It should have been obvious, and I should have known it before, but I didn’t know, and never observed before that microwave operation interferes with my my computer’s wireless networking. XKCD even mentioned it recently. After reading it on XKCD, I started to notice that whenever I use the microwave to heat up some coffee for myself, my internet radio gets cut.

That said… I’m pretty sure I often used the microwave while using the computer before, and I have never noticed this phenomenon before reading the XKCD strip. Hmmm, I wonder if they did something to all wifi boards of the world? That would be quite a prank to pull off! :-)

The work on the paper for the special issue of IS continues. My “crunch” started on Monday, the deadline is Saturday, today is Tuesday and I’m afraid I haven’t advanced much yet :-( I have decided I’m not going to the lab anymore this week, except to do whatever is absolutely necessary – I just can concentrate better at home, when it comes to slaving away writing an article – I can listen to music, food is cheaper to come by, and if I have to stay up until late, I can just sleep in my own bed and wake up in a much better shape the next day. Of course, I can’t keep this up forever, If I stay too long locked away in my home I start getting depressed for not seeing anyone else, but I think I can easily pull it off for one week.

Well, for 5 more days :-(