The Snail Shell

(or, I looked up stuff on Wikipedia to jazz up our "end of the world" conversations and party a bit) I'm in Cleveland for...

I can't say it better myself: " Cities: Rather Than Patronizing Young People, Give Them What They Ask For ." The city in ques...

Apparently it's common among grad students that you have to have a fantasy fall-back plan when the whole PhD thing doesn't work out...

Disclaimer: I wouldn't say I wholesale believe this yet. I'd like to hear more on both sides. The Worst Mistake in the History of...

Symptoms: - I am useless when I get home. I just futz around on the internet. It's not even fun. I'm trying to practice drawing, b...

When you go looking for capital-T Truth, as far as I can tell, you probably throw out afterlives and reincarnations and universal "sho...

First of all, it's Movember ! I was a lot sick yesterday, so I'm a day behind, but I sure have not shaved this month. I'll be g...

Think about your favorite songs. I'd venture to guess that the reason you like them is not really the content of the song so much (alth...

Things I've learned recently: My mood depends (at least in part) on my productivity. If I feel like I'm getting things done, I fe...

For the last ... three hours? I've lost track of time. This is a blast. I get so jazzed from: 1. listening to music in general 2. re...

I am not sure if there is anything to this, but bear with me for a minute: Wealth = richness - worry. " Richness " is pretty ...

Less interesting-things, more my-life-journaling. If you want interesting things, see what research I'm thinking about . Here are some ...

Weird. I feel like a different person here. The kind of person who has  all the energy to do all those things that I wish I could do if I h...

Man! I've been zipping this whole week! A few reasons: - our intro project in the HCII has been an interactive projector to display a ...

Tomorrow I start grad school. Well. I'm excited to meet my new classmates and professors, moderately worried that I don't have Th...

Interesting:  Open plan offices are bad . I thought this debate was still open. Maybe the issue is that totally-open (as in the picture her...

I don't* knowingly** eat refined or added sugar*** except on Saturdays.**** * I say "don't" instead of "can't...

I went to an ATM. They wanted a $4 fee. I felt outraged! Four dollars just to get MY money?! But (and this is so simple but we forget it) ...

There is a lot of information out there about habits. You can read it for days instead of starting a new habit. Your time is probably bette...

This article talks about how people make fewer friends as they get older. It mostly sounds depressing: parents who make friends only when ...