Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 20hSince I’m lecturing about attention today for cognitive psychology, might as well have my feet capture my students’ attention. 2280
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I might need to ask our receiving dept what the weirdest thing that’s ever come in the door is. 290
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The NYT dumplings, tomato and chili crisp vinaigrette is a reliable excellent dinner 050
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe someone on the other side of the pond from me has the right kit / knows the right person. 001
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A student gave us this tin. So I filled it with scones that bring back memories of grad school. 0141
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh good (he says, remembering whipping them down the length of the sanctuary) 080
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I saw a banana old fashioned on a menu. It needed to happen. 4160
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So, what @mgreenephd.bsky.social is saying here is that my cats have a different purrspective on the visual world than their thumb-beasts do! 040
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Haven’t done that. The Globe and Mail’s group has yet to send me anything too notable (I get the sense I’m rather younger than their average reader). Discovery Communications, OTOH, c.2015, well… 010
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I mean, if someone wanted to point me at Bulk Plush Weasels, I’d appreciate it. 2247
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I needed non-leather shoes, and my feet don't like Chucks anymore, so I found all-canvas slip-ons. In a shade of green that makes my spouse giggle when she sees them on my feet. 060
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Having tested this hypothesis twice in the last week, a glass of Itoen's bottled hojicha is Ben's Go Juice. Had said glass with an early lunch at 11. I've made lemon bars from scratch, replaced one LED potlight (when they die, you get to take the entire thing out), replaced the furnace filter... 020
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think he’s planning a career shift to government. 1220
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Help your colleagues by procrastiworking! More seriously, I tell every brand-new faculty member this: You're faculty now. We want you to succeed. Ask for help. Ask for examples. Pick our heads. 1110
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My allergies have major opinions at the moment. Yay for 2nd-generation antihistamines. Although I'll note that 4pm hojicha + 9pm double-tap Aerius was interesting... 030
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Tell. Me. About. Your. Books. I probably won't know about them otherwise. 082
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026How I know term has started: Sunday afternoon cooking project to build a bank of prepped lunches for us for a few days. 050
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You know one of the Bake Off spinoffs is successful when there's The Great *Celebrity* Version This post brought to you by the existence of The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down 0100
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Out of curiosity… anyone have expertise in Canon’s wide-format printers? I may (hopefully not!) be running to the end of keeping my venerable Designjet 130 functional, so a replacement may be coming… 000
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It would be nice if, pre-election, one got some semblance of information from the region about mayoral candidates. Yes, there’s a list of names, but there’s better than a dozen of them, and at least half can’t be bothered to have a website. I want my Voter Info Guide, thanks. 120
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Oddly damp grimdark dudes” is just fun as a description 120
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As someone who flew out of BNA a lot back in my early 20s, this is excellent. 060
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Font nerdery!youtube.comModern Day Typographer - Elle CordovaYouTube video by Elle Cordova 060
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Using Gulliver's Travels as a way to think about the cognitive failures of AI use in teaching and learning was a neat read.thedial.worldJonathan Swift v. AI — The DialThree hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge. Can he help us fix it? 020
Reposted by Dr Ben WolfeGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 08/09/2026I have received news of a perfectly named cafe located on the waterfront of Nova Scotia's capital, if you know what I mean 49760241
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Madness has started, heralded, as is tradition, by teaching Cognitive Psychology at 9am on the first day of classes. 2151
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I mean, I’m glad there’s a discussion about what is necessary for thought, but as I have to go teach cognitive psychology to undergraduates in the morning, I’m going to opt for sleep. 040
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Health Canada is now mandating these labels, and I hadn’t seen a trifecta until this weekend 170
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I mean, this was part of being the one person in the lab that could solder, but “foot-switch repairman for the Zeiss two-head binocular surgical microscope” Perhaps the most memorable bit was the phone tree I hit which included “if you have a patient on the table, press 9” 1100
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Keeping my twenty year old Designjet running is proving increasingly fun. Might need to keep a closer eye out for someone dumping theirs. 100
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Term starts Tuesday, and I put at the end of my (very long, yay for required pieces) syllabus "if you've read all the way to the end, send me a note and a cat/pet picture" I've gotten to see some very cute cats (and a couple of good dogs) as a result 1181
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I gather that a marina / boatyard scene in the Annals of the Largest Man was filmed in our neighbourhood. 010
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Looks at my stupid MSI OLED monitor that I'm contemplating replacing with an LG 030
Reposted by Dr Ben WolfeDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/... 11554901487
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Well, there goes about 2.2 kg of brisket into my smoker for an overnight run. We’ll see how it does. 170
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 05/09/2026On our way to Germany two weeks ago, I got my bag pulled at security... and turns out I'd left one of my Opinel No.8 knives in it! I have several of them, and this wasn't one I have nostalgia for, but that wasn't clever. They're also oddly expensive in Canada (about $30 CAD!) 020