The Snail Shell

As wonderful as most of the recent months have been, I've got to say, I could trade in this past January. I don't know if it's ...

We spend a lot of time processing information, yes? It strikes me that I often want exponentially-increasing levels of information, at appr...

I've written about happiness at least a few times . I often get frustrated because "happiness" becomes a catch-all term for...

Or, "should I get a Brita?" I found the 2011 Pittsburgh Water Report . Looks like our water is better than the EPA standards in...

(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...