Monthly Archives: October 2011

When it started snowing one of my roommates called us all into the living room and we watched the wet mess fall past the sodium vapor streetlamp. One of them, prone to dancing, did a little jig in celebration. It … Continue reading →

The NIH’s database lists 798 different ongoing clinical trials for MS, a good reminder of the scale of global pharma today. I read through a fair number in the wee hours last night for a class assignment, and for a … Continue reading →

This morning I played my first game of Kubb, in a park just in sight of the Head of the Charles. Kubb is a simple lawn game that is apparently quite popular in Scandinavia and the Midwest, but hasn’t really … Continue reading →

From this article about the German Pirate Party: Rick Falkvinge thinks that this week’s poll results are a clear sign that they are on course. “This isn’t an election result, but it is still something that starts to shift policy … Continue reading →

Another month, another beautiful, joyous, tasteful wedding. My cousin got married last night on a hillside overlooking the Hudson river at sunset. I woke up this morning at 5:20 AM, jumped in my car, and drove straight from my parents’ … Continue reading →

I’m far from the first to notice, but somehow I never thought it would happen to me.

My car has a Tire Pressure Monitoring system that lights an indicator on the dashboard if the tire pressure gets too low. It lit up last week, so naturally I reset it, but it turned on again, so I pulled … Continue reading →

After my Latitude 13/Vostro V13′s “Internal hard disk drive not found” error last week I scoured the web for others with this problem. As it turns out, it’s an extremely common failure mode, documented in places like this and this. … Continue reading →

In preparation for a cadre of visiting dignitaries on Thursday, I spent an hour or so this afternoon pacing out the route with the professor who’s organizing the tour. The hospital is a bit of a maze, and there are … Continue reading →