Monthly Archives: August 2008

It’s fun pretending to be a tourist when your house is really still visible on the horizon. It’s even more fun when you have a great friend to travel with. Over the past few days, Haibo and I have walked … Continue reading →

My friend Haibo from Other Cambridge has come to visit, so for these two weeks I’ll likely be very busy pretending to be a tourist in my own hometown. We plan to see Boston, Westport, New York, at least. If … Continue reading →

I think I’ve fixed the problems with the previous diagram. You can’t argue that it doesn’t show what it’s supposed to show, because it came straight out of Blender. Unfortunately, now that the solenoids are actual solenoids, and the number … Continue reading →

Drawing diagrams is really hard. Take this one for example: It’s completely useless. You’d never guess what it’s supposed to be a picture of. I am really bad at this.

I now have a completely functioning WPA 802.11g wireless router. It’s also an ssh server with a stable domain name, a DVD player, and a computer for any visitors. Once I get that scan converter from my parents’ basement, it’ll … Continue reading →

I spent today bicycling with my bicycling friends. I rode about 25 miles in total, from the Quincy Center stop on the Red Line, out to Pemberton Point at the end of Hull, and then back to catch the Quincy->Boston … Continue reading →

Don’t let anyone tell you that it’s easy to turn your spare Linux desktop into a wireless router. It’s possible, and if you make a series of correct decisions then it shouldn’t be hard, but there are many wrong turns. … Continue reading →

I needed to sign a form for my department yesterday, and it was pouring as I rode back from the library, so I put my bicycle inside and drove to the office in Boston. As I was driving back home, … Continue reading →

Today we had dinner out to celebrate Paul’s birthday. It was a fun time. I’m going back to Boston tomorrow. I have forms to sign, library books to renew, meetings to attend, and a great deal left to write.

Last night, the Colbert Report ran a great sketch on the political spat of the week: tire gauges. Obama recently suggested that the US would reduce gas prices more by inflating our tires properly than by allowing offshore drilling. In … Continue reading →