I'm sitting here at 45th & the Ave, in Sureshot, facing the window. People are running by, shouting and laughing, some screaming. Most have huge grins on their faces. Some people ran by, whooping, carrying a life-sized cardboard cutout of Barack Obama, one young man clutching packages of fireworks. You can hear them up and down the street ( Read more... )

So, I'm currently in Dresden at the IEEE conference, in the process of consuming glass #4 of free wine. There's also free food, but it's pretty much a celebration of meat and cheese. Since I'm not so much a fan of consuming flesh, or whatever comes out of a cow's tit, I'm holding out for the tapas later tonight ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I was really craving mint oreos. Now, technically, oreos are vegan (if you're being a stickler about it, it's possible that the white sugar in them is filtered through charred animal bones... but that's sort of on the line). However, I wanted something that was a little less sugary (oreos are mostly sugar) and that packed a bit more ( Read more... )

Matlab has some weird syntax-y stuff.  The looping structure is all strange.  Huh.

I love how my mentor just assumed I knew how to program in Matlab.  Well, this morning I didn't; now I do... sort of... not really...

AAAArgh ( Read more... )

I've come to develop deep joy in creating food that not only makes me feel healthy, but makes me feel happy, too.  I love looking at a meal and knowing it's simple, vegetarian, and primarily made up of whole or minimally processed ingredients.  I've finally triumphed over the dependence upon meat that pervades American cuisine, and rather than ( Read more... )

I'm finding myself increasingly dissatisfied with the bus system.  Owning a car is out of the question for me, and I'm limited with what I can carry on a bicycle.  Because of this, I've been doing most of my grocery shopping via the bus or my own two feet, but it gets complicated:

When I picked up my registration package for the Seafair Triathlon, ( Read more... )

Well, I did a triathlon and I did not die. I suppose that's something. It was
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As you all might or might not be aware, I'm a great fan of food that is simple to prepare, healthy, and inexpensive. I love finding or creating recipes that use a high quantity and variety of vegetables and spices, and yet take little enough time that I can prepare them without a great deal of planning. I've been on a soup craze as of late, but I ( Read more... )

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I tried this, but my DNS wouldn't work until I flushed the cache.