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Hello LJ, my old friend. :-)
So many things I could write about right now. . . the most thought consuming at the moment being the start of Colaboratory, a collaborative creative space that will combine residential, studio, and event space for commmunity-minded creative types. I imagine that the way we're doing it will appeal particularly to burners, but a surprising number of ( Read more... ) -
People respond to incentives.
That's the first thing that I remember hearing in one of my econ classes oh, so long ago. I've been rewriting a lot of policies at work, lately, so the thought has been at the front of my mind. A follow-up thought is the classic problem of agency and the idea that the most successful incentive structure creates a set of preferences that naturally ( Read more... ) -
Group Projects
I somehow managed to get away with not having to do a single group project in my entire undergraduate career - until now. Can I just say how frustrating it has been so far? I'm on a completely different plane than any of my group members with the exception of *maybe* one. I guess the biggest difference is that I have a completely different approach ( Read more... ) -
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A few days ago, I read that perturbations in Mercury's orbit with fluctuations of less than one meter off its rotational axis could cause Mars to be tossed out of the solar system in 5 gigayears. Another simulation had Mars nearly brush earth at only 740-something km away. would Mars steal some of our atmosphere then? A little of everything? And we ( Read more... ) -
Strobist
I've been poking around photography blogs tonight and stumbled across one of my favorites, Strobist. (I had it bookmarked on my old computer, but forgot to export/import bookmarks when I got this one. This was before I discovered the joy that is Google Reader.) It's all about using Speedlights and minimal setups for off-camera flash. I tend to go ( Read more... ) -
Fasting
A comment in my last entry reminded me of a thought I often have about food-- that our ancestors probably didn't get three squares a day, or even one, for that matter. I hadn't thought of it in terms of fasting before, just in terms of eating habits.
My own eating habits can be fairly inconsistent, as there are days when I forget to eat, days when I ( Read more... ) -
Cleansing Diets?
So a couple people at work are doing the Master Cleanse this week. A couple weeks ago, one of them asked me if I would like to join them. I've heard about it off and on since I was a kid, and I thought, "Sure! Why not?" It 's good to detox, right? Anyway, the girl gave me a booklet that details the cleanse. I didn't actually look at it until this ( Read more... ) -
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My computer tells me that it cannot connect to the system event notification service and thus cannot connect to a network. Anybody know what that means?
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