Monthly Archives: April 2010

I was biking to work when I realized that I had no plan for crossing the marathon route. My bicycle commute crosses Beacon St. halfway between Coolidge Corner and Kenmore Square, right across the annual marathon path. I remembered living … Continue reading →

I went to the BarCamp unconference today. It was pretty fun, mostly because of the chance to meet in person people to whom I’ve been talking for a while online. Like at any good BarCamp, there were amateurish presentations, discussions … Continue reading →

For the first time in my life, I have my own business cards! I ordered them from the Harvard Printing Office, who turn out to be great people, even if they have an awful website. I picked them up this … Continue reading →

My participation in scientific conferences seems to be a very gradual ramp-up. First in January there was a pseudo-conference with mostly working sessions and very little in the way of presenting finished results. Then in March I presented a poster … Continue reading →

Last night’s concert came out pretty well. Success, I think, would be an appropriate term. I was responsible for borrowing and wiring up the sound equipment, which more or less worked. We were decently amplified for the space, and the … Continue reading →

Imagine the taste of a slice of fried plantain, the sweet kind, maybe even garnished with a brown sugar syrup. Now imagine the texture of a potato chip, the perfect crunch, and then the chew. What if you could have … Continue reading →

VoiceLab has two concerts this semester. The first is this Saturday, April 10th at 7 PM in Lehman Hall at Harvard. This is our “medium size” concert, with about 12 songs. Some of those songs are still … under development. … Continue reading →

I know I’m a bit out of order, but … The weather Saturday was as gorgeous as expected. Seven of us took advantage of it, in the form of an afternoon picnic. We first biked to the Harvard Arboretum, south … Continue reading →

Last night a friend held a seder, and it might just have been the best I’ve ever attended. The crowd was maybe one third Jews, and also majority vegetarian. The seder plate held a Paschal Yam. We used The Velveteen … Continue reading →