Monthly Archives: June 2009

All this week was the NAMIC-NCIGT 2009 Summer Working Session, or something. I can never remember its name. It was, in a way, one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended. It was held at MIT, which is much closer … Continue reading →

I’d love to tell you about the Open Video Conference, but I spent all day at my conference for this week, and tomorrow morning it starts again at 8:30, so I haven’t had any time to write. Maybe someone will … Continue reading →

I spent the weekend at the Open Video Conference, held at NYU in Manhattan. I’d love to tell you the whole story, though it was such a bewildering affair that I’ve had trouble synthesizing it. However, I’m still feeling sleep-deprived, … Continue reading →

I was at a party Saturday night, and over the blaring dance music I struck up a conversation with the girl crammed in next to me in the crowded apartment. At some point she mentioned that she sings, and so … Continue reading →

I took my broken bicycle to a bicycle expert friend, who whipped out his portable bikestand and started investigating. After an hour or so, we concluded that most things are fine, including the frame, pedals, headset, bottom bracket, etc. However, … Continue reading →

Last night I went to a costume party at Pika, one of the MIT undergrad living groups. I wore my one costume, the Spartan Warrior outfit given to me by the Biophysics department, complete with helmet, facemask, chestplate, and cape. … Continue reading →

A fellow Biophysics student had his (successful) Ph.D. defense today, and I watched. It was seriously impressive. The dude was on 12 papers by the time he graduated. I can’t even imagine it. I have a toothache. A wisdom toothache. … Continue reading →

This Bad Behavior plugin is fantastic. For the last year, I’ve had to spend several minutes deleting spam messages every time I went to write a post here. Now 90 or 95% of spam messages are caught before I ever … Continue reading →