Unlimited Power!

Kung Fu update: I just broke a dangling board with a side kick. I feel pretty macho right now.

Funny part, but obvious in retrospect: it had nothing to do with speed during the wind up. I pushed it away a few times with kicks where I tried too hard to sneak up on the . . . → Read More: Unlimited Power!

The best grilled cheese ever

Is there anything better than a grilled cheese sandwich? Not very many things, I can tell you that.

Naturally, within the space of “grilled cheese sandwich,” there is a range of experiences. Grilled, with a weight or press on it to compress the cheese on it? Check. With fresh slices of tomato? Check. With hot . . . → Read More: The best grilled cheese ever

Protected: Creativity

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Protected: Collaborators

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Cars

technolope, This one’s for you.

Moooooo!

Online psych experiment. Everybody is commanded to play: My Johari Window

Watch it grow here.

Also the opposite: Nohoari.

Watch that one grow here.

Protected: Software requirements

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Credit card opinions

Based on my credit card usage patterns, I think that I should be earning more awesome perks than I am at present.

I’m what the CC companies call a “deadbeat.” I.e: I pay off my balance in full every month. That said, I pass a fair number of regular payments through there, so I could . . . → Read More: Credit card opinions

Weekend

My little sister came into town on Thursday night for an interview at BU, which she apparently rocked. On Friday, we met up and rolled south to Providence, where we met up with redmed and went out for awesome sushi. redmed has already mentioned the dragon roll, pictured to the right.

On Saturday we went . . . → Read More: Weekend

Friedman again.

Paul Krugman of the NY Times has once again (sorry, Times Select subscribers only) reamed the current administration. I love the fact that there are so many different ways in which the current administration sucks. I mean, we’ve got the war in Iraq, the fiscal irresponsibility, the invasions of privacy, the outright profiteering from the . . . → Read More: Friedman again.