I've spent a little too much time browsing Instructables, especially since I don't have the power tools (or garage/workshop) to do the really cool projects. If I did:

• Magnetic Rubik's Cube made out of dice!
  
• Tetris bookshelf
  
• Something that floats
  

Actually, I could probably do the latter right now. It'd make a fun control systems project.

Hmmm... A loud-mouth girl who never listens; her friend who is continually dragged into situations; a cute mascot character; the quiet girl who excels at everything she tries; and the mysterious transfer student who smiles eerily all the time. Suzumiha Haruhi is really Azumanga Daioh!

Um, yeahEdit: Also, Chiyo Mihama + Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga = ( Read more... )

Graduate student looking for roommates, people in co-op, or group looking for one more person. Very quiet, doesn't throw loud parties, stays at work late most nights. Currently has a lease suitable for 2-3 people but willing to move. Flexible to location and price. Has been known to help with EE homework, have late night conversations about ( Read more... )

This is how David, Jenn, and I spent the night of St. Patrick's Day:

• Walk to an Irish pub: Full.
  
• Walk to Iranian New Year's street festival: Out of food.
  
• Walk to Pie in the Sky pizzeria: Closed.
  
• Walk to a pho house: Closed.
  
• Walk to Tuk Tuk Thai: Food.

Life in Berkeley.

Teach For America was on NPR (Talk of the Nation) earlier this afternoon. The guest wrote a (generally positive, by my guess) book following 4 TFA teachers in Los Angeles. The host was not in devil's advocate mode. Response from callers was mixed. Take away points:

• Turnover rate of TFA teachers is high, but then so is the turnover rate among ( Read more... )

My first attempt at making shiitake mushrooms taste like bacon ended up with burnt mushrooms ( Read more... )

Guess what I made?

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Okay, so I'm not that good at budgeting. February was supposed to be the easy month, with a $36 credit to my rent (interest on our deposit which, incidentally, was a better return than my mutual funds) and 2 days less food to buy. Instead of being $46 dollars underbudget, I was $46 overbudget because I was a little overzealous with my ( Read more... )

Guess what I made?

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The Paramount Theater is showing classic movies again.

Friday 13 February: The Philadelphia Story
Friday 20 February: Casablanca

I would love to go to both of these, but my Princeton Review audition may be this Friday.