The Snail Shell

7AM tomorrow: we go to Burning Man again.  Should be interesting, a year later!  I feel less crazy in the head than I was then.  It's g...

1. It is most likely not about you. I am in a stressful spot at work.  You can't really have stress unless you have responsibility, an...

Awesomeness Reminders : this is cool.  Super low tech, and maybe helping people's lives.  (maybe hurting them too!  there's a case t...

Or, time to put my money, quite metaphorically, where my mouth is.  (to do so literally would just be putting money in my mouth, and even I...

Suave shampoo or conditioner costs $1 for 22 oz. Since I got it in my head that it's worth it to spend $35 for a haircut now (it total...

Not killing enough experiments .  Especially with my Android apps, I'm not very comfortable with unpublishing them or otherwise letting ...

1. News is unfair.  Nobody knows the whole story.  I recently heard about a right-wing talk show host investigating Oregon state representat...

I've noticed an unusual fellow creeping into my speech recently: the phrase "managing things."  I usually accompany the uttera...

is here . I mean, not really.  The speech is a little (a lot) excessive, and I didn't hate school hardcore.  I didn't hate it at a...

I just re-read my dream journal from last night.  Sentence number one: "I could do that shake-your-hand snappy thing!" You know ...

I was talking yesterday with a friend who doesn't cook much, but he wants to start.  I wanted to offer an encouraging word about how ...

Or cupcakes or something, the new thing that people talk about I guess.  I could certainly get on board with a dream craze.  Y'know, Inc...

Point: I'm not focused enough ! Counterpoint: I'm too focused ! Okay, so actually I'll just give a quick "right on, bro...

If you do something once, it's hard to say whether you actually like it or not. (It will probably be different from what you already do...

Changes are afoot! It's a good day for blogs. First, research. I'm just starting the journey back into academia right now. (y...

In between delicious morsels of bloggery, I have cooked up the following things to talk about, but none has made it to a full-time post: - I...

Can we please stop talking about Apple? Just for a week, what if the sci/tech news stopped reporting about the latest iphone thing? I have...

This time I ask you for advice. Have you ever donated to something in a foreign country? I'm looking to donate to something, and it...

The rights of not-straight-people have come a long way in my lifetime. But so has the name of the group! This is a post about the latter. ...

and it turns out it's not actually hard, going back to the 60's even, even though to be fair I don't actually know a damned thin...