Yea, so, moved into my new Apartment in LA today. Pretty sweet setup actually, quite happy with the place. Just finished unpacking most of my stuff. Realized I need to get a dresser of some sort; but yea. Got an electric drumset, and set that business up to, fits pretty well somehow, and looks quite badass. None of the other 5 guys have moved in ( Read more... )

So, took a trip down to ol' LA this last weekend. Ironically, I spent my time in a room shared by the same people who's room I spent the majority of my time in last year: Varun and Avinash. They both were taking summer school, and offered me shelter while I was there. Of course, Avinash left for the weekend; and Niraj decided to visit, so it was a ( Read more... )

This photo is being used by Amnesty International as a piece of evidence in an accusation of war crimes against Israel. Regardless of whether the accusation holds merit, the image is shocking:


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Oh my god. I think I just pulled a Lumbergh. I sent an e-mail to a coworker to the tune of "...so if you could (blah blah blah), that would be great."

This cannot bode well for my future professional career. I'm so ashamed.

Man Israel really screwed itself on this one. By claiming that their war aims were to "completely" destroy Hezbollah's ability to operate, they were setting themselves up for failure. Not just because complete erradication of Hezbollah was unlikely, but also because Hezbollah's war aims were simply to survive the engagement. Which of course, they ( Read more... )

Yea, I hate forgetting my security badge on fridays. Not because I have to ask for a temp badge; the secretary is always so pleasant and understanding. Rather, it is the precedent that such forgetfulness lends to the following week ( Read more... )

That's a lot of red circles...


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Alright so, here's what everyone should do ( Read more... )

The US did not need to shoulder Iraq on its own. Yes, we are powerful, yes we probably have the capacity to destroy many countries unilaterally, but we do not have the resources to maintain one the size of Iraq. The UN should have been involved from the beggining. One of the primary reasons the UN did not support the US in its Iraq invasion was not ( Read more... )

Oh man, taping out new device tmw. 27 masks... sooo much printing... Soo much cross-referencing... Such small font ( Read more... )