February 2010
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January 2010
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Live the life you’ve dreamed.
– Henry David Thoreau (via theimpossiblecool)
Dear Apple,
You have disappointed me. Also, bad name.
Sure, it looks cool and all. But let’s get real.
Someone must have shot you with a phaser set on ’stunning’
– geek
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Day to day stuff
joshbregy:
cartoogenic:
Today my Biology professor, introducing himself, the class and all that technical info, mentioned he had zero Computer Science majors ….
Should be fun, even though the comments from friends about the labs are not very encouraging.
Who do you have for Biology?
Choinsky. I think we’ve had this conversation before, you mentioned you had him yes? and...
'From Eternity to Here' by Sean Carroll
From its prologue:
The arrow of time connects the early universe to something we experience literally every moment of our lives. It’s not just breaking eggs, or other irreversible processes like mixing milk into coffee or how an untended room tends to get messier over time. The arrow of time is the reason why time seems to flow around us, or why (if you prefer) we seem to move through...
Day to day stuff
Today my Biology professor, introducing himself, the class and all that technical info, mentioned he had zero Computer Science majors last semester and asked if anyone in his class was one(ahem). He then talked about how modern biology is becoming extremely involved with computer science to end his comment with Bioinformatics. That’s why I’m here! I thought. Ah, lovely coincidences.
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Haitian Earthquake Relief
From here by Justin E. H. Smith
My usual cynicism about the efficacy of charity still prevails, so I would like to make a different sort of plea: do not give money to the William J. Clinton Foundation to distribute as it sees fit for earthquake relief and recovery efforts. US presidents have had Haiti in their budget for quite some time, and have been expert at sustaining the country in near...
joshbregy:
Pardon my language on this but fuck the UCA wireless network. It really fucking sucks. It needs to just go and die.
Seriously consider getting an Ethernet cord
The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the exigencies of government. Such a...
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