An amateur’s outlook on computation and mathematics

My summer vacation

by Brian Hayes

Published 27 August 2007

One of the drawbacks of not having a job is that you never get a vacation. Thus the only way I could get away this summer was to take an unpaid leave from blogging. Now I’m back, though—once again ungainfully unemployed. I want to thank all my faithful readers for their forbearance during my absence. I know you missed me, and it was very kind of you—brave, even—to refrain from nagging.

Responses from readers:

  • A comment from Barry Cipra, 27 August 2007 at 3:57 pm

    “…it was very kind of you—brave, even—to refrain from nagging.”

    We knew it would do no good. Welcome back. Your blogs are worth ten times what you’re being paid to write them.

  • A comment from Seb, 29 August 2007 at 11:07 am

    Welcome back!

  • A comment from Elio, 30 August 2007 at 3:00 pm

    Brian you don’t write for American Scientist anymore?

  • A comment from brian, 31 August 2007 at 2:27 am

    Elio: Sorry if my glib remarks about “unemployment” caused confusion. I *do* still write the “Computing Science” column for American Scientist, and doing so keeps me pretty busy. But it’s not a job in the usual sense of that word: I don’t have to get up in the morning and go to the office.

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Publication history

First publication: 27 August 2007

Converted to Eleventy framework: 22 April 2025

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