Monthly Archives: November 2008

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We woke up early today, and with my parents and our guest Bang-Shen, set off for Boston. It was snowing in Westport, the first snow of the year, but in Boston there was only a dreary mist. Undeterred, we started … Continue reading

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Misfire

The plan was to get a ride back to Boston on Sunday with my cousin Jake. That made sense, but nobody thought to ask Jake… and it turns out his car was full. The fallback plan was Amtrak, but by … Continue reading

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T-day

Today was the same as every Thanksgiving since I was 4 years old: a great big meal at my grandparents’ house with cousins and other family and friends.  As for the past few years, This year I had my brother … Continue reading

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Server Swap

Right under your noses; indeed, hopefully without anyone noticing at all, I have transferred this site to possibly its third or fourth home.  After about two years on my parents’ desktop machine (a gift from my cousin Jake), it now … Continue reading

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Sugarcamp musings

Mel Chua, at the end of the Sugarcamp conference, suggested that we write down our thoughts about the week. She meant for us to make a list of positive and negative points, but I misunderstood, and so wrote the following … Continue reading

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Freeze

In the fall, in the countryside, one can judge the arrival of winter by the first frost. One morning the grass will be sparkling white instead of green, just for a few hours, and we will say “winter’s coming.” In … Continue reading

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Internet

My roommate can’t access Gmail from his laptop running Vista over our wireless network. Everyone else on this network can access Gmail, he can access gmail if he steals wireless from a neighbor, and he can access every other website … Continue reading

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Sold Out

Not much to report. I almost went to see the new Bond movie, but my friends had bought tickets to a show that had since sold out. Instead I stayed in lab and wrote code for my data acquisition program. … Continue reading

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NI in C

I got my system working using the National Instruments C API. As a result, I was able to grab 1000 records, each consisting of 20000 samples, to disk, in 10 seconds, for an average rate of 2 million samples per … Continue reading

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American Cars

My mom asked me to write a post on what to do about the fact that GM is now bankrupt. Oh, you might not have heard about that. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Wall Street Journal, and (my … Continue reading

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