So my flight back to Iowa by way of Chicago was delayed so now Im waiting for a flight to Denver. Getting the transfer was hard but afterwards the customer service rep I had to get my new ticket with was polite which knocked we straight from anger to acceptance. (See the seven stages of [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Did you know they made amaretto cake?
I sure didn’t before we had some for christmas. Visit was a lot of fun, even if I was half dead the whole time. (Three hour jet lag + red-eye + stress of major holiday = zombie james.) One moment of terror came when I lost my ability to connect to my server back in [...]
Chili Peppers
Thought some might be interested in this article in The Economist on the growing prevalence of chili peppers in European and American food. TASTELESS, colourless, odourless and painful, pure capsaicin is a curious substance. It does no lasting damage, but the body’s natural response to even a modest dose (such as that found in a [...]
Another XKCD
I should have waited before I posted the previous xkcd, while fun, it can not compare to the total awesomeness that is the cuttlefish!
Usefulness of 11th Grade
Unfortunately for me I didn’t start messing with Perl until four years later (my junior year of college).
The Cold Saga (Part 2)
Now I have a sleeping bag which is wonderfully warm, and which I’ve owned since elementary school. Between my amazing sleeping bag, my pre-existing comforter, my sweatpants over pajama pants, plaid shirt over t-shirt, stocking cap over Iowa State Agronomy Club hat, and my delightfully warm corn socks, I may look ridiculous but I anticipate I’ll get [...]
Cold
It’s currently 43 degrees and raining in Berkeley, CA. This would not be a problem except for two errors on my part. Firstly, my apartment is, so far as we can tell, unheated. Secondly, seduced by the image of California in popular culture and those still fantastical palm trees, I moved out here without a [...]
Liveblogging my marathon workday (Finished)
I’ve been at work since 8:20 am PST on Thursday the 11th. New entries will be inserted at the top of the post. (Expect most of this to be boring lab stuff.) 1:34 Home safe and sound from my 28 hour work day. Now I just want to do some laundry, eat a frozen pizza [...]
Bad Teachers
Edit: Upon reflection it is quite possible this woman is excellent at teaching whatever it is she teaches. The more important lesson of this incident should perhaps be the importance of learning to distinguish between where one is actually an expert and one is not. This mistake can be made by anyone, including myself, when [...]
New Blast Server
Visited a delicious burger restaurant in Berkeley today after class. They server beef, veggie, chicken and turkey burgers… to which my reaction was “No pork?” Seriously though it was very tasty, I was pleasant surprised. Life is still really busy. I went in both days of this weekend to keep running reactions. I’ve also set [...]