August 2011
2 posts
Thus, I’ve successfully shifted my entire life about 50m and transformed it from a decently neat arrangement to a pile of boxes. Magic! :D
Today I move my life 100 yards. Also, hello twitter.
June 2011
4 posts
RT @NASAKennedy: #STS135 It’s official, there are just 10 days until the final launch of the Space Shuttle Program, scheduled for July 8 …
Amusing discovery: my lab is 20 steps from Copernicus through the “X was a grad student/post-doc/RA for Y” tree.
I think Virgina Tech just proposed using shake weights, in space, for their NEO mission. Can’t wait for the commercials.
In Cocoa Beach this week for a RASC-AL conference. Expect space related geeking out tweets in the coming days.
May 2011
11 posts
RT @mattcutts: Google Correlate is like Google Flu Trends, but with your own data. Read their comic: http://t.co/MaJHZYB
#io2011 people, according to verizon the 4g hotspot will not be activated until you put the sim card in.
Three Dreams of Black - an HTML5 interactive music video announced at #io2011. http://www.ro.me
It’s official. Taking that red eye flight back to Boston has destroyed my sleep schedule. Time to catch up on email!
Google is raising an army. Excellent… #io2011 http://t.co/4iAxg2E
Hello San Fransisco. #googleio
New hack up in lobby 7. Does a good job of taking advantage of the space, but I think it was supposed to be a sphere. http://t.co/vqWk4OU
Just selected * on a 750 million row table with no limit… oops… #bigdata
Was grabbing lunch when I recognized the voice presenting in the next room from somewhere. Realized I’ve read his book. #smallworld
RT @garywhitta: Okay this is amazing. @barackobama announcement of press conference = tweet number 1337. MOST AWESOME PRESIDENT EVER
Great job to everyone that participated in today’s MIT150 Open House Flash Mob! http://bit.ly/iqzSSm
April 2011
1 post
Really bright lights, camera crew, and interviewers. Yep, my lab has been turned into a news studio.
October 2010
19 posts
RT @TrumanZombies: Well, would you look at that - registration is now open for this semester’s game! www.trumanzombies.com
How, hypothetically, would one dress up as a Segmentation Fault for Halloween?
Potential of a 10,000 person game. Wow. RT @cpgg: HvZ made USA Today. Page 3A. @codys #fb
RT @RetroDex: Anybody remember what @jlouderb and @leolaporte looked like in 1999? Here is a video of them at Comdex then. http://yout …
RT @PROMO_TWEET: FACEBOOK WANTS TO MAKE TWO THINGS CLEAR: 1. WE’RE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY. 2. YOU’RE ADORABLE WHEN YOU SLEEP.
Simplistic solutions are impressive to those that understand the problem. Complicated solutions impress those that don’t.
Sponsor Day in the Media Lab. :)
RT @google: Congrats to @MITMediaLab for 25 years of creativity, vision, inspiration - here’s to eons more. Today’s webcast info http:// …
Broadcasting live from MIT. http://j-tv.me/buYjf6?h
Segways on campus!
Just realized that HAL is a shift of only one letter from IBM… Coincidence?
I have three browsers open (Chrome, FF, & IE). That can only mean one thing: web dev time!
Today is 10/10/10. Converting from binary you get 42. Thus, today is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.
“Of the 6,909 known languages, … every two weeks, the last fluent speaker of a language dies.” http://bit.ly/as8xzr
We live in the future. Oh yeah, and Berkeley Bionics eLEGS exoskeleton is remarkable. http://bit.ly/9f7hf1
Done with first test in grad school. 3 problems. 80 minutes. No one finished.
Watching The Social Network at Harvard (where it takes place) was a good idea.
It may not be the most accurate movie, but it is quite good.
Using “temporal distortion” in a legitimate grad school paper. #success
September 2010
21 posts
Front row of the State of the Institute. Tempted to live stream.
They are playing lady gaga at the State of the Institute Reception. Admin to student ratio: 25 to 1. #mit
“uh oh, we’re in 3-dimensional graphing world, except it’s not supposed to look like a spider…” #econquotes
Completed 8 hours of IRB and RCR training today. Time for some ethical research!
Where do your best ideas come from? http://bit.ly/byVxBG
Looking at the floorplans I’m pretty sure Foxconn was directly above Apple at today’s career fair.
Froyo!
The suit to jeans ratio is higher than usual… Something’s up…
Learning how to read a patent in class today. :)
Just spotted a group of individuals wearing bandannas and wielding nerf guns. Tracking…
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts - definitely a good way to spend a Friday afternoon. Now to get started on research…
Graph Your Inbox is an awesome way to explore trends in gmail history. Yay for cool data visualizations! http://bit.ly/d0VNz8
Fooled by Randomness or Brain Candy - which should I read next?