It’s about 11 in the morning and the phone is ringing. The crappy red plastic cordless phone is ringing, and the cheap digital sound fills my one-room cottage in Atherton, CA. I remember getting home around 4am. I remember the last thing I heard on the radio before I turned […]
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It’s nice to be home at our house again. After all of the strange twists and turns that this summer has taken, it was nice to be excited to come home, watch some Battlestar Galactica, and relax.
Texas is hot in the summer. While other parts of the U.S. have begun to see relief from the recent heat wave, Texas and the surrounding region have maintained high temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. Normally, at this time of year, I would be at CERN. However, due to the flooding […]
Just over a week ago, and after months of preparation and research, searching, and financial paperwork, Jodi and I moved into our home. We bought a house, and the minute we closed on the place we had family ready to help us run ethernet, paint rooms, and unpack valuables. The […]
I figure that maybe if I put this here, it will stop rattling around in my brain and making me anxious. This is probably the hardest week of my entire semester, and I haven’t a clue how I am going to weather it. My last two lectures are this week, […]
I hear a lot of interesting things when I play the “fly-on-the-wall scientist.” Most statements uttered casually between friends can be tested scientifically; at the very least, research has already been done and one only needs to dig a little to find out whether the statement is true. There are […]
I hear a lot of interesting things when I play the “fly-on-the-wall scientist.” Most statements uttered casually between friends can be tested scientifically; at the very least, research has already been done and one only needs to dig a little to find out whether the statement is true. There are […]
Tonight, Jodi and I returned from Connecticut (and the last of our holiday travel). We experienced the most improbable flight ever. we arrived at the airport and had a lovely meal inside security. a promised snow storm didn’t hit until very shortly before our plane left the gate even with […]
In the past, I have posted a “best of 2010 software” or some other retrospective. This time around, let’s look forward and I’ll make some useless predictions about what I think will be a few hot topics in 2011. Consider these things you might not have thought about, but should […]