Monthly Archives: January 2009

I spent most of my day today helping out a friend in the lab reinstall his computer. I tried to do something sophisticated and beautiful, which of course failed miserably, but that’s not a very entertaining story. Eventually we gave … Continue reading →

Nothing too exciting. Experiments in lab, dinner with friends, life as it is meant to be, but not remarkably so. I spent today writing a pretty nifty data structure, but then, I’m working on a library of nifty data structures, … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the inauguration. It seemed like it would be a sufficiently historic occasion to be worth watching live, even though it came in the middle of the workday, so I started making plans with friends. I even baked some … Continue reading →

I spent the weekend at Mystery Hunt 2009, with team Codex (they change the name a bit every year, it seems; this year it was Codex Magliabechiano). I’ve participated for a few years, but never like this. Codex is a … Continue reading →

Last night was the only time I could join in with OLPC’s XOCamp, which has been scheduled during work hours all this week. We settled on dinner at a restaurant in Central Square, a few blocks from my apartment, so … Continue reading →

Tonight, once the clinical studies were done for the day, I ran my first test of MRI-ultrasound interference. The results were encouraging. Among the many problems with doing ultrasound inside an MRI machine is the interference problem. My experiment requires … Continue reading →

It’s snowing beautifully outside. I got home just as it was starting. I looked out my window, at the amber color of the flakes beneath the sodium lamps, and wondered: how much does a snowstorm weigh? A really serious snowstorm … Continue reading →

Today I’m at the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, mostly to talk about Sugar/OLPC stuff. We scheduled a conference for this weekend several months ago… and things have changed quite a bit since then. We have a lot to talk … Continue reading →

I’m back in Boston, and back at work.  Life is pretty much back to normal, except that with the bike lanes covered in packed snow I am unable (or at least unwilling) to pedal back and forth. In the life … Continue reading →