http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/01/18/hamster_snake_best_friends_at_tokyo_zoo/?p1=MEWell_Pos2

URL says it all; the picture is great.

Finished The Genome War, by James Shreeve, recommended by Jen's dad. A very interesting read about Craig Venter, Celera, and the Human Genome Project. Of particular interest to me were the details of the algorithms Celera used to assemble sequenced fragments of the genome into a single sequence (which no one had ever successfully done on large ( Read more... )

Yesterday when I got into work I told Lee that we had set the Roomba loose to clean up the kitchen before we left for work. He laughed and told me that the robot couldn't be trusted - it would probably burn the house down and/or take over the world. When we got home, it was nowhere to be found, and I discovered that I had left the bedroom door open ( Read more... )

Brian and Tina came to visit us for a few days this week since they were both on vacation. Somehow we managed to cram in a visit to 'Noch's, some Mario Kart action, and a waffle-fry run during their short stay. They even brought us some cupcakes from Magnolia to mack on. Hopefully we'll make it down to Philly soon!

Got back early Wednesday morning. It was good to be home, but we missed our place here in Boston. Caught up with a lot of friends at gdogg's birthday party last night, which was a lot of fun.

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Jen's parents got us a Roomba for Christmas. We let it go to work today, but so far it hasn't saved us much time because we can't stop watching it clean. Of ( Read more... )

Ah, it's good to be back. Our family went to Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park on Thursday and Friday. Drove around and enjoyed the incredible scenery and the fresh desert air. Have been catching up with friends and eating a ton. It's great to be home ( Read more... )

I kicked some SF2: Championship Edition ass.


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When I was younger, I'd always wake up around 5am to open my presents - usually I had picked out one Lego set, Transformer, or video game to receive as a gift. It was exceptionally precious because I couldn't afford much on my $3/month allowance (the only other big gift occasion was my birthday). Sometimes I would get up at 430am to bring my ( Read more... )

I'd been meaning to watch the Chronicles of Narnia rap since it was mentioned on Monday's Quickie, but didn't get around to it until snafuuu posted it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

Well worth the 2 1/2 minutes, especially if you love Magnolia, online maps, and white guys rapping.

http://uploads.ungrounded.net/276000/276650_MKvsSF2.swf

Ryu vs. Scorpion!