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Neal Stephenson on Anathem
“Author Neal Stephenson visits Google’s Headquarters in Mountain View, Ca, to discuss his book “Anathem”. This event took place September 12, 2008, as part of the Authors@google series. “
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Strange Leaf Insect
Found outside of my office back in March. It was one of the coolest bugs I’ve ever seen. I’m still catching up with all the photos downloaded off my phone.
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truth in xkcd
This is so, so true. Everybody always knows it’s my phone ringing. I used to use ringtones but reverted to ringing. A ringing sound is very easy to hear and…
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Sprung
Just a quick note in between giving finals: Maxie’s out of the hospital and back home. He recovered quicker than all the doctors expected and has coughed only once the…
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Day 2 Update
Max’s lungs are apparently sounding much better. The blood tests point to a bacterial, rather than viral, infection. This is good news because it means all the antibiotics going into…
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Maxie’s Hospital Stay Day 2
There’s something hugely wrong about sleeping on a hospital sofa. The body rejects it, the mind rejects it. /////////////////////////////////// The catheter in Max’s arm had to be replaced this morning…
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Teiden
We just had a blackout. The ceiling AC unit spun down into silence and the hospital was thrust into total blackness except for the dim glow of my trusty laptop’s…
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Maxie Update
We are settled into a private room at the private hospital on the street behind Serm Thai shopping center in downtown Mahasarakham. The facilities are better than the VIP room…
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Maxie is sick
He has bronchitis (and possibly a bacterial infection) serious enough for treatment at the hospital for at least a few days. The real fear is it turning to pneumonia, so…
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Belarus no Saisentan
LINK: The latest technology in Belarusian cucumber farming The point is NOT that labor is too expensive in Japan for this technological marvel to work there (as stated in the…
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Cows in my Frontyard
A continuation of the Cows in My Backyard series. Sidenote: I’ve noticed missing graphics here and there as a result of our recent move to a new webhost. I’ll fix…
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Insane Skate Video
Watch it full screen (the button with four expanding arrows on the bottom right of the video window) with earphones for full effect. Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam…
