i joined the sf fire credit union when it became clear that wamu was going to die forevers. i got out most of my money and opened up a non-FDIC insured (privately insured, though) checking account. a few days ago, i received my first few checks in the mail. THEY HAVE FIREFIGHTERS ON THEM, including a dalmation and a firefighter and a baby and ( Read more... )

radiohed -- uplifting or depressing?

(ok sure there are songs that go on either side of this debate, but overall, do you find radiohead more depressing or uplifting? i think maybe thom yorke's voice inspires people toward depression but in general i find their music meditative and uplifting.)

it's amazing how useful scientific information is to me when i'm trying to heal. the other day, i had a really intense but incredibly helpful rolfing session. bettina, my rolfer, worked on the inside muscles of my legs, and my psoas and other abductors that run up from the insides of the legs through the hip flexors around the abdominal region ( Read more... )

I'M GOING TO THAILAND!!!!!

that is all. you may now return to your regularly scheduled emoness.

i remember one of the most astonishing moments of my undergrad cognitive science experience. more or maybe less remarkable as time goes on and i hear it more. and less or maybe more remarkable because of how commonplace it is, as a concept -- how we've all heard about it.

repression (n)

one of freud's defense mechanisms.(one of the things he ( Read more... )

i'm learning python and i have to say i already like it way more than php. sure php has pear and you can get your module on that way, but python is just so elegant and simple -- like LISP, my first programming love ( Read more... )

speaking with engineers is a lot like that one episode of star trek: the next generation, where picard gets stranded on a planet with someone who speaks only in analogies. it's all about learning the ENG-ish and rephrasing my sentence twenty million times so that it finally resembles:

Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra.

dear windows,
why does your directory structure have to be designated with back slashes instead of forward slashes, like every other OS? nothing against you personally, but this is kind of silly. i long for uniformity.
kthxbi.

giving your loved one webspace and a subdomain.

so getting a tattoo on the sternum, chest and upper belly is quite possibly the most painful tattooing experience i have had yet.

still not as painful as the food processor incident.