Everyone’s always giving me books. And if they’re not, they’re recommending them to me.
Have you read ‘The Bridge of San Luis Rey’? No, I reply. You Must! It’s a classic. What about ‘The Grapes of Wrath’? No, it’s on my bookshelf, though. Does that count? Of course not! It’s Steinbeck’s finest work, you must read [...]

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If you’re an Oliner, and you missed out on the fun that is today’s CCO meeting, you’re in luck! Running commentary of the CCO meeting, brought to you by the utter torment of every CCO meeting I’ve been to in the past. If you’re a super masochist, feel free to read along in real time.
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Why is it that everything I write lately feels so foreign, the click-clacks under my fingers out of place? I am restless; I cannot sleep, the product of a late nap and caffeine. I pluck out the words from the darkness. To claim I have had little to write about would be a lie: I [...]

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Technology was spelled wrong this *entire* time. I just realized it. A loser am I.
I guess that shows how many attentive people visit my site. What a contretemps.
Oh, and I’m 21 now. Hooray. Thanks to the many who sent birthday wishes!

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As a few of you might know, I’ve been on a Disney kick lately, listening to music from around the theme parks in Florida. Yes, such things exist. Call it what you want (weird, sappy, an attempt at seeking escape to a dreamworld of fantasy that’s enabling me to rationalize working in a cubicle) but [...]

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Hey Brian, is there something we should know about?
(Screen grab of top search phrases to philonoist.net for June so far)

No. I can’t explain Rachel Weisz measurements either.

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I’ve been in DC for about a two and a half weeks now, and have shamefully not written anything about it. Part of this is I have a *huge* backlog of photos that I’ve been too lazy to put up in the forthcoming gallery, and the other part of the problem is my laptop hard [...]

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Just found out that I’ve been using the wrong units of measurements for my VLSI project. On a frustrated-o-meter, this ranks about a ten.
Here’s the other things I have to do (by Friday):

VLSI: Import into padframe, write up why I can’t multiply by 0.3, cry.
Creative Writing: Revise my creative nonfiction. (Wednesday, 7 PM)
FOCS: Study, [...]

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Pictures now from MentosFest 2006. A few of us decided to play out the increasingly well-known story of adding a roll of mentos to some diet coke. Also a good test of Lightbox JS. Click Links to Open Pictures.

Carmelle!
Ben Hill
Carmelle and Lilly
Loading the Mentos
Mentos and Diet Coke
Dbufford and Dlin
The Fog
Leftovers…
Trying Again
Loading the Tube once more

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I’m not trying to make excuses, but since I’ve been back:
Jan 28th: Quiz Bowl at BU
Feb 4: Bowling Club Outing
Feb 11: Hockey Game
All of which occured on Saturdays, which is when I’d most like to post. During the week, I’m perpetually busy, but it’s a good kind of busy. Proving that Olin is not [...]

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