Monthly Archives: December 2011

The QR Code reader for Meego Harmattan is Nokia’s MeeScan. This app installs fine out of the box on a Nokia N9, but on an N950 it hits one of the small differences between the two systems. The N950′s repositories … Continue reading →

Yesterday I swung by Staples High School, where I graduated nigh on 10 years ago. A few of my teachers are still around, so I checked in for the latest on the school. When I went to Staples there were … Continue reading →

So this is how e-mail dies. I’ve been using university-provided e-mail since 2002. Partly this was just because it was free and convenient, but there was also something more than that. I’ve consciously avoided forwarding my e-mail out of my … Continue reading →

Short: If you don’t have $5 in coins, don’t use CoinStar for Amazon. When buying stuff on Amazon.com, I usually take the opportunity to run my coin pile through a CoinStar machine first. CoinStar machines are simple coin-counters, and normally … Continue reading →

I recently discovered that one of my friends, on a whim one weekend, threw together a website called Ex-rated. It’s a very simple system that allows you to post public ratings and reviews of former boyfriends and girlfriends (or indeed … Continue reading →

I just had a cell phone call drop so hard that the audio cut out … and was replaced by a busy signal. The problem wasn’t on my end; I have perfect reception. If you think about it, this is … Continue reading →

Wednesday-Saturday this week is a takehome final for Physiology. The funny thing about take-home finals is that they truly expand to fill all available time … which isn’t much, in a week with two rehearsals and two concerts, one displaced … Continue reading →

I just attended a public interview by Larry Lessig of Jack Abramoff, under the banner of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, of which Lessig is the director. The interview was billed as the first of a (potential) series … Continue reading →

VoiceLab’s annual Winter Concert will be next Sunday, December 11th, at 3:30 PM (doors open at 3:15 PM) in the Gutman Conference Center (here’s a map), courtesy of Class Notes of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As per tradition, … Continue reading →