation 2026</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/graduation-2026</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/graduation-2026</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:57:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Another year passes</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1407: Judging the 2026 Titular Head competition</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/judging-titular-head-2026</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/judging-titular-head-2026</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 19:31:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>More a success than a mistake.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1406: Nineteen months without Michelle</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/nineteen-months-michelle</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/nineteen-months-michelle</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:55:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Things sometimes get worse before they get better.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1405: Addicted to vinyl?</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/addicted-to-vinyl-2026-04-29</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/addicted-to-vinyl-2026-04-29</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:47:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Revisiting old addictions.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1404: Celebrating with students</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/celebrating-with-students-2026-04-24</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/celebrating-with-students-2026-04-24</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:05:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Joyful!</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1403: One and a half years without Michelle</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/eighteen-months-michelle</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/eighteen-months-michelle</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:09:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Inarticulate.</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1402: Adobe idiocies</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/adobe-idiocies-2026-04-05</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/adobe-idiocies-2026-04-05</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:53:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Who knew that letters could have cases?</description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1401: Special topics courses, Fall 2026</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/special-topics-2026Fa</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/special-topics-2026Fa</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Is there a list somewhere? </description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Musing #1400: Fourteen-hundred musings (more or less)</title>
      <link>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/fourteen-hundred-musings</link>
      <guid>https://rebelsky.cs.grinnell.edu/musings/fourteen-hundred-musings</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:22:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>So many! Or so few?</description>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
