Elynn had purchased an Iomega desktop USB/Firewire hard drive. With all the graphics design she does, she burns through hard drive space almost as badly as I do ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was locked in a lobby for 20 minutes ( Read more... )

I just spent the morning working at Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre - they wanted a set of blackout curtains installed on the stage. I set up 25 feet of 2x3 plates that are set into the joists with 4.5 inch lag screws. Each lag screw is countersunk into the 2x3; the tracks for the curtains will sit on the 2x3's and hide the lag screws from site ( Read more... )

My collaborator just sent me the proofs from our first paper - I need to check them over the weekend, but it's nice to see them! It's a pretty good publication also - Nucleic Acids Research.

I'll post a link to the PDF and a link to the good proofs when I have them.

I just completed Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. It took me more than two weeks to read (on train rides, mostly), but then the book is nearly 800 pages long and printed in a small typeface ( Read more... )

Why in the world does JT Leroy matter to anyone?

I just finished upgrading my Beowulf cluster to a full 64-bit OS!! Including my applications!!

I'M DONE!!

The last grades are in, and I can go buy Hanukah presents for the sprouts!

(and pick up my DVD's of Stargate SG-1 at the library.... tee hee)

With all the attention the religious right has been drawing to intelligent design, the faculty at the University of Kansas were offering a course this spring to be called "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and Other Religious Mythologies." It was an elegant skewering.

Well, they changed the name of the course: it's now " ( Read more... )

El and I just saw Match performed at the Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre. It was a great performance: funny, touching, and great acting ( Read more... )