Fun fact: for the duration my stay, whenever I’ve typed in “google.com” into a web browser, I’ve been redirected to google Japan.
I’m pretty sure this is a fluke involving the house’s IP address, because it happens on the other computers in the house, and when I VPN back to Brown, the problem goes away.
Merry Christmas to all! For the first time ever I’m spending Christmas in Florida with (GASP!) my girlfriend Jessica’s family. For the first time in years I was woken up at (GASP!) 7AM. Since this was my first time spending Christmas down south, I feared that the lack of snow, or even cold, might dilute […]
About a year after my French friend Luc arrived in the states, he told me that he had basically adjusted to nonmetric units, with one exception, miles per gallon. In Europe not only do they measure fuel in liters and distance in kilometers, but they also measure fuel efficiency in liters per kilometer (not kilometers […]
Last Friday I was at French Roast (the one on 11th and 6th) looking for the bathroom when I came across this helpful sign.
Not the best way to mark your bathroom if you ask me. Also, doesn’t it look more like the guy is coming out of the door?
If you’re reading this, you may well be one of the tens of people who visit this blog each and every day (although technically I don’t know how many people visit this blog EACH day, google analytics only tells me how many unique visitors come here on any given day). If you are one of […]
The Nintendo Wii is the first toy I’ve ever owned that enables me to spend money on it using only the toy itself. I’m referring of course to the Wii Store, one of the many “channels” you can access when you turn on your Wii. I used the store for the first time a few […]
My friend Matt is curious why so many banks seem to be securing prime commercial real estate. It doesn’t seem to be much of an issue here in Providence (my bank’s presence near Brown is limited to ATMs), but when I go home to NYC, there do seem to be a lot of banks constantly […]
My housemate Chris grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, area code 201. I’m a child of 212 myself, but as Chris recently pointed out, his area code is completely superior, since it is in fact the first area code. 0 and 1, of course, are a big no-no when it comes to starting a phone […]