Monthly Archives: May 2008

I must have like $15 in small coins, sorted into piles on my dresser. I always keep change, because I need quarters for laundry, but this has left behind all the smaller coins. What do you do with years of … Continue reading →

My roommate Simon has just gotten engaged to his lovely girlfriend, and they are moving in together. That means that he’s moving out (and up), so I need another roommate. It also means that of the three of us currently … Continue reading →

I came home for ~30th Annual Memorial Day Picnic. It was good to be among old friends. In the evening, we saw Iron Man. I appreciated the wearing of the Brass Rat (MIT class ring) by both the superhero and … Continue reading →

I just realized something pretty wacky: the orientation of an atomic nucleus is almost completely decoupled from the orientation of the surrounding electrons and electronic lattice. This means that if you’re walking and then turn right, the nuclei of the … Continue reading →

Apparently there’s a video of me here. I have no idea, because it’s in Flash, which I don’t have installed. I suspect it’s not really comprehensible, but you’re welcome to have a look.

The semester is over over over. I have officially completed my first ever university teaching job/requirement/assistantship/fellowship. It was a lot of fun, mostly because I got to talk a lot and people had to listen. Now I have only one … Continue reading →

Morning: big OLPC demo-conference thing. Lots of crazy announcements. Afternoon: Final exam for MCB 199 Evening: Grading the MCB 199 exam. Now it’s done.

Harvard locks their buildings on weekends, and I keep forgetting this. Therefore, I scheduled a review session today in a room that I couldn’t actually enter, and neither could the students. It didn’t really matter, though because only one student … Continue reading →

Arnolds is a big corporate bread maker. They make mostly whole wheat bread. They’re big enough that for a while they were advertising on the Boston city buses. Today I went to the supermarket to buy bread, and Arnolds was … Continue reading →

I’ve started investing. With interest rates around 2% and inflation much higher than that, holding cash is a losing proposition, even in a savings account. So I’ve started investing. Nothing fancy; no stock picking. Just your basic, obvious mutual funds … Continue reading →