Monthly Archives: June 2010

Thanks for repaving Cambridge St.! The deadly potholes are much less frequent now. It’s too bad that they’re still invisible, because the streetlights are all broken, so it’s pitch-black at night. You should consider fixing those next. It would also … Continue reading →

It’s been hot, at least for June.  I’ve gone into my damp summer sleeping mode, all limbs and fingers spread to touch the most air and the least sheet.  I got a great e-mail in my inbox today, from the … Continue reading →

It was a clear, dry, sunny day today, and a few friends proposed to bike out to Hull, on the South Shore.  It seemed like a good opportunity for a shakedown cruise for my Atala, since I finally had a … Continue reading →

mod_layout is an Apache module designed for inserting dynamic banners (headers and footers) into pages. That’s what I needed to do, so mod_layout seemed heaven-sent. Unfortunately, when I tried to use it, I was blocked by two bugs mod_layout misbehaves … Continue reading →

My advisor just came over to inform me that there had been an earthquake shortly before lab meeting, noticeable in his office because of a picture tapping against the wall. I wondered, for a moment, if it had actually been … Continue reading →

On Sunday I watched Pioneer One. It’s a pilot episode for something like a science fiction television series, shot on an extremely low budget. The remarkable thing about Pioneer One is that it was funded by small donations from hundreds … Continue reading →

Banana pancakes were on the menu Friday morning, so my roommate bought a bunch of bananas on Thursday. I bought bananas on Thursday too, just for general eating. On Friday the blueberry and chocolate pancakes got made first, and the … Continue reading →

There is, right now, at 9:50 AM on a Friday, a breakfast party going on in my living room, in honor of a World Cup game being held in another time zone. The game is US vs. Slovenia. I don’t … Continue reading →

In our kitchen, a whole drawer is devoted to items of non-perishable food left by previous residents. The drawer is now absolutely full, and I took it upon myself to start emptying it in earnest. Three items stood out this … Continue reading →

I think I ate my first ever “Portobello” “burger” for dinner tonight, at The 21st Amendment on Beacon Hill. It was surprisingly not awful, and I hear it’s better if they don’t run out of basil. I’m still no mushroom … Continue reading →