Two days ago I was mentally preparing to break my month+ of blogging silence with the triumphant announcement that I successful acquired tickets to last Thursday’s Daily Show (with guest Ron Howard!) Alas, the evening was a flop. Despite having reserved/confirmed two tickets, and getting in line well within the specified timeframe, Jessica and I [...]
Since the Olympics, my blogging has been sparse. This seems silly given how much time I spend each day essentially talking out ideas with myself. Why don’t I record some of these monologues on the internet? Contributing factors appear to include an innate inability to keep to a schedule, as well as a deep-seated apprehension [...]
My girlfriend (a.k.a “Jessica”) regularly laments her lack of feline companionship. At this point, kitten acquisition by summer’s end appears inevitable. My primary concern is that a healthy subset of our friends claim to be allergic, and alas, the age of affordable hypoallergenic kitties has not yet arrived. More broadly, there seems to be some [...]
Sometimes people ask me exactly we computer science types study. What is a “computer” really? Why are computers so important? How do they relate to the world around us?
Footage from IBM’s booth at the 1964 worlds fair fills in some of the details (skip to 2:30 if you like) :
As a graduate student in computer [...]
I went to the dentist today. In case you aren’t having me followed, I use Dr. Schnall in NYC. Today’s visit was extra thrilling because he recently changed offices, and the new office features a high definition TV connected to each dentist chair.
Last year I thought it was slick that my dental x-rays had [...]
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 [...]
Late last week the friendly folks at The Hub convinced me that a single speed collapsable bike (a KHS Latte) would make a perfect gift for my tragically bikeless girlfriend. Harnessing the awesome power of collapsability I was easily able to transport the bike to NYC and present it (fully wrapped of course) to its [...]