The Nerd Wars Podcast, Episode 10: Lots o’ Chats

Nerd Wars Podcast

Opening Rambles
– Thanks to Nitro9 for the theme music!

More with MollieWollie
– MollieWollie’s Rose of England shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/rose-of-england-design
– MollieWollie’s Pioneer: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/pioneer
– MollieWollie’s Tubbs Hill Shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/spinners-lace-shawl-s-2017
– Hamburger Touchdown: http://molliewollie.livejournal.com/120032.html
– “That hat” (Vanadis): http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/vanadis
– Conan O’Brien/The Flaming C ami: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/SiraRaven/conan-obrien-the-flaming-c
– Knitting Snark: http://knitting-snark.livejournal.com/
– Peter Dinklage


– Unseen University; wizard college in Discworld: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University
– Progressions in books
– Wizards (first few books); Rincewind: http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Rincewind
– Witches
– Death
– The Night Watch; Commander Sam Vines
– Tiffany Aching; vaguely related to witches
– Industrial Revolution
– Starting Point: Wyrd Sisters (second in witches series)
– A Recommended reading order: http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-1-5.pdf

Dissertation Talk with Ciellel
– In T4: 324 Nerd Warriors had dissertations approved (~48% of all of those on teams)
– Of those, almost two thirds (63%) made it to the halfway point successfully, and about half completed their dissertations.
– As of last Friday, there have been about 200 dissertation proposals for T5 so far, on a similar pace as T4.
– In T4, 72% of the Squints submitted a dissertation proposal; 95% of those made it halfway and a whopping 81% finished their dissertations.
– In T4, 67% of Team SGC submitted a dissertation proposal; 57% of those finished their dissertations.
– In T4, 63% of Team Rangers submitted a dissertation proposal; 73% of those finished their dissertations.

Closing Rambles
– Podcast Theme Contest! Send your theme song submissions to [e-mail]
– Voicemail line: 423-509-8750. Call me any time!

The Musics
– Nitro9’s submission

Contributions and comments can be sent to [e-mail]. Thanks for listening!
Nerd Wars Podcast, E10
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