I slept pretty poorly this weekend. Saturday I went to a tea room, which was fun, but drinking one and a half pots of tea wreaks hell upon my curiously sensitive nervous system. Sunday evening I had an even less pleasant reason for not sleeping- a terrible nightmare, probably the worst since high school ( Read more... )

I just tracked down an old friend from the 2002 Cornell REU, a research opportunity for undergraduates, and discovered that she is also working in quantum information. Pretty interesting coincidence, considering that I knew nothing about the subject at the time, and don't remember her mentioning it ( Read more... )

I've been reading the book "Getting Things Done", recently, which has what seems to be really sound advice on organization and productivity. One of the early stages, which I am currently trying to carry out, is collecting everything that is currently out of place in your world- by which I mean goals and tasks that you need or want to get done. I've ( Read more... )

Anybody know where this line is from?

"You know, that's a pretty daring move for a weatherman."

I found it on a Discordian webpage of quotations, but haven't been able to google the source.

I'm organizing a filing system for myself, and I noticed I have a pretty atypical range of topics. Here they are for your amusement ( Read more... )

Well, do ya, punk?

a Man with No Name
You scored 8 Honor, 2 Justice, 7 Adventure, and 6 Individuality! It's one thing to be a gunslinger. It's another to wander into town, leave nothing but a trail of those who'd try your skill and take the town's gratitude and cash with you. Hero or villan? It's all in how you look at it and whose side you' ( Read more... )

Firstly and most importantly, I'm moving into my new place. I bought a place with two of my friends. We closed the deal on Tuesday, and I have spent the last two days moving in. Hopefully I'll finish this evening. The address is ( Read more... )

Seth Lloyd, in Nature 430, 971 (2004 ( Read more... )

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I recently got involved in some discussion of roleplaying theory. Pretty interesting thread here for people interested in such things, I also recommend much of the rest of the site.
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