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cycloblogging #2: yes, you _should_ bring that water bottle…

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Ok, so I went basically the same ~2.5 mile neighborhood circuit I rode yesterday, with minor modifications (a right turn instead of a left at the bottom of the hill, and a straight shot up mannakee). About 75 degrees out, beautiful clear sky. I’m a little more comfortable with being on the bike and a [...]

The LHC

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Maybe it’s my unusual (for a non-physicist) love of physics that fuels it … but something about the idea of colliding protons at 14 TeV and lead ions in the PeV range is just …. freaking awesome! I’m usually pretty mellow, but the more I read about the LHC the more pumped up I get [...]

Oh shit, I’m a real person now … (or: Temporal Inevitability and Me)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I’ve been contracting for basically the last year or so. Before that, I was in class working towards graduation, and then working towards getting a job that pays well enough to pay back the student loans and … err … eat. It’s interesting though. Now that I’m a full-time employee with a permanent position, I’ve [...]

Bass!

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

About a year ago I tried to pick up playing electric guitar. I got a $100 “everything you need in a box” pack that had a so-so strat-knockoff guitar, a tiny ultra-shitty amp, and some accessories and crap with it. I was thinking I’d put in time regularly and have fun learning to play it. [...]

Image of the day: reflective!

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Alumni center from the east. I love reflective buildings.