Yield and Fracture (2005) I hung out with my parents today at The Grounds for Sculpture, which is a pretty cool public sculpture garden in NJ. It was an overcast day, which kept the crowds away, so that was nice. Unfortunately, I only had my cellphone camera on me at the time, with terrible quality [...]
I’ve blogged about intelligent design before (here and here). In recent news, a judge has ruled that intelligent design is “a mere re-labeling of creationism, and not a scientific theory”. More coverage in the CSM and Ars Technica. I observe the results with satisfaction, although I am a bit perplexed reading this quote: “The Dover [...]
Yowza, just got back from three days of sweet snowboarding. Took off work Friday and had a mediocre day at Winter Park, but then were rewarded with ridiculous amounts of powder at Steamboat (Springs). One of the most amazing things happened on Saturday, which was a group of 15 of us managed to ski and [...]
Wikipedia’s entry for Physical law states that “a law notes that something happens, a theory attempts to deal with why or how it happens.” With that definition in mind, I present the Law of Opposing Procrastinations. How many people do you know that, when presented with a task such as studying for an exam, writing [...]
Wired has a stupid article today about a Parisian catwalk model and Unix programmer named Anina who drags the fashion industry into the world of blogs and moblogs. Um, right. Let’s look at the article, shall we? The Paris-based redhead, who is as much preoccupied with hard drives as haute couture, regularly uses her cell [...]
Jenny and I decided to make a turkey this year for Thanksgiving, so I headed to the store (the day before the feast) and bought a 19 lb. behemoth. Luckily, Safeway had thawed turkeys for sale, else I would have been screwed. Apparently, a frozen turkey thaws out at the rate of 5 lbs. every [...]