Monthly Archives: June 2010

Two years ago a friend gave me an old computer from 1999. I thought I might eventually find a use for it, but by the time I did it refused to boot. It sat, broken, in a corner of my … Continue reading →

Debrahlee Lorenzana has been all over the news for the past week because she is suing Citibank, after being fired for distracting her co-workers (or at least her managers) by being too sexy. Today my new roommate really moved in. … Continue reading →

I had lunch at The Dosa Factory. I didn’t know what a Dosa was, exactly, but I ordered one anyway. It turned out to be something like a burrito served on a comically oversized tortilla. I pronounced it far too … Continue reading →

After work this evening I attended the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl fund raiser. The idea is simple: pay $8 (to charity!), then feast on as much ice cream as you want. The event runs all week in a quadrant of … Continue reading →

Yesterday was, like, my seventh time singing with the Chorallaries at MIT Commencement. We sing the national anthem at the beginning, and the school song at the end. In between is about two hours, which happened to coincide almost exactly … Continue reading →

One of my roommates moved out this week, and a new one is moving in next week. To celebrate, we cleaned the fridge. Fridge cleaning is most natural at the transition when a roommate moves out. The fridge is full … Continue reading →

I found a free minute to take out my flat rear tube and look at it. The leak was a small hole at the edge of the valve stem disc, the circle of reinforced rubber surrounding the metal valve. The … Continue reading →

Our lab is full of oscilloscopes, and yet somehow there are never quite enough. Nowadays oscilloscopes are lightweight, roughly laptop-size devices, so it’s easy to move them from experiment to experiment according to demand. Today, when I wanted to use … Continue reading →

Back in Boston after a really lovely, relaxing weekend. Today’s Picnic was exactly as it should be, and the drive home was easy and devoid of traffic. I’m kind of excited to go to lab tomorrow, which feels really good. … Continue reading →